Person doing a biometric scan Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Social Development says it is satisfied with the progress of the Social Security Agency (SASSA) in KwaZulu-Natal in implementing biometric registration of grant beneficiaries. The committee is on a three-day oversight visit to the provincial offices of SASSA and the National Development Agency. Parliamentary…
South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada in action bowling, 2025 ICC World Test Championship Final, South Africa v Australia at Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, Britain – June 13, 2025. South Africa will be without Kagiso Rabada for the second and final test against India in Guwahati after the fast bowler failed to recover from a rib injury….
Grove End in Phoenix 2 minutes Residents in Phoenix, north of Durban, have expressed dissatisfaction with proposed electricity tariff increases, property valuations and ongoing service delivery challenges during a public consultation on the eThekwini Municipality’s draft 2025/26 budget. The hearing took place at the Stonebridge Community Hall last week, as part of the municipality’s mandatory…
Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya. Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has admitted to knowing the father of Constable Sizwe Zungu, however, maintains he did not know the key state witness in 2014. Muzi Sibiya has been under cross examination at the High Court in Pretoria…
Source: Supplied. So says Arnold Maritz, co-principal for Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs, adding that it’s especially important for first-time investors to go in with their eyes wide open. “Do your homework thoroughly, researching the markets in various areas and look for neighbourhoods where there’s been an upswing, but which…
Joshlin Smith was reported missing from her home in Saldanha Bay in February 2024. Western Cape police say they’ve received and on Friday pursued information in the Middelpos informal settlement at Saldanha Bay on the West Coast as part of their continuous investigation into the disappearance of 7-year-old Joshlin Smith Joshlin was six years old…
The ANC top brass in a bilateral meeting with the leadership of Cosatu in Braamfontein on October 20, 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) held its much-anticipated bilateral with Cosatu on Monday. The one-day meeting was attended by some of the party’s top officials, including President Cyril Ramaphosa and Secretary General, Fikile Mbalula, and Cosatu…
Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has said he will appeal his two-week ban for shoving a doping control official and criticised the process for a “lack of facts”. Hewitt was charged in January for engaging in offensive conduct towards a doping control official after he pushed a 60-year-old volunteer anti-doping chaperone following Australia’s semi-final loss to…
A South African court room pictured above. A second suspect arrested in connection with the recent mass shooting incident in Westbury is expected to make his first appearance in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The 36-year-old, whom police believe to be the mastermind behind the shooting, was arrested on Friday. The shooting left two…
Second One Day International – India v England – Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India – February 9, 2025 India’s Rohit Sharma in action. 2 minutes A month after his poor form forced Rohit Sharma to drop himself from a test match in Sydney, the India captain can finally breathe easy after producing a faith-restoring hundred in…
