A disused mine shaft. 2 minutes Residents of Khuma near Stilfontein in the North West are still hopeful that a government-assisted retrieval operation will start soon. A front loader was sent to shaft eleven to clear the site before heavy machinery that would be used to retrieve workers are brought in. Hundreds of illegal miners…
Parliament’s Committee on Transport Chairperson Selelo Selamolela addressed the media on September 8, 2025. The Chairperson of Parliament’s Committee on Transport Selelo Selamolela says that the deadly shootings that happened at Maponya Mall in Gauteng last month are just the tip of the iceberg within the taxi industry. An e-hailing driver, 27-year-old Siyanda Mthokozisi Mvelase…
DP Paul Mashatile arrives at Shunyi Centre in Beijing Deputy President Paul Mashatile has addressed the opening ceremony of the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing. Mashatile is on a working visit to China. The visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and economic cooperation. Mashatile says that South Africa is committed to strengthening…
[File Image] Men march against gender-based-violence (GBV) in Cape Town, South Africa. 2 minutes A number of protests are expected to take place around the country today, to demand justice for a seven-year-old who was raped allegedly at the Bergview College in Eastern Cape. The matter drew the ire of civil society organizations, calling for…
Cervical cancer ribbon. 2 minutes A Stellenbosch University professor has released research findings exploring options for the secondary prevention of cervical cancer in South Africa. Cervical cancer is said to be the number one cause of cancer deaths in South African women, despite advances in early detection and prevention. According to the World Health Organisation…
EFF leader Julius Malema in the East London Magistrate’s Court The East London Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape is expected to deliver judgment in the case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his former bodyguard Adriaan Snyman. Malema is facing charges of discharging a firearm in public during the EFF’s 5th…
Lottery draw 1 minute The EFF has called on the Trade and Industry Minister Parks Tau to appear before the Portfolio Committee regarding reports about the planned awarding of the National Lottery operating licence to the Gold Rush Consortium. This follows allegations that the department is in negotiations with the company for this licence. The…
[FILE] A woman holding an EFF flag with bearing the face of the party leader Julius Malema. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Limpopo will march today to the Office of Premier Dr. Phophi Ramathuba, demanding immediate action on the severe water shortages in Polokwane. The EFF also plans to raise issues regarding…
A piece of farmland 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Expropriation Bill. The legislation has been five years in the making, following public consultations and Parliamentary deliberations. It repeals the pre-democratic Expropriation Act of 1975. The Expropriation Act outlines how organs of state may expropriate land in the public interest for…
1 minute South African Airways is set to re-launch flights to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on January 20th. Dar es Salaam is one of several African routes that the South African flag carrier has been reviving and expanding. The airline, which last operated flights to Dar es Salaam five years ago, is set to resume…
