Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering the Budget Speech 2 minutes Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) says the tabling of the 2025/2026 budget was a difficult one for the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana. The labour federation says it welcomes the budget despite the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase. Parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks says, “It…
1 minute The inquest into the death of Chief Albert Luthuli continues in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, KwaZulu-Natal. Live stream:
Three deceased Free State constables. 2 minutes A joint memorial service for the three Free State police constables whose bodies were found at the Hennops River near Pretoria will be held on Monday in Bloemfontein. Keamogetswe Buys, Boipelo Senoge, and Cebekhulu Linda were reported missing for several days before their bodies were retrieved. The families…
An analogue TV seen on a shelf 1 minute Proceedings in the case that seeks to invalidate and halt the analogue switch off will continue today in the Pretoria High Court. Yesterday, three applicants namely ETV, Media Monitoring Africa and SOS Support public broadcasting argued that the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies did not…
A prepaid electricity meter. 1 minute The City of Johannesburg has clarified the confusion around a surcharge on electricity tariffs. The City’s Finance MMC Margaret Arnolds says the surcharge has remained the same, contrary to reports of an additional R70 to the original amount. Introduced in July 2024, the surcharge sparked widespread backlash amid growing…
2 minutes National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola says South Africa is facing a serious challenge when it comes to transnational organised crime. He says he hopes the development of a strategic plan to curb such crimes will be successful. Some of the crimes include drug trafficking, illicit cigarette trade and theft of high-performance vehicles that…
March against GBVF 2 minutes A Palm Ridge mother’s bid to appeal her murder conviction and sentence has been postponed to February next year. The woman dubbed as the “Palm Ridge Mother” murdered her partner during a domestic violence incident in 2018. She was sentenced to ten-years in the lower court in November 2022. The…
Phalala River in Limpopo 2 minutes The families of two 10-year-old boys who drowned at Phalala River at Ga-Seleka outside Lephalele in Limpopo, have accused police of abruptly abandoning the search for one of the boys. Thapelo Maropola and Jan Monare drowned on New Year’s Day. Monare’s body and that of an adult who also…
People from the first group of white South Africans granted refugee status for being deemed victims of racial discrimination under U.S. President Trump’s Refugee plan, attend a meet and greet event, at Dulles International Airport, in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., May 12, 2025. 2 minutes Immigration expert Professor Loren Landau has described the departure of the…
Sanlam revealed that the comedy show was in fact a marketing campaign. Source: Supplied. Stigma Held over three sold-out nights in Johannesburg, this campaign turned financial literacy into entertainment, delivering key money lessons without the usual stigma. Mariska Oosthuizen, chief marketing officer at Sanlam, says, “This campaign is rooted in the insight that South Africans…
