Minister Gayton McKenzie tabling his budget Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie tabled his budget in the National Assembly in Cape Town this morning. While there were several rejections to his proposals from opposition parties, all members agreed that sports, arts and culture are an integral part of the country’s social fabric. Banyana…
2 minutes Moody’s has revised its GDP growth forecast for South Africa downward to 1.5% for 2025, down from its earlier projection of 1.7%. The credit rating agency attributed the revision to global policy uncertainty and escalating trade tensions, which have prompted downward adjustments to growth forecasts worldwide. Global credit rating agency Moody’s has revised…
The initiative comes amidst the surge in uninsured and unregistered motor vehicles in the roads of Harare and the spiraling piracy in the city. THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has roped in police to flush out fraudulently imported motor vehicles, especially in Harare. Zimra wants police to assist in mounting roadblocks along major roads often…
SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila delivers the political report at the Central Committee’s plenary, at Cosatu House in Johannesburg on August 29, 2025. South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Solly Mapaila has dared the African National Congress (ANC) to expel its members. Relations between the two tripartite alliance members have been strained since the…
African National Congress (ANC) Greater Johannesburg Regional Chairperson Dada Morero addresses the party’s 113 anniversary in Alexandra on February 2, 2025. African National Congress (ANC) Johannesburg Regional Chairperson Dada Morero says they are not going to embark on a popular contest of throwing names around for the 2026 Local Government Elections. Some political parties have…
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane. 2 minutes Gauteng Education MEC Motome Chiloane has called for faster police responses to incidents at schools. Speaking at a school safety Imbizo in Eersterust, east of Pretoria, Chiloane stressed the importance of police visibility to combat bullying, gangsterism, and drug peddling in schools. He said, “I will engage the…
File image: Seismograph of an earth tremor. 1 minute The Council for Geo-Science has confirmed that three tremors have struck areas around the Northern Cape. The council says experts are yet to confirm the size and epicentre of the tremors, which occurred in the early hours of this morning. Some residents of Brandvlei and Springbok…
ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the party’s comeback from its electoral loss, will begin in the Western Cape. Mbalula was giving the Peter Mokaba memorial lecture in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape on Friday. The ANC, which has not been in power in the…
4 minutes New plans are afoot for the contentious Tafelberg site in Sea Point, Cape Town. This followed a drawn-out battle between housing activists and the Western Cape provincial government, which owns the land. Activists, who argued that the site would best serve a growing need for affordable housing and spatial redress, were deadset against…
File image: Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town. 1 minute Eskom has successfully synchronised Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station in Cape Town to the national grid. This follows a maintenance programme which will increase the unit’s lifespan by 20 years. The power utility says in a statement that the unit will…
