Some of the Saulspoort Dam Musical cast on stage. A musical focusing on the bus tragedy that left 51 Cosatu affiliated union members dead is on at the Northern Cape Theatre. It captures the lives and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the bus to a Workers Day rally celebrations on 1 May 2003. The…
SACP supporters The political implications of the South African Communist Party’s (SACP) decision to contest the 2026 local elections independently have topped the agenda of the Special African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Boksburg East of Johannesburg. Speaking to the media on the sidelines of their one-day meeting, Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says they…
Lobby group calls on government to declare GBVF as a national emergency. Civil rights organisation, NotInMyName International, has called on government to declare gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) a national emergency. The renewed calls follow the shooting of two women, Tshiamo and Baleseng Moramaga, in Pretoria over the weekend. The women, aged 22 and 21,…
South African bowler Keshav Maharaj celebrates taking a wicket. South Africa have been boosted by the return of leading spinner Keshav Maharaj to the team for the second test against Pakistan in Rawalpindi as they seek to level the series, captain Aiden Markram said on Sunday. Maharaj, 35, was recovering from a groin injury and…
Mine workers stand underground at Gold Fields’ South Deep mine, south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa. 1 minute Mining company PP Gemstones has accused Assmang, a prominent mining company jointly owned by Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Minerals, of carrying out illegal mining activities. This as the ongoing dispute involving a rare and valuable gemstone known as…
The East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape delivers judgment in the case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his former bodyguard Adriaan Snyman. Malema is facing charges of discharging a firearm in public during the EFF’s 5th anniversary celebrations at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane in 2018. On the other…
Millions of rands worth of abalone have been caught in two separate instances in the Western cape by police. Fisheries Minister Dion George has welcomed the arrest of alleged abalone poachers and smugglers in two separate incidents in the Western Cape this week. Police intercepted a truck near Rawsonville in the Boland on Monday and…
Amnesty International said recorded executions tripled and death sentences increased by 66% from 298 t0 494. ZIMBABWE is one of the three countries leading in the abolishment of the death penalty in Sub-Saharan African countries. In a Press statement to mark the World Day Against Death Penalty on Thursday, Amnesty International said there has been…
Bekkersdal shooting crime scene. Police say they have also confiscated all the alcohol after they arrested the owner of kwaNoxolo tavern in Bekkersdal on Gauteng’s West Rand for operating with a fraudulent liquor license. This comes after the police took her license for verification, following the deadly mass shooting when a group of armed suspects…
File image: Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni briefs media on a Cabinet meeting outcome. 1 minute Political analyst Dr. Levy Ndou says corruption allegations against Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, should be taken seriously. This comes as pressure mounts on President Cyril Ramaphosa to take action against her. She is accused of allegedly…
