ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba 2 minutes ActionSA president Herman Mashaba says it is a sad moment in the country’s history to see a democratic government prepared to flout its own policies to accommodate billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s Starlink company. President Cyril Ramaphosa led a delegation that included businesspeople such as Johan Rupert to the US…
ANC SG Mbalula delivering keynote address at the ANC 114th Provincial January 8th celebrations held at Trompsburg. The African National Congress (ANC) says its priority this year is to ensure an improvement in the delivery basic services in local government. Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party’s January 8th Statement focused on addressing problems of under-performing…
Blitzboks team 1 minute The Blitzboks will face New Zealand in the semi-finals of the Sevens World Championship in Los Angeles late this Sunday. The Springbok Sevens finished unbeaten in Pool A after defeating Olympic champions France 19-10, League champions Argentina 29-21, and Great Britain 12-7. Argentina will take on Spain in the first semi-final…
Parliament’s Health Portfolio Committee Chairperson Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo says tender fraud syndicates implicated in the R 2 billion Tembisa Hospital theft have committed treasonous acts and therefore deserve the harshest punishment possible. He was responding to the Special Investigating Unit report released on Monday outlining tender fraud at the hospital. The report also implicated Gauteng…
Ekapa Mine in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Rescue teams are still working to reach five miners trapped at Kimberley’s Ekapa Minerals mine almost a week after a mud rush incident. The men have been stuck underground since last Tuesday. Heavy rain in the city is likely to influence operations. National Union of Metalworkers of…
Cape Town Emergency Services Firefighters in the Cape Winelands District municipality in the Western Cape have requested aerial support as fires which strong winds are fanning intensify on three fronts. The Fire Services spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto says, “In the Witzenberg Valley and Visgat and the Rocky mountain area the fire continues to burn out of…
Newly appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa Phathiswa Magopeni is pictured speaking during a Public Protector conference on 19 November 2024. 1 minute Prominent journalist and media freedom advocate, Phathiswa Magopeni, has been appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa. Magopeni takes over from Latiefa Mobara who resigned…
Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner meets Pope Leo XIV during a private audience at the Vatican, May 14, 2025. 1 minute Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience on Wednesday with newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis player, the Vatican said. Sinner was invited to the Vatican along with his parents…
Alleged mastermind behind Ngobozana massacre, Mzukisi Ndamase. The trial of the six men accused of the mass murder of 18 people in Lusikisiki and a politician from KwaBhaca will now only resume on Wednesday. The matter was postponed in the High Court sitting in Lusikisiki on Monday after accused number four in the case, Bonga Hintsa, submitted a doctor’s…
SA currency notes and coins. 2 minutes Eastern Cape Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko has delivered the province’s Medium-Term Policy Statement involving over just R700 million. The policy statement was delivered in the provincial legislature in Bisho. While the statement was wildly welcomed, opposition parties in the legislature believe Mvoko could have used the opportunity to…
