A Sassa card, card machine and a biometric device. The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has announced that it will be introducing a Beneficiary Biometric Enrolment system in all its offices across the country from September 1, 2025. According to the agency’s Andile Tshona, the new biometric enrolment is expected to detect potential fraudulent…
Fire destroys informal settlement The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance has dispatched disaster response teams to assist residents affected by the fire at Dakota Informal Settlement in Isipingo, south of Durban. Scores of families have been left destitute after a fire broke-out during the early hours of this morning. Fire at Dakota informal settlement in…
Atalanta’s Gianluca Scamacca in action with Chelsea’s Trevoh Chalobah. Atalanta sealed an important Champions League comeback victory, overturning Chelsea 2-1 at home on Tuesday through goals from Gianluca Scamacca and Charles De Ketelaere. The win put the Bergamo side near the top of the Champions League table, giving them a major step toward direct qualification…
FILE | Former Constitutional Court Justice Yvonne Mokgoro. The culpable homicide case against the partner of the late former Constitutional Court Justice Yvonne Mokgoro has resumed in the Barkly West Regional Court in the Northern Cape. The first of the 40 witnesses in the matter is expected to conclude his testimony in the two days…
High Court sitting in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Hitman Sabelo Phewa has been handed a life sentence at the Durban High Court in KwaZulu-Natal for the murder of former Richmond municipal manager, Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was killed in 2017 on his way to a council meeting over fraud and corruption he was investigating. Apart from Sithole’s murder,…
Source: Source: Pexels The two-pot lid has been lifted, with South Africans clamouring to access their retirement savings since the savings-pot withdrawal allowance came into effect last month. And with a minimum annual withdrawal amount of R2000 and no maximum stipulated, this allowance could potentially devour a significant chunk of South Africans’ retirement savings. According…
2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) secretary general, Fikile Mbalula says the party remains confident in the newly appointed KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Task Team, despite losing three wards to the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in recent by-elections. Mbalula was addressing the media during his engagement with the Provincial Task Team in Durban. The meeting is aimed…
Wind energy turbines. South Africa could have cleaner energy and an end to load shedding in 14 years, says Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Ramokgopa was presenting the Integrated Resource Plan 2025, outlining the country’s future electricity strategy. The plan envisions adding 105 gigawatts of new generation capacity to the grid – more than two…
The Rooiwal Water Treatment Plant in Pretoria. 1 minute The fourth and last phase of the Magalies Water Klipdrift Package Plant project will ensure that all areas supplied by the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant will have clean drinkable water. City of Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya says it is expected to be completed by the end…
Incoming Minister of Higher Education and Training Buti Manamela. President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired embattled Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane and replaced her with her deputy, Buti Manamela. The Presidency announced this in a statement released on Monday afternoon. Nkabane has recently been in the news for wrong reasons – the…
