ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba ActionSA has launched the Tshwane Mayor’s Performance Tracker to monitor service delivery in the City. ActionSA is in a multi-party coalition and its councillor Nasiphi Moya is the City’s executive mayor. The Performance Tracker is available on the party’s website and tracks real-time performance across all wards, including turnaround times, unresolved…
A herd of elephants. The South African National Defense Force (SANDF) is investigating the death of one of its members who is suspected to have been trampled by elephants at Madimbo in Limpopo. SANDF Spokesperson, Prince Tshabalala, says Private Xavier Raynard was found dead near the gate of the Madimbo base on Sunday. Tshabalala says…
Minister Gwede Mantashe. Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has emphasised the importance of critical minerals in building economic growth and creating jobs in South Africa. Addressing delegates at the G20 Critical Mineral Stakeholder meeting in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, Mantashe lamented the importation of raw minerals, which he says further exacerbates poverty and…
A placard displayed at a march in solidarity with rape victims at the East London City Hall, Eastern Cape on April 2, 2025. A family in Alexandra in the North of Johannesburg is living in fear after the father, who allegedly raped his 16-year-old daughter, is harassing them to drop the charges against him. The…
The Trade union, Solidarity, and FlySafair will return to the negotiating table this afternoon to discuss a resolution to the pilots’ strike, which began last week. The strike marks the longest pilot strike in South African history. The pilots embarked on what was meant to be a one-day strike to express their dissatisfaction with salaries…
Pylons carry electricity from a sub-station of state power utility Eskom outside Cape Town in this picture taken March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings The National Council of Provinces has approved the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Bill. This is in concurrence with the National Assembly which has passed the proposed changes recently. The amendment is part…
The Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley is pictured on 24 September 2018. The Health Ombud has released a damning report on the state of the Northern Cape Mental Hospital and the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital following the death of two psychiatric patients; and the immobile state of another patient who remains bedridden. Health Minister…
FILE | Ditebogo Phalane Jnr. One of the three men accused of the murder of five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane has been denied bail by the Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court. Elia Maeka and two others are accused of fatally shooting Phalane junior whilst they hijacked his father’s bakkie at their home in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria in…
Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus. The Springboks are bracing for a step up in physicality and competitiveness when they defend their Rugby Championship title in a few weeks time. Coach Rassie Erasmus says the Springboks’ meticulous planning is precisely to bridge the gap between tests against Italy and Georgia and being absolutely ready for their opponents…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson speaking in Parliament. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says the report by PwC in the controversial R800 million Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen plant tender, awarded by the Independent Development Trust (IDT), represents a monumental failure in governance and adherence to the IDTs policies…
