South African National Defence Force members. 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) says members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) should not be in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo. The DA was commenting amid news of nine South African soldiers being killed in clashes with M23 rebels near the strategic city of…
Children on the first day of school 2 minutes The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has terminated its partnership with Nal’bali after allegations that one of its practitioners sexually assaulted a grade three pupil. The GDE bemoaned the alleged incident and said children should be protected and not harmed. Nal’Bali is a national reading-for-enjoyment campaign…
PRASA passenger trains seen at a station The Democratic Alliance (DA) will today lodge a formal complaint against the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) at the Public Protector’s office in Johannesburg. This follows DA oversight visits uncovering alleged abuse and misspending of R3.5 billion to refurbish the old grey-and-yellow trains set to be…
Body of a man found in a wheelie bin in Lotus River in Cape Town. The body of a man has been found in a wheelie bin in Lotus River in Cape Town. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg, says that the body had been discovered on Thursday morning. The circumstances surrounding the incident is under investigation…
President Cyril Ramaphosa receives his Botswana counterpart at his official residence in Pretoria on April 28, 2025. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the members of the Eminent Persons to guide and champion the National Dialogue as a way of tackling the challenges the country is facing at the moment. INFOGRAPHIC INFORGRAPHIC BY Walter Moropa
Members of the SANDF seen during a parade. 1 minute Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence wants to engage the Presidency in extending the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This was after the President had sent a letter to the Committee on Christmas Eve of…
Fresh water gushing out of a municipal tap in Hammanskraal. 1 minute The City of Tshwane says final tests are currently being conducted on the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works in Hammanskraal-north of Pretoria. Following the Cholera outbreak in the area that resulted in forty deaths last year, residents called for the rehabilitation and upgrading of…
African Bank Soweto Marathon 2025 Foreign runners continue to dominate the Soweto Marathon. Lesotho’s Khoarahlane Seutloali, running in the colours of HollywoodBets, won the 30th edition of the race in cool and wet conditions this morning. Last year’s runner-up was part of a three-man group who took the lead with just more than five kilometres…
ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa speaking at the end of the four day ANC NEC meeting in Germiston east of Johannesburg. African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa says that despite pushback from some quarters, the Government of National Unity (GNU) remains the right approach – one that has brought stability and addressed the challenges facing the…
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva delivers remarks ahead of the annual IMF-World Bank fall meetings The world economy has proven more resilient than expected despite acute strains from multiple shocks, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, forecasting only a slight slowing of global growth this year and in…
