1 minute Police have now confirmed that two Rea Vaya bus drivers were shot dead in separate incidents in Soweto last night. In the first incident, a driver was fatally shot at a traffic light along Wild Chestnut Street in Protea. In the second incident, another driver was shot dead in Mapetla. Gauteng Police Spokesperson…
The IEC’s E-voting Conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre on March 10, 2025 2 minutes The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party’s National Organiser, Joseph Ndlela, says they reject the proposal for an electronic voting (e-voting) process. He was speaking at the Electoral Commission of South Africa’s (IEC) e-voting Conference underway in Cape Town on…
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula addresses the party’s Colloquium on Progressive Internationalism at Freedom Park in Pretoria on June 24, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has disputed accusations that the party is using the National Dialogue to try to retain power. Mbalula was speaking on the sidelines of the OR…
Launch of the fund 1 minute The Western Cape Social Development Department has launched Cape Care Fund; an initiative aimed at boosting the resilience of organisations in the social services sector. Provincial Social Development Minister Jaco Londt says a number of organisations from various sectors in the province had to close down due to budget…
South Africa’s Tristan Stubbs scores the winning run 3 minutes An unbeaten 47 from Tristan Stubbs, and a 42-run partnership with Gerald Coetzee, saw South Africa haul themselves over the line for a three-wicket win over India in their Twenty20 international at St George’s Park on Sunday. South Africa scored 128-7 in 19 overs in…
The City of Tshwane has welcomed a High Court judgment setting aside the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant tender to corruption-accused Edwin Sodi’s company, Blackhead Consulting. The High Court in Pretoria found that the awarding of the 2019 multimillion-rand tender did not comply with legal and procedural requirements. It ordered that Sodi’s companies and their joint…
Miners in a cave. Police say more arrests are expected at the Sheba Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, as part of an ongoing operation targeting illegal mining activities. On Monday, 24 more suspected illegal miners were taken into custody, bringing the total number of arrests since Friday to 518. Of the 494 suspects apprehended on Friday,…
EFF Leader Julius Malema gestures as he addresses delegates at the party’s third National People’s Assembly at Nasrec in Johannesburg on 13 December 2024. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) National People’s Assembly has always taken place during definitive moments in the history of South Africa, according to EFF leader Julius Malema who is…
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton during practice Lewis Hamilton, last year’s winner with Mercedes, apologised to Ferrari for an unacceptable performance after failing to get through the first phase of Belgian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The seven-times world champion, who has yet to stand on the podium since his move to Maranello in January, will start…
[FILE IMAGE]: Bullets seen at a crime scene. Two more people have been shot and killed and another wounded in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats. Police say two men died after being shot multiple times. This follows a spate of shooting incidents in the area in the past week. Several people were shot and…
