The dollar held gains on Tuesday as markets awaited signals, expected later this week, about the potential timing of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. The yen trimmed losses from a day earlier when worse-than-expected Japanese economic data stirred expectations that the government would ramp up stimulus. The Aussie dollar edged lower after the release of Reserve Bank of…
KZN businessman, Calvin Mathibeli. Police in KwaZulu-Natal have responded to allegations made by KZN businessman Calvin Mathibeli, founder and CEO of Calvin and Family Group. Mathibeli has accused KZN police of plotting to kill him and staging it to appear as though he was fully armed. His claims follow a raid at his offices in…
File: AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo The Eastern Cape Traditional Affairs Department says Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo is not empowered to dethrone any traditional leaders without consultation with the Premier. This follows public statements by Dalindyebo that he has removed Chief Mandla Mandela of Mvezo and two traditional leaders, Nkosi Vulisango Pantshwa and Nkosi Vulithuba Sangoni from…
FILE | An initiate in South Africa. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has called on all parties involved in the traditional initiation custom to play part in safeguarding this rite of passage. Hlabisa met with Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committees, traditional leaders, MECs among others to devise strategies aimed at ending initiation‑related…
FILE | Shelter in Johannesburg. Non-Governmental Organisation Helping Hands Assistant Social Worker Dickson Solomons says shelters alone are not the solution. His remarks follow President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) commitment to scale up survivor-centred support, expand access to shelters and one-stop service centres, strengthen mobile and rural outreach, and place social…
FILE | SANDF soldiers on patrol Defence Analyst Kobus Marais says the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in areas ravaged by crime in the Western Cape and Gauteng cannot be supported and condoned. Marais was responding to the announcement made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
Residents of the Gugulethu informal settlement searching for gold at a kraal Residents of the Gugulethu informal settlement in Springs, east of Johannesburg, are continuing their search for gold at a kraal that has allegedly been hijacked by locals following the discovery of gold particles in the area. The settlement has been flooded with residents…
Farmer looking at sugarcane plants Sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are calling on the government to rescue the country’s sugar giant, Tongaat Hulett. Business rescue practitioners have filed for provisional liquidation of the entity. With a R12-billion debt and a failed rescue deal put forward by the Vision Consortium, the livelihoods of one million people…
Thabo Mbeki at The African Peace and Security Dialogue. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry has heard a scathing attack on former president Thabo Mbeki on the fourth day of public hearings at the TRC Cases Inquiry in Newtown, Johannesburg. Lukanyo Calata, son of Fort Calata who was part of the Cradock Four…
