Extinguished cigarettes in an ashtray of ash and cigarette butts. Stakeholders in the Health industry have been making submissions to the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill in Parliament. The public hearings are taking place before the Portfolio Committee on Health. A consultant in sustainability and public health and a former director of…
Handcuffs for arrest. Police in the Western Cape have arrested a second suspect in connection with the attempted robbery of three Democratic Alliance (DA) Members of Parliament in Philippi on the Cape Flats on Tuesday. A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Browns Farm on Wednesday morning, following the arrest of another suspect, an 18-year-old boy,…
40 000L of ethanol meant for export to Zimbabwe found illegally diverted at a plot near Klipspruit A tanker carrying 40,000 liters of ethanol, with an estimated value of R11 million and intended for export to Zimbabwe, was found to have been illegally diverted to a plot of land near Klipspruit, outside of Bronkhorstspruit. SARS…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile is visiting Libode, in the Eastern Cape. Deputy President Paul Mashatile is visiting the Amampondo aseNyandeni Palace in Libode, Eastern Cape. He will engage with King Ndamase Ndamase and other stakeholders on matters of service delivery, land ownership and tenure rights, as well as fast-tracking socio-economic development in rural areas. The…
South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada celebrates the wicket of India’s Shreyas Iyer with teammates during the First Test against India at SuperSport Park Cricket Stadium in Centurion, Pretoria on December 26, 2023 South Africa’s fast bowler Kagiso Rabada was ruled out of the one-day international series against Australia with an ankle injury barely an hour before…
President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at Haneda International Airport in Japan President Cyril Ramaphosa will participate in a number of plenary sessions at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan. The Summit takes place at a time of unprecedented threats to global peace and security, ongoing conflicts in some regions of the world,…
SANTACO’s Public Relations Officer, Mandla Hermanus Taxi association, South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) says they’ve learnt that there are divisions between e-hailing and meter taxi drivers. SANTACO has been criticised across the country following the brutal murder of e-hailing driver Mthokozisi Mvelase at Maponya Mall in Soweto last week. Police have not arrested anyone in…
FILE | President Cyril Ramaphosa signing a document President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law regulations doubling the upper limit of donations to political parties from R15 million to R30 million and the threshold for disclosure from R100 000 to R200 000. The move to amend the Political Funding Act of 2021 follows the adoption…
Minister John Steenhuisen visits Dr Böhmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein Some learners at Dr Bohmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein have expressed their excitement over the visit by the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen. Steenhuisen visited the school, which offers an agricultural programme for children with special educational needs. The pupils say they have…
File image by Omar Badsha, powerfully illustrates community resistance during the 1985 Inanda riots via SAHO Civil society groups in Phoenix, north of Durban, are calling for the institution of the commission of enquiry into the 1985 Inanda unrest that claimed three lives and displaced over 1 500 Indian families. The month of August marks…
