Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Andrew Whitfield axed

Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister, Andrew Whitfield addresses the Annual General Meeting and 20-year Anniversary of the Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster at UVU Africa in Cape Town on June 10, 2025. Trade, Industry and Competition Deputy Minister Andrew Whitfield has been fired from the Government of National Unity (GNU) cabinet. This is confirmed…

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“I saw his father’s face” – Court imprisons woman for son’s murder

The Oudtshoorn Regional Court in the Western Cape has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to 20 years’ imprisonment for the murder of her seven-year-old son.  National Prosecuting Authority Spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says Drezene Jonkerman admitted in a plea agreement that she strangled her son after claiming she saw his father’s face on him while bathing him. Ntabazalila says she then…

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SA to host G20 Sherpa meeting without US

Ambassador Xolisa Mabhongo and Adv. Nokukhanya Jele address the media on the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on February 19, 2025. South Africa will today host the third G20 Sherpa meeting in Sun City in the North West. It is expected to bring to the fore a myriad of challenges…

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Ellis opts for three captains for Wafcon

Banyana during training. The coach of the South African women’s football team, Desiree Ellis, has stuck to the recipe that worked for her in 2022 when Banyana Banyana won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title for the very first time. She has named three captains in her 26-player squad for this year’s edition of…

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National Assembly to meet over Division of Revenue Bill

The Standing Committee on Appropriations met for consideration and adoption of the draft reports on the Division of Revenue Bill at Parliament, Cape Town on June 23, 2025. The National Assembly will this afternoon consider the report of the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the Division of Revenue Bill. The Bill outlines how government revenue…

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Gininda back on the stand as Meyiwa trial continues

Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Police lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda is expected back on the witness stand when the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this morning. Yesterday, Gininda testified that video footage of Longwe Twala, a day after Senzo Meyiwa was murdered, does not…

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Joburg council to debate no confidence motion against Mayor

Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero addresses crowds at the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown during the official launch of the Clean Cities and Towns Campaign on 06 June 2025. The City of Johannesburg Council is today expected to debate three motions of no confidence, including one against Mayor Dada Morero, brought by the Democratic Alliance (DA)….

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