A man presses a button to approve an electronic transaction. 1 minute Data tracking electronic transactions in South Africa has showed a slight rebound in economic activity in 2024 following negative growth in 2023. The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index increased on average by 1.7% in 2024, compared to the contraction of 0.5% the previous year….
A man is pictured refilling his water bottles from a water tanker. 5 minutes Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has called on South Africans to change their behaviour regarding water usage. She was speaking in the National Assembly, making a statement on water security in the country. Several municipalities across the country are struggling…
File image: Commuters at a taxi rank. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has urged striking taxi associations in Durban to stop inconveniencing commuters and to rather take their grievances to the relevant department. The Durban Long Distance Taxi Association has been striking since last week over the issuing of permits and the impounding…
A road has been barricaded with rocks and burning tyres during a service delivery protest. 2 minutes North West Police have raised concerns around the escalating incidents of service delivery protests in the province. According to the Police, the province has registered the highest number of protests nationally. 88 protests were reported in a period…
Source: Land Bank. Over the next two years, Land Bank Insurance Company (LBIC) will pilot index insurance in South Africa targeting smallholder producers to provide affordable drought-risk insurance for both crop and livestock farmers. Index insurance products have proven to be a cost-efficient and administratively effective way to insure smallholder and semi-commercial farmers. Under these…
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Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa may have discredited the credibility of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) after he rushed to endorse Mozambique’s disputed elections before the final results are announced, critics have said. Mnangagwa on Tuesday congratulated Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo) presidential candidate Daniel Chapo…
NA Speaker Thoko Didiza 2 minutes Several political parties have requested National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to withdraw the Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals report of the Standing Committee on Finance. The report was adopted by the majority of members in the committee last night. It was adopted with recommendations by ActionSA, that Treasury must…
SAFA House in Nasrec, Johannesburg. 1 minute Following reports that the South African Football Association (SAFA) is cash-strapped and cannot pay players’ salaries ahead of the festive season, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has decided to advance the federation with R5 million. Minister Gayton McKenzie wrote to SAFA to offer the advance with…
1 minute The uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (MK) has won its first ward in the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. This after the party defeated the Democratic Alliance(DA) in a by-election that was held in Mount Moriah, Sunningdale, under ward 110 yesterday. The DA previously ran the ward which is in northern Durban. The position…
