Deputy President Paul Mashatile and former President Thabo Mbeki 2 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile says South Africa has always stood with countries where there is war and insecurity, in the interest of solidarity and unity. He was delivering the valedictory speech at the end of the two day annual Cape Town Conversations, a conference…
Home Affairs building. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision to scrap Section 6(1) of the South African Citizenship Act of 1995, calling it a major victory. The section stipulates that South Africans automatically lose their citizenship if they voluntarily acquire another nationality, unless they apply for and receive permission to…
Pretoria High Court. 2 minutes A Soshanguve woman convicted of murder to claim insurance, Lerato Mahlangu, claims her husband, Sbusiso Mahlangu, was abusive and had threatened to kill her if she refused to become his accomplice. The couple was found guilty of orchestrating the murder of Sbusiso Sithebe, her ex-lover and the father of her…
The three accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial seen appearing before court. 1 minute Accused number two in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case, Steveno van Rhyn, has told the High Court in Saldanha Bay that he was beaten repeatedly by police officers. This as a trial within a trial continues to determine the admissibility…
A doctor at a hospital ActionSA member of Parliament Dr Kgosi Letlape says a class action should be instituted against medical schemes implicated in the Section 59 Report by the Council for Medical Schemes. Letlape – who is the former President of the Health Professions Council – has opened a case of fraud, intimidation and…
Mmakubu Phokwane after clinching the Best AmaZione Artist award at the Diamond Gospel Music Awards. At just 20 years old, Mmakubu Phokwane is already making waves in the South African gospel music scene. The Limpopo-born artist clinched the Best AmaZione Artist award at the prestigious Diamond Gospel Music Awards, held in Kimberley this past weekend,…
Eskom and law enforcement clamp down on a large-scale illegal electricity connection operation in Leeupoort near Fochville in Gauteng on 04 December 2024. 1 minute Power utility Eskom says it has been disconnecting and fining non-compliant electricity users and community members who have illegal connections. This follows the utility’s recoding process for pre-paid meter users…
John Humphrey East Africa Trade & Investment Forum in Central London. 1 minute The UK’s Senior Trade Commissioner for Africa, John Humphrey, says their experience in managing public-private partnerships for infrastructure development could help create guidelines for private sector collaboration in South Africa. He was speaking during the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa conference…
FILE: IFP Deputy Chief Whip, Khethamabala Sithole. 1 minute The Inkatha Freedon Party (IFP) has called on Parliament to urgently improve the protection of its members. This follows the killing of IFP MP and Deputy Chief Whip, Khethamabala Sithole. He was shot dead in Katlehong on the East Rand on Saturday. The motive for the…
1 minute uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party National Spokesperson, Nhlamulo Ndhlela, says President Cyril Ramaphosa should have accounted for the dollars found on his Phala Phala farm in 2020 during his meeting with President Donald Trump at the Oval Office in the United States on Wednesday. Ndhlela was reacting to Ramaphosa’s meeting with Trump, where concerns…
