Deputy President Paul Mashatile. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the African National Congress (ANC) still supports the no compensation on land policy. This is despite having failed to muster the two thirds majority needed to change the constitution and allow for the expropriation of land without compensation. In 2021, the Section 25 Ad-Hoc Committee voted…
Police management in North West say the double life imprisonment handed to Tatlhego Dire by the Ditsobotla Regional Court should send a strong message to perpetrators of gender-based violence. Dire was convicted for crimes committed in 2011 and 2013. Police say in the 2011 incident, he stabbed the victim and chased her friend away before…
ANC Eastern Cape Provincial Secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape has distanced itself from a letter written by its provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi to the party’s top brass. In the letter, he highlights a number of alleged irregularities ahead of the provincial elective conference which is expected to take…
Members of Operation Dudula marching towards Nasrec Expo Centre on 22 November 2025. Operation Dudula is adamant that it will continue to protest outside the G20 Leaders’ Summit venue at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on Sunday. The organisation, together with the Mkhonto weSizwe Party, say they are trying to grab the attention of…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at the organisation’s event. 2 minutes The South African Communist Party says its alliance partner the ANC has no right to stop it from contesting elections independently. The party’s General Secretary Solly Mapaila says the SACP remains resolute in its decision to contest elections on its own next year. This…
President Donald Trump boards Air Force One as he departs for Alaska to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine, from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, August 15, 2025. US President Donald Trump has departed Washington to Anchorage, Alaska ahead of his highly anticipated peace summit…
Handcuffs depicting an arrest. A 24-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the alleged assault of his 31-year-old girlfriend in Umlazi, south of Durban. The suspect was arrested following public outcry after the woman took to social media to accuse police of inaction after opening a case. Police say the the woman is currently…
A search and rescue police vehicle seen in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga were an SANDF member went missing. Rescue teams have recovered remains believed to be that of the missing South African National Defence Force (SANDF) member on the borderline of Mozambique and South Africa in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. The two soldiers were swept by the Nkomati River…
Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry Crime Intelligence boss Lieutenant-General Dumisani Khumalo says there’s evidence that he will not be able to present before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, as it may compromise ongoing investigations. The commission, which was established to investigate allegations of political interference and corruption…
[File photo] 1 minute A family has expressed distress over a video showing their child being assaulted by learners at Tshidimbini, outside Thohoyandou, Limpopo. A family member says she was sent a video of the bullying, which happened outside a school. The learner was assaulted and stabbed by a group of learners and has been…
