Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivers the eulogy at the funeral of three of the 14 learners killed in last Monday’s Vanderbijlpark crash. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the provincial government has the duty to fix all that seems to be wrong in the province’s scholar transport sector. Lesufi emphasised that the road to school should…
Setting at day 2 of the M20 Summit in Johannesburg, 2 September 2025. The African Editors Forum says that due to the rise of disinformation and fake news as a result of Artificial Intelligence, journalists across the world must go the extra mile to fact-check every aspect of their story before they publish. This was…
File Image: Aryna Sabalenka. 1 minute World number one Aryna Sabalenka clinched the Miami Open title, defeating American fourth seed Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 in the WTA 1000 final at Hard Rock Stadium. This marks Sabalenka’s first Miami title and her second trophy of the season, following her January victory in Brisbane. Determined to bounce…
Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria. 1 minute The court case against a 41-year-old Congolese national arrested in connection with the Zanzou club assault in Pretoria has been postponed to next week Monday. The man was apprehended in Yeoville last week, when Johannesburg Metro Police Officers conducted patrols in the area. This comes after a video depicting young…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. This year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will be tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on the 12th of November. The National Assembly will consider and adopt it on the 13th of January next year. Parliament says this year’s consideration of the MTBPS is the direct knock-on effect…
Source: Pixabay. Preceding the meeting, a seminar on improving the international monetary and financial system will be held on Thursday, 10 October. Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov will present a report on the financial system’s improvement, developed with the Yakov and Partners consulting firm. Key topics include global economic prospects, Brics economies, customs, tax co-operation,…
The trial of Umkhonto weSizwe Party parliamentary member and daughter of former president Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, is expected to resume in the Durban High Court on Monday. Zuma- Sambudla faces charges of inciting terrorism and violence related to the July 2021 unrest. She has pleaded not guilty to all charges against her. LIVESTREAM:
Motorists arrested for drunk driving. Gauteng Traffic Police have arrested 13 suspects on Saturday night for driving under the influence of alcohol in and around Pretoria. Nine of the suspects were arrested in Hammanskraal and four in Bronkhorstspruit. A 60-year-old motocyclist was also arrested on the N1 in Centurion for riding at 201 kilometers per…
SAPS vehicles and a police tape. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal police have confirmed that the body of a man who confessed to killing his girlfriend in a social media video was found hanging from a tree in the Malangeni area of Umzinto, on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. On Tuesday, police responded to reports of a murder…
Blade nzimande The Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Blade Nzimande says his department plans to introduce a number of initiatives to improve students’ access to Maths and Science. He says this includes introducing National Science Month in 2026, upscaling Science centers through mobile laboratories to reach schools without labs. [WATCH] “We must not fear…
