FILE PHOTO: Buildings in poor condition in the Joburg CBD City of Johannesburg Acting Executive Mayor Kenny Kunene is currently leading a team that is cracking down on illegal occupants of abandoned buildings in Randburg. The operation is part of the city’s program aimed at restoring the functionality of the buildings. Kunene says they are…
Iga Swiatek says longer sets are “a weird approach in a world where everything is becoming faster.” Players on the WTA Tour offered a range of opinions on Tuesday on the idea of women’s matches becoming best-of-five sets from the quarter-finals onward at Grand Slam events, a concept backed by newly-named USTA CEO Craig Tiley….
FILE | IEC head office in Centurion, Pretoria. The National Assembly has recommended three names of candidates to be appointed as Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) Commissioners. The nominees are Joyce Pitso, Judge Dhana Pillay and Mosotho Moepya, who is the current chairperson of the IEC. They were approved on Tuesday, and their names…
Eastern Cape houses plunged in water due to floods The Eastern Cape government says the O.R. Tambo District accounts for the majority of the deceased in recent floods, followed by Amathole, Alfred Nzo and Chris Hani districts. The death toll from recent floods in Mthatha now stands at 100 following additional recoveries by search teams….
1 minute Matric Results will be published in Newspapers on Monday. The Pretoria High Court struck off the roll the urgent application of the Information Regulator, who insists publishing 2024 matric results violates the Protection of Personal Information Act. The Department of Basic Education and the Information Regulator faced off in the North Gauteng High…
Water droplet. 2 minutes The inconsistent water supply in parts of Komani, Eastern Cape, has affected the delivery of services. The crisis has been ongoing since November last year leading to frustrations from locals. The water levels of the dam supplying the area are critically low. 14 wards out of 34 in the Enoch Mgijima Local…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the G20 Social Summit as a historic milestone for global cooperation. He was speaking at the end of the three-day civil society gathering in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on Thursday. The meeting brought together almost 5000 delegates, including young people and women. The idea of the Social…
File image: Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga (R)chairs the Madlanga Commission on Inquiry in Pretoria. The South African Police Service’s Component Head of the Serious and Violent Crime Division, Major-General Mary Motsepe, says she did not agree with the disbandment of the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT). She is testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in…
University of Johannesburg 1 minute The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Student Representative Council (SRC) is calling on the institution to prioritise students who initially received acceptance letters but lost their placement due to delayed registration. This comes as UJ prepares to reopen available spaces. With over 300 000 matriculants achieving Bachelor passes, institutions of higher…
Hillary Gardee was the daughter of EFF Deputy President Goldich Gardee. Legal Aid Board Manager in Nelspruit, Mavis Moloi, has informed the Mpumalanga High Court that they will not be sourcing a judicare lawyer for convicted murderer Rassie Nkune. Nkune is on trial for the 2022 murder of Hillary Gardee. Moloi was summoned to court…
