CMA Chairperson Jeff Minaar addressing guests. 1 minute The interim chairperson of the Comrades Marathon Association, Jeff Minnaar, says they are working to resolve challenges faced by the association. Minnaar was speaking at the launch of the 2025 Comrades Marathon in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal today. In August, some board members including the chairperson and the…
Mpumalanga hosts a race against gender-based violence and femicide. A running Club in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, has held a race against gender-based violence and femicide. The race follows the killing of 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela allegedly by her ex-boyfriend and his friend in her home on Monday. Two people were arrested and they appeared briefly in the…
Image of prison cell The Circuit High Court sitting at George in the Western Cape has sentenced a man to life in prison for hacking his wife to death with a panga in 2022. 34-year-old Rodney Witbooi was also sentenced to 15 years for attempted rape, 15 years for attempted murder, seven years for…
SAPS rape graphic. 2 minutes Police in Limpopo have vowed to investigate every case of teenage pregnancy in the province. This follows the arrest of a 28-year-old man after a 13-year-old girl gave birth on Christmas Day at the Seshego Hospital. The man is alleged to have impregnated the teenager. 31 teenagers gave birth in Limpopo…
FILE | Shopping isle of a retail store in Johannesburg. Annual Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) rose slightly last month to 3.6% in line with economists’ expectations. Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) says on a month-on-month basis, prices increased by 0,2%. Despite the modest rise from 3.5% in November, inflation remains within the Reserve Bank’s target range…
Free State Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae. The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in the Free State is calling for Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae to step down together with her cabinet. In a leaked statement to the media, the League says Letsoha-Mathae has failed the youth and the entire province by trampling upon the principles of consultation…
FILE | A taxi involved in a crash The Department of Mobility in the Western Cape has raised concerns on the number of road crashes and fatalities caused by negligence and reckless driving. Minister Isaac Sileku says 37 people have lost their lives in the past two weeks in 28 crashes. RELATED VIDEO | Road…
Former City of Tshwane Cilliers Brink. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the City of Tshwane’s admission that it is double-billing residents is proof that the metro is facing a full-blown billing crisis. Thousands of households that already pay over R400 a month for weekly waste collection were wrongly charged an extra R223.00 for a so-called…
Franklin Sonn, former South African ambassador to the United States, has passed away at the age of 86. In a statement, President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the passing of educator, diplomat and business leader Dr. Franklin Sonn who contributed significantly to different sectors of society and the economy. Franklin Sonn, former…
File Image: A veterinarian vaccinates a cow. KwaZulu-Natal, which is the epicentre of the foot and mouth outbreak in the country, will start vaccinating cattle against the disease on Thursday. The province has received 200 000 doses of the Biogenesis vaccine that national government bought from Argentina. Agriculture MEC Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa says 20 teams of…
