AfriForum and Solidarity members at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria on November 5, 2024 ahead of their march against the BELA Act. 1 minute The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria has been painted orange as scores of members of lobby group AfriForum and trade union Solidarity gathered ahead of their march against the Basic Education Laws…
[FILE IMAGE]: Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago announces a decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on interest rates in Pretoria on July 31, 2025. Chief Economist at Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt, expects the Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to keep interest rates unchanged when it announces its decision on Thursday afternoon. Despite reduced…
Youth Day Live stream card. 1 minute Deputy President Paul Mashatile is to deliver the keynote address at the 2025 Youth Day commemoration at the Rag Farm Stadium at the North West University’s Potchefstroom campus. This year’s Youth Day event will be held under the theme “Skills for the Changing World – Empowering Youth for…
Eskom Power utility Eskom is meeting with labour unions at the National Bargaining Forum for a round of wage negotiations. Labour unions have tabled a 15 percent salary demand for their members at Eskom in early wage negotiations at the entity. The 7 percent multi-year agreement currently in place comes to an end in June…
Adv. Batohi before the Ad Hoc Committee The head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Advocate Shamila Batohi has refused to disclose the name of a suspended prosecutor who is alleged to be working with criminal syndicates. Batohi is testifying before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in…
Phakama Eastern Cape is a new civic organisation that aims to make local government in the province accountable. Newly established civic movement, Phakama Eastern Cape, says its core mandate is to inspire people of the province to challenge and hold government accountable for its inefficiencies and wasting taxpayers’ money. The movement held its launch in…
FILE | Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss Johan Booysen after testifying the State Capture Inquiry. The former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss, Johan Booysen, says that conflicts within the South African Police Service (SAPS) leadership are hindering efforts to combat crime. He was commenting on the testimonies of KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkwanazi and National Police Commissioner Fannie…
Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s legal representative Anton Katz arguing in court. 1 minute Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s legal representative, Advocate Anton Katz, has argued that his client was unlawfully arrested in Tanzania as South African authorities failed to wait for the extradition process. Magudumana is seeking a declaration order from the Supreme Court of Appeal that her arrest…
The NPA says it will oppose the bail application of the suspects. 1 minute Three of the five Northern Cape men aged between 34 and 55 have been given life imprisonment sentences after they were found guilty of raping a 9-year-old orphaned girl between 2017 and 2020. The aunt of the rape survivor reported the…
A man looks at an item before buying at a spaza shop in Thembisa, on the East Rand, in South Africa. 2 minutes Small Business Development Minister, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, says spaza shops and food handling outlets owners that have applied for registration and are yet to finalise the process will not be penalised. Spaza shop…
