MK Party flag. 2 minutes The MK Party says it has deliberately decided not to involve itself in the ongoing debate over the reversal of the Value Added Tax (VAT) increase. MK Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu addressed members during a mini rally held in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, yesterday. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana recently submitted documents…
Tokai fires 1 minute Firefighters from multiple agencies are continuing to battle the fire raging on Table Mountain, even as aerial firebombing efforts had to be scaled back overnight. The blaze has burnt through nearly 3 000 hectares of vegetation, since it ignited on Friday near the Tokai, and Silvermine sections of the mountain. Table…
Riverlea High School classrooms 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department says it cannot afford to have a security person at each and every school after it emerged that there were no security personnel at Riverlea High School where 11 classrooms and several toilets were gutted by fire over the weekend. Locals say they saw people at…
Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba and MEC for Health Ms Dieketseng Mashego receive the South African patient who was airlifted from Beit Bridge. 1 minute Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba and Health MEC Dieketseng Mashego have received a South African patient who couldn’t receive required treatment at a hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The patient was airlifted from…
Illustration depicting drunk driving 1 minute A total of 257 drunk drivers have been arrested over the Freedom Day long weekend on Eastern Cape roads. Mthatha in the OR Tambo District has been identified as a hotspot. Eastern Cape Transport spokesperson, Unathi Binqose, “Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha has given full credit to the officers for…
[File photo] An empty court room 2 minutes The R260 million SASSA fraud case against 11 individuals is set to resume in the Lenasia Magistrates court south of Johannesburg on Tuesday. The accused, which include SASSA employees, face more than 1000 counts of cybercrime, fraud, and theft. It’s alleged they created fake profiles and…
uMkhonto weSizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma. 2 minutes UMkhonto Wesizwe Party leader Jacob Zuma has urged the community of Mamelodi outside Pretoria to mobilise ahead of next year’s local government elections to ensure a two-thirds majority for the party. Zuma was speaking at the party’s Freedom Day celebrations. The event, billed as a Solomon Mahlangu…
Bicycles at a school. 1 minute The three Limpopo cyclists who recently cycled from Burgersfort to Cape Town, have received a hero’s welcome at Ga-Mathabatha village outside Lebowakgomo. Gauta Mahlakwane, Karabo Makoo and Maxwell Ndou, were in the spotlight when they embarked on a 1700-kilometre long journey to the Mother City. This was to raise…
[File photo] A worker counts money 3 minutes There is a growing concern among some municipal workers in the North West, regarding the ongoing salary crisis affecting several municipalities across the province. Some municipalities have recently failed to pay workers on time. According to the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu), in the North West,…
2 minutes The Western Cape High Court has ruled to suspend the VAT increase announcement made last month, preventing the tax hike from taking effect on May 1. In a significant ruling, the court also overturned the resolution of the National Assembly adopting the report of the Joint Standing Committee on Finance on the Fiscal…
