3 minutes The safe havens yen and Swiss franc held near six-month highs on Tuesday while the US dollar nursed broad losses as financial markets grappled with mounting recession worries in the wake of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. The currency markets were fragile but eerily calm in Asian trade after a volatile 24-hour period…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department’s (EMPD) Acting Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi gives evidence at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on December 3, 2025. Commissioner Sesi Baloyi at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria has raised questions on why suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Police Chief Julius Mkhwanazi used the private security company CAT VIP…
[File Image]: Car parts on the road following a crash. 1 minute Residents living along the R37 road between Burgersfort and Polokwane are calling for increased police presence during the Easter season. They are concerned about car crashes involving pedestrians. They say the collisions are caused by speeding motorists. Nine deaths were recorded on the…
FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union – Rugby World Cup 2023 – Quarter Final – France v South Africa – Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France – October 15, 2023 South Africa’s Siya Kolisi celebrates after the match Rugby World Cup-winning captain, Siya Kolisi, returns from injury to take over the captaincy for first time this season, for…
EFF members gather to pay our final respects to the family of the late actor, Presley Chweneyagae. 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has remembered late actor Presley Chweneyagae as a talented role model who did not look down on people. Malema is visiting Chweneyagae’s family at Orchards in Pretoria North to…
File image| Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo delivers the keynote address at the South African Police Services (SAPS) Gauteng Crime Intelligence Excellence Awards 2024 at the Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area Hall in Pretoria on November 15, 2024. South Africans are anxiously awaiting the Criminal Intelligence Chief Dumisani Khumalo’s testimony before the Madlanga Commission of…
BRICS includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. The BRICS member countries have been discussing improving trade relations at a time when the world is facing many economic challenges. The decision of the US to impose trade tariffs has forced many countries to seek alternative markets,…
Two gold pots with gold coins in them illustrating the two-pot retirement system. 1 minute The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) says it expects the cost of implementing the two-pot retirement system to increase by R300 million annually. The FSCA has put the cost since the implementation of the system on September 1 at R1.6…
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Prof Bismark Tyobeka North-West University Vice Chancellor Professor Bismark Tyobeka says the University will now provide 100% funding support for qualifying post-graduate students to address the declining uptake of post-graduate studies. This follows a concern that all 26 Public Universities in South Africa are registering a low number of locals at Master’s Degree and PhD…
