Water Tower in Midrand. Johannesburg’s water woes have been brought to Mayor Dada Morero’s doorstep. Scores of residents are holding a picket outside the Johannesburg Council chambers in Braamfontein. They are calling for an urgent response from the mayor to the city’s water crisis. They want revenue from the sale of water to be strictly…
Memorial Service for the learners who lost their lives in a Vanderbijlpark scholar transport accident takes at Saul Tsotetsi Sports Ground in Sebokeng, Vaal on January 23, 2026. Several funeral services for some of the 14 learners who died in Monday’s Vanderbijlpark crash will be held in separate locations across the Vaal in Gauteng on…
Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court has sent the case of Nkosinathi Makate’s ‘Please Call Me’ and Vodacom back to the Supreme Court of Appeal. The court handed down its judgment in the long drawn legal battle in Johannesburg this morning. Makate suffers a slight setback after the ConCourt (unanimously) upheld Vodacom’s appeal against the 2024…
Aerial view of the municipality 2 minutes Political parties in Northern Cape have expressed mixed views following the recall of the Mayor of Sol Plaatje Municipality, Kagisho Sonyoni, who was the youngest mayor to occupy the position in the province. Sonyoni was recalled last week and will be replaced by an NCOP member and former…
Judge Aubrey Ledwaba. The Pan African Bar Association of South Africa (PABASA) has cautioned against the calls for Acting Judge President of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, Judge Aubrey Ledwaba, to be suspended. Last week, Witness A, at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, testified that he heard from an informer that an amount of…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses Parliament. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa wishes to assure South Africans that Cabinet’s continuing deliberations on the Budget will deliver outcomes that will protect vulnerable citizens and lay a platform for economic growth. The President says, in a statement, that the postponement of the tabling of the Budget in Parliament was…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni to immediately step down following the revelation that a Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation into her conduct as municipal manager of Ba-Phalaborwa local municipality, involving R2.5 million in tender corruption, is ready for prosecution….
ANC SG Fikile Mbalula addressed members of the media Government needs to do better at communicating important developments such as the unexpected arrival of a group of Palestinians in the country on Thursday and preparations for the hosting of the G20 summit. This is according to ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula, who was in Germiston, east…
Kaaiman’s Pass is closed in both directions after a truck collision. Traffic on the N2 is backed up for kilometres following a major crash on the Kaaimans Pass near Wilderness in the Western Cape, where two trucks have been involved in a head-on collision. Motorists have been urged to be patient, as there are no…
Former Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor. 2 minutes Insurance bodies worldwide must engage with global leaders to bring about stability in an increasingly unstable and risky world. That’s according to former Minister of International Relations and the Nelson Mandela Foundation board chairperson, Dr Naledi Pandor. Pandor was speaking at the International…
