G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg on February 20, 2025. 1 minute The Finance Track four-day meetings of the G20 will start in Cape Town today. The meetings will take place after the unprecedented postponement of the tabling of the budget to March 12. The postponement has raised concerns over the…
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy 3 minutes Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced interventions to stabilise and rebuild the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) entity of the Department. She is briefing the media, alongside the Ministerial Intervention Team that was tasked to investigate the source of problems at the Air Traffic and Navigation Services Board…
ANC Deputy President Paul Mashatile led an ANC delegation to KwaSizabantu Mission in KwaMaphumulo today. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Paul Mashatile has expressed his admiration for the work that is being done at KwaSizabantu Mission at Maphumulo near KwaDukuza in KwaZulu-Natal. He is attending the Easter service at the 50-year-old mission…
Smoke rises following a Fire at Emergency Unit of Tembisa Hospital. 2 minutes Residents of Tembisa believe more people need to be arrested in connection with the recent arson incidents at the Tembisa Hospital in Ekurhuleni. A 48-year-old man, Thembinkosi Manqunyana, appeared in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court today where his case was postponed to next…
A signpost indicating arrival in Reiger Park. A heavy police presence is expected in Reiger Park in Ekurhuleni this morning during the funeral services of four of the six victims of last weekend’s drive-by shooting. Six people were killed and three others were wounded in the shooting, which happened last Saturday. Police say suspects travelling…
SABC TV Park building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 1 minute South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)‘s Chief Financial Officer Yolande van Biljon has resigned and Tendai Matore has been appointed acting CFO. Biljon’s final day at the public broadcaster will be on November 30th. The SABC says in a statement that van Biljon contributed to the…
1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of sexual harassment against Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court continues. The complainant, Andiswa Mengo, is currently under cross-examination. Live stream:
Representational image of tax. 3 minutes Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance has adopted its report on the fiscal framework that was tabled in Parliament by the Finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, last month. The budget includes a zero-point-five percentage point VAT increase over the next two financial years. The committee adopted the report with recommendations proposed by ActionSA,…
[FILE IMAGE]: Drugs seized from criminals by SAPS members. Residents of Daveyton in Ekurhuleni say drug abuse is wreaking havoc in schools. This emerged during a drug rehabilitation campaign that the Gauteng Social Development Department embarked on in the area. The campaign aims to track the progress of former drug addicts who have completed the department’s…
MK Party flag. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) is calling on the government to cease its participation in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. The party is of the view that the group has done nothing to deconstruct colonial legacies; instead, it exists to aid the British Crown’s global influence. Currently, South Africa is a member of…
