Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa speaks at the 1998 White Paper on Local Government high-level dialogue in Midrand on 23 June 2025. The public has until tomorrow to submit comments on the review of the 1998 White Paper on Local Government. The review is aimed at modernising the 1998 White Paper, to address current challenges…
A person shows US dollars at a currency exchange store 2 minutes US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday demanded that BRICS member countries commit to not creating a new currency or supporting another currency that would replace the United States dollar or face 100% tariffs. “We require a commitment from these countries that they will neither create a…
FILE | Pupils using scholar transport. The North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management has put aside more than R1 billion for transport operations. When presenting the R2.4 billion budget for the 2025/2026 financial year at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng, MEC Wessels Morweng said half of that budget will be allocated to…
A spaza shop 1 minute Small Business Development Minister Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams says over 60 000 spaza shops have been registered following the compliance drive campaign that began late last year. She. however, expressed disappointment at a slow pace of small businesses response in applying for government funding. In March this year, the department launched…
FILE: Crime scene. 2 minutes Police are investigating a murder case following the discovery of a mutilated body of a 14-year-old girl in Durban Deep, Roodepoort in western Johannesburg. A passerby notified police after finding body under a shrub yesterday. Police say in a statement that the suspects are unknown. The Tshegofatso Pule Foundation has…
A pair of school shoes. 1 minute The Kimberley based Bachelor Foundation took part in the 70 kilometre walk for school shoes campaign. The shoes will be donated to a local primary school. The Foundation was started in 2018. It mainly focuses on education and keeping vulnerable children in schools. The Bachelor Foundation believes that…
Metrobus seen in Johannesburg Johannesburg Metrobus commuters are expected to march to the bus operators’ offices in Braamfontein to hand over a memorandum of grievances, demanding a return to the old payment system. Commuters are protesting the change in the payment system introduced by Metrobus. The situation is tense at Gandhi Square in the Johannesburg…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi held a media briefing last Sunday. North West-based businessman Brown Mogotsi has refuted KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi‘s recent allegations against him and Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. Mogotsi is at the center of Mkhwanazi’s allegation that senior political figures, and top police officials are linked to the controversial disbandment of…
Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber speaking at a government event. 1 minute Home Affairs Minister, Dr Leon Schreiber, says state capture has opened the door to corruption in almost every sector within the country. He was speaking at the launch of the Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum (BMIACF) in Pretoria. The department in…
File image: The Eastern Cape Education Department banner displayed at an event. 1 minute Eastern Cape Education MEC Fundile Gade has placed the Department’s Chief Financial Officer Nokuthula Ngcingwana on special leave following alleged death threats by extortionists. According to the statement released by the Department, extortionists are demanding that Ngcingwana resign from her position…
