Westbury ward councilor in western Johannesburg, Marilyn Smous, says she doesn’t believe promises to rid of the area of gang violence will bear any fruit. Her comment comes after Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, made the promise at a stakeholder engagement session with community leaders in Martindale, earlier on Monday. He was joined by…
Citrus Growers Association say SA is the second largest exporter of citrus fruit in the world. Citrus Growers’ Association CEO, Boitshoko Ntshabele, says South Africa’s citrus industry has recorded its strongest export season to date. He says growers packed over R200 million cartons for international markets, a 22% increase from last year. Dr Ntshabele says…
File image | Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee is likely to travel to the Kgosi Mampuru C-max Prison to hear testimony from remanded detainee, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. WATCH | Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee will work with the appropriate authorities to have the remanded detainee, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, appear before it in person. It…
[FILE IMAGE]: uMkhonto weSizwe Party member of Parliament, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. The Durban High Court has heard that there were more than 160 WhatsApp groups created with the intention to cause public disruption during the 2021 July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. This is according to evidence led by the State’s first witness, the Hawks’ Major-General,…
The trial of uMkhonto Wesizwe Party member of parliament and alleged instigator of the July 2021 unrest, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, starts today at the Durban High Court. Watch live proceedings:
A suspect has been hospitalised following a shooting at a Chubby Chick, in Potchefstroom Police in the North West have confirmed that a case of murder and attempted murder is being investigation following a shooting incident at the offices of poultry giant, Chubby Chick, in Potchefstroom, this morning. Provincial Police Spokesperson Adele Myburgh says a…
[FILE IMAGE]: Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube speaking during an event. Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has commended the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, for launching the Funda Uphumelele National Survey (FUNS), which is a study that measures early‑grade reading outcomes across eleven official languages. FUNS has been launched in Pretoria and provides the first…
South African under 17 national football team, Amajimbos. The South African under-17 national football team has achieved its first, advancing to the round of 32 at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Qatar. Amajimbos achieved this feat for the very first time and despite a 3-1 defeat to European champions, Italy, last night. South African U17…
[FILE IMAGE]: A branch of mobile communications provider Vodacom in Cape Town is shown in this picture taken November 10, 2015. Vodacom has posted a 32.3% increase in interim profit with improved earnings. However, despite strong financials from the group, a multi-million rand once-off payout to Nkosana Makate in relation to the “Please Call Me”…
Women For Change plans nation shutdown for the 21st of this month. Advocacy group, Women For Change, has criticised South Africa’s legislation on gender-based violence and femicide, saying it’s good only on paper. Many South Africans across social media have changed their profile pictures to purple in solidarity with a nationwide shutdown against GBVF set…
