Banyana during training. 3 minutes Banyana Banyana captain, Thembi Kgatlana, says they must take full advantage of the two upcoming FIFA international breaks to get the team ready for the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Morocco in July. Kgatlana says it’s not ideal that they’ll only defend their WAFCON title this year. The…
Police seized crystal meth valued at R50 million 1 minute Eastern Cape Safety MEC Xolile Nqatha has applauded police for arresting a 35-year-old man driving a truck with drugs worth R50 million in Aliwal North yesterday. The suspect was arrested during an interprovincial Crime-Combat Operation involving police from four provinces. Upon searching the suspect, who…
FILE | Cradock Four Garden of Remembrance in the Eastern Cape. The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the South African Police Service (SAPS) must provide legal support to convicted former police Colonel Eugene de Kock for his role as a witness in the Cradock Four inquest. The inquest, which reopened nearly 40 years…
File image | An ANC flag seen at the party’s Mpumalanga January 8 Anniversary Rally at Lilian Ngoyi Stadium. The ANC says its National Executive Committee (NEC) visit to KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is aimed at assessing the provincial leadership’s work and rebuilding the party ahead of this year’s local government elections. The NEC, led by Secretary-General…
Banyana during training. The coach of the South African women’s football team, Desiree Ellis, has stuck to the recipe that worked for her in 2022 when Banyana Banyana won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title for the very first time. She has named three captains in her 26-player squad for this year’s edition of…
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) is in the High Court in Pretoria to continue its bid to have the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry dismantled. President Cyril Ramaphosa established the commission following KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations that senior police officials interfere with police operations and have links to criminal syndicates. The officials include Police…
2 minutes Operation Dudula says it will take President Cyril Ramaphosa to court to force him to establish a commission of enquiry into the deaths of 22 children who consumed snacks from spaza shops. At a media briefing in Orlando, Soweto, on Monday, the party lamented that an inquest had been set up into the…
File image: Road damaged by an earth tremor. 1 minute The City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) says no injuries or damage have been reported following an earth tremor last night. They say the tremor was experienced in large parts of Johannesburg. However, the Council for Geosciences has yet to confirm this including its…
A calculator and pen depicted in the picture. 3 minutes Cabinet and Treasury will have a special meeting on Monday to finalize the country’s budget. This follows the postponement of the Budget Speech, which was moved from the 19th of February, to the 12th of March. During the post Cabinet briefing held in Parliament today,…
Emergency services at the scene of the crash Emergency services and law enforcement officials have converged at Suncoast Beach in Durban where a small aircraft has crashed into the sea. ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson says a video is doing the rounds on social media showing the small aircraft doing an aerial display before hitting…
