Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga speaking during an event. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry into criminality, political interference and corruption in the criminal justice system says its hearing will not start on September 1 as it had initially planned. The Commission says via a statement that the delays are a result of the Department of Justice and…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at the organisation’s event. 3 minutes The South African Communist Party (SACP) says its decision to go it alone in the 2026 local government elections is a foregone conclusion, despite the party holding another bilateral meeting with the African National Congress (ANC) in January to discuss the decision. This is…
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli. The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says talks with other political parties are in progress to get enough votes to back its motion of no confidence against KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli. The vote on the motion is scheduled to take place on Monday next week in the provincial legislature in Pietermaritzburg. The…
Outside tap 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has urged citizens not to accept dry taps as the new normal in the country. The party today held a briefing outside the South Hills Water Tower, south of Johannesburg, an area which has been affected by recurring and lengthy water outages for several years. The party…
Person holds up a sign during a protest against rape 2 minutes A 44-year-old pastor who is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl has been denied bail by the Sabie Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga. The teenager, who is a member of the pastor’s church, told her grandmother about the ordeal. The pastor fled the area…
NSRI boat during a rescue mission Authorities in the Western Cape are investigating an incident in which three fishermen died after their boat capsized off Shelly Point near St Helena Bay. National Sea Rescue Institute spokesperson Craig Lambinon says various emergency services were activated when eyewitnesses reported seeing at least one man clinging to the…
A man holds a fridge at the launch of the e-waste recycling pilot project in Schoemansdal. 1 minute Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs, Bernice Swarts, has launched the e-waste recycling pilot project in Schoemansdal, Nkomazi in Mpulanganga. The pilot project is aimed at encouraging residents across the country to recycle their old…
Smart electricity meters. 2 minutes With just a week left, Eskom electricity users in Limpopo, who have not yet recoded their meter boxes are experiencing power disruptions. Scores of residents have visited Eskom to recode their electricity meter boxes ahead of the November 24 deadline. After the above mentioned date, all Standard Transfer Specification compliant…
President Cyril Ramaphosa at the YES programme President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his administration’s gratitude to private companies that have taken national government’s initiative with both hands to absorb unemployed youth as interns, to provide workplace experience. He was delivering a keynote address at the Youth Employment Service’s (YES) 200 000 jobs milestone at Illovo…
A worker fills a car’s tank at the CO-OP petrol station in Cairo, Egypt April 2, 2020. 1 minute The Automobile Association (AA) has strongly criticised government’s decision to increase the General Fuel Levy (GFL). Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced a 16-cents GFL increase per litre increase for petrol and 15-cents per litre for diesel…
