DA Free Sate leadership engaged with businesses in Matjhabeng, 18 August 2025. Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen says the Matjhabeng Local Municipality’s failure to provide basic services hampers economic growth. Some businesses in the Free State municipality are reportedly facing collapse due to water shortages, power outages, and sewage spills, among other issues. Steenhuisen…
Western Cape High Court, where the trial of alleged underworld kingpin Jerome Booysen is being held. The case against alleged underworld figure, Jerome Booysen and eleven co-accused has been postponed to Tuesday due to constant internet lagging and inaudible testimony from a witness that resulted in a number of adjournments. Booysen appeared in the Western Cape…
FILE | NSRI swimmers on rescue vehicle. ALS paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson says search and rescue crews are resolute in their search for the missing 61-year-old Johannesburg pilot, whose plane crashed into the sea off Durban’s Suncoast Beach six days ago. The light aircraft crashed into the sea while the pilot was giving an aerial…
The Competition Commission has approached the Constitutional Court for an appeal in the saga following allegations that banks have conspired to manipulate the rand against the US dollar. LIVE STREAM:
Rise Mzansi leaders, Songezo Zibi, Vuyiswa Ramakgopa hold a press briefing to discuss their work in government, 18 August 2025. Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi has called for the dismissal of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) General Rudzani Maphwanya after the comments he made in Iran. Zibi says his comments undermine the interests of…
Delegates walk past the MTN logo at the Investing in African Mining Indaba 2024 conference in Cape Town on February 7, 2024 Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) has announced that it is the subject of a grand jury investigation by the United States (US) Justice Department. The probe will look into MTN’s operations in Afghanistan and…
The funeral of a 4-year-old girl from Eldorado Park in Johannesburg is underway. Her parents are accused of the murder and sexual assault of their daughter. They abandoned their bail application in the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto on Monday. LIVE STREAM:
Former Orlando Pirates striker Tendai Ndoro. Former Zimbabwe, Orlando Pirates and Ajax Cape Town striker, Tendai Ndoro, has died at the age of 40. Details surrounding his death remain unclear, but it is believed he was found unresponsive at his apartment in Johannesburg on Monday. Ndoro impressed at Zimbabwean side Chicken Inn and caught the…
Numsa Secretary General Irvin Jim addresses the media in Newtown, Johannesburg on August 18, 2025. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it has reached an improved severance deal with Goodyear South Africa following the closure of its Kariega plant in the Eastern Cape. In June, the company initiated a Section 189A…
Home Affairs building in Germiston engulfed in flames. Two men accused of torching the Home Affairs office in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, are expected to appear before the local magistrate’s court for a possible bail hearing on Tuesday. Moffatt Phiri and Katlego Simango are facing charges of arson and public violence. The blaze occurred during…
