2 minutes The Swartland Municipality in the Western Cape has urged the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to reject Eskom’s application to increase electricity tariffs in 2025. It says ordinary South Africans should not shoulder the power utility’s financial crisis. The municipality’s Electrical Engineering Services Director Thys Möller says allowing a hike of up to 43% would put further…
Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago 3 minutes Some political parties in Parliament and Cosatu have welcomed the Reserve Bank’s decision to cut interest rates by 25 basis points. However, some say despite the reduction, interest rates are still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. They say there’s room for more cuts to stimulate economic growth…
Gauteng Social Development MEC Faith Mazibuko 1 minute Gauteng Social Development MEC Faith Mazibuko says her department has arbitrated over about 2 000 funding applications from Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs). She says they have so far issued 900 letters of award to successful applicants. Mazibuko says organisations whose applications have been rejected have seven days in…
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…
2 minutes A Limpopo traffic officer has been found dead at a mountain near a village outside Thohoyandou. Police say Patrick Netshidzivhani had been reported missing earlier this week. He was initially reported missing on Sunday, 12 January, after being last seen while exercising at Khunguni mountain near Ha-Makhuvha village and did not return home….
Televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho appearing in the Gqeberha High Court. 1 minute Scores of people have gathered outside the High Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape as judgment in the trial of televangelist, Timothy Omotoso is being handed down. He was arrested at the Chief Dawid…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the official Reconciliation Day commemoration in Vredendal, in the Western Cape on December 16, 2024. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South Africans to work with authorities to end crime and corruption in their communities. Ramaphosa addressed the Reconciliation Day commemoration in Vredendal, in the Western Cape yesterday. He…
2 minutes South African Rugby President Mark Alexander has announced that the union’s lawyers, together with an independent transaction advisor, will finalise the details of a Request for Proposal (RFP) before SARU explores the market for an equity partner. He made the statement at the launch of a new energy drink sponsorship deal in Johannesburg…
File image | The National Prosecuting Authority Head Office in Pretoria. 1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says the prosecution is preparing to challenge the decision taken by the Free State High Court, in the trial within a trial of the R255 million asbestos roof removal case. Judge Phillip Loubser ruled in favour of…
[FILE IMAGE]: Learners in class. 4 minutes The Department of Basic Education says over 200 000 assistant teachers have been deployed to schools across the country to help ease the daily workload teachers face. This follows a shocking study by Dr. Heleen Hofmeyr, which revealed that 70% of teachers cite excessive administrative duties as the…
