Image source: Joel Muniz – Unsplash Organisations with NPO status that remain non-compliant may face deregistration from the NPO register. Those which depend on government funding may then have challenges with contracts and partnerships, reduced capacity to deliver services, staff layoffs, and even closure. This has dire implications for under-resourced communities that rely on the…
NSRI rescue team. 2 minutes The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says recovery efforts for a 23-year-old man who drowned in the surf zone at Eastmore Crescent in Umhlanga in Durban are continuing. It is believed that the man went missing in the surf after being caught in rip currents while swimming yesterday. NSRI Spokesperson…
[FILE IMAGE]: A pair of male elephants is seen in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Police at Mossel Bay in the Western Cape have opened an inquest docket after an elephant trampled a 39-year-old man to death. The deceased is an employee of a nearby game farm. Police spokesperson Chris Spies says paramedics declared the man…
Newclare Community believes the four-year-old needs to be protected The Newclare community in Johannesburg says it will continue to support the child seen on a video being instructed to smoke a substance believed to be drugs. The four-year-old’s mother and three others appeared in the Johannesburg Regional Court on Thursday on charges of child…
A miner sits on a wall as a giant excavator drives past at a mine. 1 minute The mining sector in South Africa is showing signs of strain, with production declining by 0.9% year-on-year in November. This comes after a 1.1% year-on-year increase recorded in the previous month. The largest negative contributors were gold, iron…
3 minutes The dollar was on track to end a volatile week with a slight gain, as markets weighed the impact of Donald Trump’s return to the White House on the US economy and the rate outlook. The US dollar had lost ground in the previous session as traders closed out profitable bets on a Trump presidency following his…
Search in an open field The search for 11 missing young boys at Mahikeng in North West is under way. It is alleged that the boys residing in Ramatlabama and Tsetse villages amongst others were abducted two weeks ago, by people who run illegal initiations schools in the area. Police K9 unit together with some…
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa has called on businesspeople and society to pull South Africa’s metros out of the mire. Hlabisa has told the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber that the country was facing a real problem. He says the City of…
Newly-appointed MK Party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu. 1 minute Newly-appointed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) Secretary-General, Floyd Shivambu, says the move is justified because he is competent. The party confirmed the appointment earlier today. Shivambu became the MK Party’s national organiser after resigning from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in August. He was one of the EFF’s founding members alongside Julius Malema in…
Banknotes of Chinese yuan and US dollar are seen in this illustration picture 3 minutes A pledge by President-elect Donald Trump to impose tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China sent their currencies lower against the dollar on Tuesday, renewing the specter of trade wars and fanning uncertainty in other currency pairs. Trump said that on…
