Former President Thabo Mbeki at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha Former President Thabo Mbeki has sounded the alarm over South Africa’s deepening economic crisis. Speaking at the launch of the Eastern Cape Higher Education Sector National Dialogue at Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha on Saturday, Mbeki highlights rising unemployment, poverty, and failing infrastructure, blaming weak…
FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Deputy Minister Zolile Burns-Ncamashe says he wants to see an end to deaths among initiates. This follows the death of 17 initiates in the Eastern Cape during the summer initiation season, which started last month. The rising death toll has…
The body of the late former Deputy President, David Mabuza has arrived outside his home in Barberton. Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu and ANC Provincial Secretary Muzi Chirwa is part of the delegation which has fetched the body of former Deputy President David Mabuza from the mortuary in Mbombela for transportation to his family home in…
2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the dissolution of the Johannesburg Water Board amid the latest water crisis in the city. Large parts of Johannesburg have been without water since Tuesday. This is due to a power failure that disrupted pumping at the Emfuleni Substation at Rand Water’s Forest Hill and Eikenhof…
SCA hears Ramaphosa’s appeal on Zulu King Misuzulu’s recognition. 2 minutes Prince Mbonisi Bekithema’s lawyer has argued before the Supreme Court of Appeal that the meeting that led to the identification of King Misuzulu KaZwelithi as the successor was frivolous. Senior Counsel Thabani Masuku says the role of senior members of the Zulu Royal house…
2 minutes The Gas Economy Leadership team at SA Oil and Gas Alliance (SAOGA) says Eskom needs to address its old coal-fired power plants that constantly cause blackouts in the country. Power utility, Eskom is implementing Stage 3 load shedding. The rolling blackouts started at 2pm on Friday and is expected to last until Monday…
The Union Buildings, in Pretoria. 1 minute The Presidency says there is an increase in the vetting of senior government officials who are being employed in the public sector. The Presidency briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Special Investigating Unit’s report. Chief Operating Officer in the Presidency, Rory Gallocher, has conceded that…
African National Congress Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) has appointed a 67-member task team in KwaZulu-Natal. Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has unveiled the reconfigured KwaZulu-Natal leadership that will be headed by party veteran, Jeff Radebe, who is the Provincial Convener. Mbalula says they remain determined to rebuild the organisation, stressing…
Border Management Authority intercepts alleged human tracking operation. The Border Management Authority (BMA) has disrupted a suspected human trafficking operation at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park. Acting BMA Commissioner Jane Thupana has confirmed that 14 Ethiopians and 16 Bangladeshis have been intercepted by BMA immigration and border law enforcement teams at the airport….
Slain journalist and partner remembered at a memorial service
