File image: A spaza shop in the Johannesburg CBD. 1 minute The Township Economic Commission says yesterday’s registration deadline does not affect people intending to open new food outlets and spaza shops. President Cyril Ramaphosa had ordered the registration in November last year in response to issues of food safety after at least 20 people…
Slanghoek Valley vegetation fire on February 28, 2025. 1 minute A fire that started in the Slanghoek Valley in the Boland yesterday has been contained. Cape Winelands District Municipality spokesperson Anesca Roodt says teams were deployed to fight the fire that ignited behind a farm school. The blaze quickly spread through dense vegetation towards Goudini….
Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) seen outside one of the organisation’s offices. 2 minutes Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane is among the mourners at the funeral service of one of the 14 South African soldiers killed in the DRC, which is underway in Langkloof. Staff Sergeant William Cola’s body arrived in…
[File photo] 2 minutes The Polokwane Special Commercial Crimes Court in Limpopo has heard that former African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer in Limpopo, Danny Msiza used his political power to influence municipalities to invest in the now defunct VBS mutual bank. A key witness in the looting of the bank was testifying anonymously in the…
Guests during the #NOEXCUSE partnership launch at the SABC headquarters in Auckland Park. 2 minutes Carling Black Label and the Premier Soccer League have launched a #NOEXCUSE partnership, which aims to harness the power of football to drive meaningful change in the fight against Gender-based Violence. This took place at the SABC headquarters’s M1 Studio,…
Anti-bullying campaign at Knysna Secondary School in the Western Cape on February 18, 2025. 2 minutes Education Activist Hendrick Makaneta says the Basic Education Department needs to implement the anti-bullying policy that was introduced in 2015. This comes after the department’s Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, revealed that over 500 cases of bullying have been reported in…
About 100 students squatting with their belongings in the multipurpose hall at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campus in Cape Town on February 12, 2025. 1 minute The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) says it has placed all eligible students in residences or temporary accommodation. Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane gave…
US Embassy in Pretoria 2 minutes A senior US official in South Africa has resigned with immediate effect, citing opposition to US President Donald Trump’s policies and disagreement with the White House’s approach to South Africa. The relationship between South Africa and the United States of America started to show cracks under the former US…
President Cyril Ramaphosa speaking during a meeting with government stakeholders. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned AfriForum against creating divisions in the country by seeking intervention from the United States government on South African policies. Speaking on the sidelines of the Education Lekgotla in Boksburg, Johannesburg, Ramaphosa responded to reports that AfriForum and other…
[File photo] 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) has nabbed just over R12 million in donations, the highest followed by its GNU Partner, the Democratic Alliance (DA). This is revealed in the Independent Electoral Commission(IEC)’s third-quarter political funding donations disclosure report for the financial year 2024- 2025. Some notable donors that contributed to the…
