LIVE| Mbalula briefs the media on ANC NEC meeting outcomes
African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula is briefing the media on the outcomes of the party’s National Executive Committee meeting, held over the weekend. LIVESTREAM:
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Lesufi applauded for suspending Gauteng Community Safety HOD, CFO
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has welcomed the decisive intervention by Premier Panyaza Lesufi, following the recent suspension of the Head of Department (HOD) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Gauteng Department of Community Safety. The committee says this action reflects a strong commitment to ethical…
WC govt honours women in the freight industry
The Western Cape Mobility Minister Isaac Sileku with female freight drivers on August 6, 2025. Western Cape Mobility Minister Isaac Sileku says it is important to celebrate the women who are the backbone of the freight industry. Sileku says this month they are celebrating both female freight truck drivers and the wives and partners of…
City Power calls for collaborative efforts in fighting vandalism
A faulty lightbulb. Johannesburg’s City Power is calling on the community, patrollers and law enforcement agencies to assist in curbing the increasing incidents of vandalism targeting critical electricity infrastructure in the Lombardy East area and parts of Alexandra. The power utility has recorded at least four incidents of transformer vandalism last month alone. Spokesperson Isaac…
Suspect in Eersterust murder case appears in court, residents protest
Angry Eersterust residents east of Pretoria are calling for justice following the gruesome discovery of the body of a woman in a shallow grave. They are protesting outside the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court, where a 36-year-old man is expected to appear in connection with the murder. The suspect was arrested in Polokwane on Monday. The…
Lusikisiki mass murder trial resumes
FILE | Lusikisiki mass murders suspects. The trial of six men accused of the murder of 18 people at Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki last year will continue at the Mthatha High Court sitting in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape this morning. The trial was adjourned on Monday as one of the legal representatives of the…
Samwu to march for reinstatement of workers dismissed in 2021
Samwu workers are seen during a strike. The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) will lead a march to Tshwane House today to demand the reinstatement of workers who were unfairly dismissed in 2021. The dismissals followed a salary increase dispute which emanated from the City of Tshwane’s failure to adhere to an agreement it had reached…
LIVE | Families, survivors of apartheid-era crimes take govt to court
Twenty-five families and survivors of apartheid-era crimes take President Ramaphosa and government to the Pretoria High Court, seeking constitutional damages for the government’s gross failure to adequately investigate and prosecute apartheid-era political crimes following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process. LIVE STREAM:
Inter Miami calls Lionel Messi’s leg injury ‘minor’
Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi scores a goal. A return date for Lionel Messi to the Inter Miami lineup is uncertain, but the Herons announced yesterday that the superstar’s right leg injury isn’t serious. Messi came out of Miami’s Leagues Cup match against Necaxa on Saturday in Fort Lauderdale in the 11th minute, shortly after getting…
SACP’s decision to contest LGE 2026 will have implications: Ramaphosa
African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at the party’s NEC meeting in Germiston in the East Rand on August 4, 2025. The African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa says as much as it cannot interfere with the South African Communist Party’s (SACP) resolution to contest elections independently, it does not agree with…