The Department of Home Affairs Home Affairs Minister Doctor Leon Schreiber says none of the 153 Palestinian travellers who landed at the OR Tambo International Airport last month requested asylum in South Africa. Al Jama-ah MP, Imraan Ismail-Moosa, asked Schreiber about his intervention, and he responded in a written parliamentary reply. On the 13th of…
Traffic officials have appealed to drivers to obey traffic rules. Law enforcement officers are out in full force on KwaZulu-Natal’s roads as travellers have started making their way to their holiday destinations in the province. On Friday, a peak of 850 vehicles per hour was recorded at tollgates on the N3 from Gauteng towards Durban….
Police have arrested the Deputy Principal of a school in relation to a robbery and murder. Police have confirmed a shocking development in the murder of the 61-year-old Tembisa school principal, who was killed at his home yesterday. Gauteng Deputy Police Commissioner Fred Kekana says one of the suspects arrested today, is a deputy principal…
The Day of Reconciliation is marked every year in South Africa on 16 December. President Cyril Ramaphosa will today deliver the keynote address at the National Commemoration of Reconciliation Day at the Ncome Museum in the uMzinyathi District in KwaZulu-Natal. The Day of Reconciliation is a South African public holiday established in 1995 to foster…
Constitutional Hill Constitution Hill in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, will offer free tours to the public today as South Africa marks Reconciliation Day. The initiative forms part of the festive season programme aimed at promoting social cohesion and shared history. Visitors will be able to explore some of the country’s most significant heritage sites. The free tours…
Members of the Khoi San community protest their exclusion from society. The Koranna clan of the Khoi and San People appeared before the Commission on Khoi-San Matters for the first time in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape. This marks a crucial move toward the formal recognition of their culture, identity and heritage. The gathering also…
Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya has announced that the final report of the Madlanga Commission will be released to the public. He explains that the Commission will provide guidance to the President on matters deemed sensitive to national security and outline how such issues will be addressed over time. Magwena, however, states that the interim report,…
National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi, has been reprimanded by the chairperson of the Nkabinde Enquiry. Justice Bess Nkabinde rebuked Batohi over what she described as disrespectful conduct during proceedings. WATCH | Here’s Its Topical’s Blain Herman’s take as South Africa awaits the next leader…
FILE | National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) head Shamila Batohi: Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC has turned the spotlight on outgoing National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Advocate Shamila Batohi over the so-called Cato Manor “death squad” video at the Nkabinde Enquiry. The video, filmed by former police reservist Aristides Danikas, shows a man with a gunshot…
FILE | Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana addresses a media briefing. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says National Treasury officials will attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings next year, but South Africa will not participate in the G20 Finance Track Meeting on the margins of meetings in Washington, United States (US). The US…
