Approximately 1,000 illegal immigrants and illegal miners are currently being retrieved from a mine in the Barberton area. 83 suspected illegal miners arrested at the Sheba gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, have each been granted bail of R2 000. Over 400 suspects, including South Africans and migrants, appeared in the Barberton Magistrate’s Court yesterday. They…
Minister Gwede Mantashe. 1 minute Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe says attracting foreign investment remains critical for the country. Mantashe was visiting Orion Minerals in Prieska in Northern Cape that is expected to start copper production in two years’ time. The mine needs R7 billion in funding before production can start. “Orion…
File Image: Counterfeit cigarettes are sold on a street corner. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal(KZN) citizens will have an opportunity to add their contributions to the Tobacco Bill when the Portfolio Committee on Health resumes public hearings on the Bill tomorrow. The KZN public hearings are the last provincial hearings on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the province has decided to reshuffle some heads of departments and remove others from their responsibilities. This following a series of issues related to under-expenditure and under-performance in various departments across the province. Lesufi says the decision also follows audit outcomes, which have revealed that some…
Court denies 3 accused of instructing a child to smoke drugs of bail. The Johannesburg Magistrates Court has reserved judgment in the bail application of one of the four people shown on a video instructing a 4-year-old boy to smoke what’s believed to be drugs. The case has been postponed to Friday. Three other accused…
Cosatu members protests against VAT hike in Johannesburg on March 20, 2025. 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) was the first organisation at the public hearings on the 2025 budget today to call for the removal of Value-Added Tax (VAT) hikes. Parliament’s Joint meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance and…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at the organisation’s event. 1 minute The South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary, Solly Mapaila, says their participation in the 2026 local government elections will not be a self-enrichment programme. Mapaila was making his closing remarks to the SACP’s 5th Special National Congress which has ended in Boskburg east…
Migrants attempting to enter South Africa illegally through the Beitbridge border post arrested. 2 minutes The Border Management Authority (BMA) says its use of drones along the Beitbridge Border Post between South Africa and Zimbabwe has started to show signs of success. BMA Assistant Commissioner Nkhuliseni Luvhengo says they have been using drones since the…
[File photo] City of Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya 2 minutes Tshwane Mayor Dr. Nasiphi Moya has admitted that corruption is a problem in the Municipality and that it is not being dealt with quickly enough. This comes as the City’s deputy mayor, Eugene Modise, is under investigation after the Auditor General’s office flagged a…
Nafiz Modack in the dock 2 minutes Alleged underworld figure, Nafiz Modack says he is not behind the murders and attempted murders he has been charged with. Modack is on trial in the Western Cape High Court along with 14 others and is charged with the murder of Nico Heerschap, the father of a former…
