Author: Bongani Mdakane

Driver of deadly school transport did not have a permit.
Education

IFP calls for large-scale probe on crash that killed 12 learners

Following the deadly head-on collision that claimed the lives of 12 learners on Monday between Fred Droste Road and Golden Highway in Vanderbijlpark, which falls... Read more.
Farmers and marginalised communities to march to Union Buildings against the government on 29 January 2026
News

Black farmers, rural communities to march for justice amid government inaction

The civic organisation Izwi Labantu Forum (ILF) alongside black farmers and rural communities, will be marching to the Union Buildings on January 29 in protest against... Read more.
Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae has directed her government departments to activate outreach programmes ahead of the ANC provincial January 8 celebrations
Politics

Free State service delivery ‘confined’ to where ANC will celebrate January 8 Statement

The Free State provincial government instructed its 10 departments to provide service delivery in the Xhariep District ahead of the ANC’s provincial January 8... Read more.
KZN premier congratulates Class of 2025
Education

IFP showers KZN matriculants with praise following stellar performance

The IFP praised the KwaZulu-Natal class of 2025 for their exceptional performance in matriculation, which helped the province become the top-ranked province in the... Read more.
NFP leader Ivan Barnes says his party had ditched KZN government of provincial unity
National, Politics, Politics

NFP stands by its decision to withdraw from KZN government of provincial unity

The National Freedom Party (NFP) has reiterated its stance that it was withdrawing from the Kwazulu-Natal government of provincial unity (GPU). On Friday, the party... Read more.
ActionSA's parliamentary caucus leader Athol Trollip
National, Politics

ActionSA unhappy Cyril Ramaphosa ‘unilaterally’ hired Andy Mothibi as NDPP

ActionSA has called on incoming prosecutions boss Advocate Andy Mothibi to clean up the mess that had been infiltrating the National Prosecuting Authority. The party... Read more.
ActionSA has accused mayor of Polokwane John Mpe of desregarding human lives over alleged contaminated water in Seshego
News

ActionSA lambasts Polokwane mayor John Mpe over ‘contaminated water’

ActionSA leadership in Limpopo has stated that it will be lodging a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the Polokwane local... Read more.
Child abuse
Crime

Mother arrested for abandoning her eight-month old baby

Members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) at Kabega Park in Gqeberha have arrested the mother of an eight-month-old baby who was found abandoned. The infant... Read more.