Dr John Hlophe. Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Deputy President Dr John Hlophe has been suspended from all positions of the party. He won’t be active in Parliament or in the Party. Party President Jacob Zuma has taken the decision to issue a precautionary suspension to the Party’s Deputy and leader of the MKP Parliament Caucus…
FILE | South Africa’s Jesse Kriel in action with France’s Gregory Alldritt Reigning World Cup Champions South Africa are gearing up for a French team still hurting from the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarterfinal defeat in Paris. The Springboks started their five-test tour of Europe with an emphatic victory over Japan in London last weekend….
A protester holds a placard which reads “Shein, no way. Stop fast fashion” during a protest against the opening of the first physical space of Chinese online fast-fashion retailer Shein at the Le BHV Marais department store, the Bazar de l’Hotel Protesters bearing “Shame on Shein” placards gathered outside a Paris department store on Wednesday,…
Ambulance in the Eastern Cape Five EMS workers employed by the Eastern Cape Health Department have briefly appeared before the East London Commercial Crimes Court. They allegedly fraudulently falsified their matric certificates in order to gain employment as Basic Ambulance Assistants. The incident happened in 2015 after a whistleblower alerted authorities and a case was…
Cows on a farm The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has placed three properties where cattle are kept under quarantine, for suspected Foot and Mouth disease. The department’s spokesperson Mary James says the provincial Veterinary Services placed a property in Gouda in the Cape Winelands District under quarantine after animals from the Free State with…
Crime Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo at the Madlanga Commission Crime Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo has defended the decision by the unit to hire Dineo Mokwele, a former BMW mechanical engineer, as a Brigadier. Mokwele’s appointment subsequently landed Khumalo in trouble and was charged alongside six other senior police officers in June this year….
Minister Senzo Mchunu appears before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee in Cape Town. Crime Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo has testified about how Police Minister Senzo Mchunu was angry at a proposal, that the Political Killings Task Team (PKTT) should not be disbanded. Khumalo says this occurred in a meeting in March this year, where both…
The DA Flag. The Democratic Alliance in Limpopo says it’s concerned that the municipalities are owed more than R1.2 billion by state-owned entities, as well as national and provincial government departments. The party says the amount is for both property rates and municipal services. The DA says this is hampering the municipality’s ability to deliver…
Accused number 1 in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya. The state in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial says they have reason to believe that accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, was using a different number to communicate during the period the soccer captain was killed. Meyiwa was shot and killed in October 2014, while…
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi speaks at a government function. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says all citizens deserve quality healthcare, regardless of their socio-economic status. Motsoaledi was speaking at the G20 health minister meeting in Polokwane, Limpopo. He says that they will collaborate with countries such as Norway, which already has universal healthcare, to…
