Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa 3 minutes Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramakgopa, says Africa needs to tackle illicit financial flows, as they reverse the continent’s development. She was speaking to members of the G20 Development Working Group, currently meeting in Durban to address…
Former President Thabo Mbeki 2 minutes Former President Thabo Mbeki has defended the singing of the “Kill the Boer Kill the Farmer” song, saying it is just a chant, and doesn’t mean white farmers must be killed. Speaking to the SABC in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Mbeki says he explained the song during the Truth…
Former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks 1 minute Hundreds of mourners gathered at the NG Kerk in Wellington, Boland, in the Western Cape, to pay their final respects to former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks. The 37-year-old passed away just over a week ago after suffering a heart attack. He had been diagnosed with a heart condition…
Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel 1 minute The Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel has finally been reopened after being two months behind schedule. The maintenance, repair and refurbishment work started in October last year and was initially scheduled to be completed within six months. The tunnel channels water from Lesotho to South Africa delivering about 700 million…
England’s Shoaib Bashir 2 minutes Shoaib Bashir picked up a career-best six wickets in the second innings as England beat Zimbabwe by an innings and 45 runs on day three of the one-off test at Trent Bridge on Saturday. After being reduced to 141-3 at lunch, following Bashir’s breakthrough for England in the first session,…
Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s former ambassador to the US. 1 minute Former South African ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool asserts that America’s hostile stance toward South Africa is rooted in Pretoria’s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Speaking in Cape Town following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent meeting with Donald…
1 minute Emerging farmers in Limpopo have expressed concern over the increase in the fuel levy, which Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana recently announced in his third budget speech. The fuel levy for diesel and petrol has been adjusted to increase by 15 and 16 cents per litre, respectively. Some small-scale farmers say they are worried…
uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party Secretary-General Floyd Shivambu addresses the party’s mini rally in Vosloorus, Ekurhuleni on November 30. 2024. 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s secretary-general Floyd Shivambu will deliver a lecture in Tembisa, in eastern Johannesburg to mark Africa Day. The party’s national chairperson Nathi Nhleko will accompany Shivambu. Africa Day is celebrated annually on…
Player taking a corner kick. 2 minutes Kaizer Chiefs have not qualified for the MTN8 competition for a second successive season. The Amakhosi played to a goalless draw with Polokwane City in their final Betway Premiership match at the FNB Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The draw saw Chiefs finish their campaign in ninth place on…
Crime Scene. 1 minute Police are investigating an incident in which a suspected petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Belhar on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg says the owner of the house is believed to be a relative of a police officer. ” Nobody was at home at the time of…
