Beds are seen in a fever clinic that was set up in a sports area as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, December 20, 2022 The latest mortality data from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) published on 28 August, shows 486 041 deaths recorded in 2022, which is a sharp decline by 22% compared…
Minister Patricia de Lille speaking at the opening of G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting in Durban. Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille is expected to clear up several matters concerning the South African Tourism Board before a Parliamentary Committee on Tuesday. Among others, De Lille is expected to brief the Tourism Portfolio Committee on why she…
Santon Convention Centre where the J20 Summit of the Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts is being held. The Deputy Chief Justice Dunstan Mlambo says that the South African Judiciary will not blindly adopt Artificial Intelligence. He was speaking ahead of the J20 Summit of the Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts at the Sandton Convention Centre…
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for crime detection Shadrack Sibiya and National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola are appearing in the High Court in Pretoria. Sibiya wants the court to declare his suspension unlawful in a bid to be reinstated. Masemola suspended Sibiya in July for the alleged unlawful disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal team tasked with investigating…
Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya. Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, and National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola are set to face off in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this morning. Sibiya wants the high court to declare his suspension unlawful. Masemola…
An attendant puts fuel into a car. The Department of Mineral and Energy Resources has announced decreases in fuel prices, including a cut of as much as 57 cents a litre for diesel. The department says the petrol price will decline by four cents a litre and illuminating paraffin by 49 cents. The prices take…
Tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka World number one and defending champion, Aryna Sabalenka, remains on course to successfully defend her US Open title. The Belarusian advanced to the quarterfinals at Flushing Meadows following a 6-1, 6-4 victory over the unseeded Spaniard, Cristina Bucsa. Ninth seed, Elena Rybakina, has been knocked out. The Kazakhstani, who reached the…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi briefs media in Johannesburg on September 3, 2025. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into the Usindiso building fire has indicated that the cause of hijacked buildings in the Johannesburg CBD is a result of extreme poverty, which forces residents to live in unsafe conditions. Lesufi addressed…
ANC Limpopo Chairperson Stanley Mathabatha addresses the Provincial Executive Committee meeting in Polokwane on June 17, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) Limpopo Chairperson Stanley Mathabatha has stepped aside from his role in the ANC due to processes followed for the Vhembe and Waterberg Regional Conferences. In a letter seen by SABC News, he says there…
[File Image] Traffic officers during a roadblock. Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) says the looming roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences system (AARTO) to 69 municipalities across the country is an effort to curb the high number of road fatalities in the country. The system will come into effect on December 1…
