Emergency vehicles at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) has condemned the shooting incident which left at least 12 people dead and 29 others injured at Bondi Beach in Sydney. One gunman is among the dead; another is in…
Residents form a queue to cast their special vote in the Thabazimbi Local Municipality by-election at the Regorogile SASSA Offices in Limpopo on 03 December 2024. 1 minute A hung council has emerged yet again at the Thabazimbi Local Municipality in Limpopo, following Wednesday’s municipal by-election. According to the Electoral Commission (IEC) results portal, none…
Mutoko Bus FOR years, the old white bus stood sentinel by the Harare-Nyamapanda Highway in Mutoko South constituency. Its once-vibrant colours faded to a dull sheen due to perennial exposure to different weather conditions. The registration had long since expired and the tyres had flattened, as if the bus had surrendered to the weight of…
Home Affairs Department 1 minute The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has dismissed with costs the Home Affairs Minister’s bid to appeal the interim relief granted to the Zimbabwe Immigration Federation (ZIF). ZIF represents more than 1 000 holders of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP). This follows the June 2023 High Court in Pretoria judgment…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and community members gather for the memorial service of the Soshanguve shooting victims. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Soshanguve Police Station needs a complete overhaul. This follows the brutal murder of six community patrollers at Mary Me informal settlement on Saturday. Two suspects have appeared in the Pretoria…
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has intensified efforts for political parties to be legally registered through an amendment of the Electoral Act. Under current law, political parties just notify the electoral body of their existence without undergoing any rigorous processes. In an interview this week, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chief elections officer Utloile…
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter. Tesla has granted CEO Elon Musk shares worth about $29 billion, in a new pay deal aimed at keeping the billionaire entrepreneur at the helm during a crucial pivot from its struggling core auto business to robotaxis and humanoid robots. The company described…
The UN says five South African soldiers are facing allegations of sexual misconduct in the DRC for the abuse of four adults and a minor between 2014 and 2016. 1 minute The group of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who were critically injured in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are back in…
Former President Thabo Mbeki Former African National Congress (ANC) president Thabo Mbeki has described the party’s 17% drop in support in the 2024 national elections as a crisis. He was addressing ANC members at the party’s political school in Durban. The ANC dropped from 54% to 17% in the last general elections. Mbeki says for…
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday declaring that his plan to sell Chinese-owned TikTok’s US operations to US and global investors will address the national security requirements in a 2024 law. The new US company will be valued at around $14 billion, Vice President JD Vance said, putting a price tag on the…
