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DTIC’s R100bn transformation fund ‘a catalyst for change’
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has announced that it intends to explore the aims of the envisaged transformation fund to generate...
Little Amantle’s suspected murderer wants to sue the state
Phethe Sara Simiao, the Mozambican national who is accused of raping and murdering six-year-old Amantle Semane in Soweto in 2024, plans to sue the...
New expropriation law ‘falls short on resolving the land question’
The National African Farmers Union (Nafu) believes that the new Expropriation Bill, which President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law on Thursday, will not benefit...
NSFAS debt set to leave students homeless
The Private Student Housing Association estimates that at least 7 000 university students will be homeless if the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) does...
‘Our government does not take education seriously’
As temperatures soared high this week and weather experts warned of possible side effects from the excessive heat, pupils from Meriting Primary School in...
Pace of land reform still a concern but there is progress
The year 2024 was a watershed year for land reform in SA. While there were no seismic developments that marked a momentous change in...
Court saves family from landlord’s harassment
The Land Claims Court in Randburg has ordered landlord and businessman Andries Jacobus Strauss to restore essential services and repairs to August Matshidiso Sebigi’s...
Families distraught at the long wait for post-mortems
Khuma resident George Dube made the dreaded trip to the Klerksdorp Hospital’s mortuary in search of his brother, who was among scores of men...
JDR Stars resist order to pay ex-Bafana player
Former Bafana Bafana player Onyedikachi Nkosinathi Ononogbu has been dragged to Johannesburg High Court on an urgent basis by his former club JDR Stars...
Labour department ducks questions as UIF jobs-for-pals scandal deepens
Prior to his suspension last September, Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) commissioner Teboho Maruping received a complaint from unions regarding irregularities in the hiring processes...
Batohi out to get me, says NPA’s Chauke
The director of public prosecutions in Johannesburg, Adv Andrew Chauke, has pleaded with Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi to protect him from his boss, Advocate...
Charmza: Andrew Chauke
Charmza: Andrew Chauke
It is refreshing to see a government employee standing up to his boss, even though the consequences might be dire.
Johannesburg head of...
Magaqa killer wants to spill the beans – mayor
A man alleged to be one of the hitmen in the assassination of former ANC Youth League leader Sindiso Magaqa is believed to have...
Zikalala reports Macpherson to Ramaphosa as turf war rages
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and his deputy Sihle Zikalala are engaged in a raging turf war, with the latter calling for...
Hunt on for R200m precious metals thieves
Police are searching for the people who broke into a business vault in Cape Town to steal precious metals.
The brazen heist occurred at a...
Simelane takes centre stage in housing hand over in Soweto
Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane handed over the keys to a newly rebuilt home to the Kekana family in Soweto on Saturday.
Simelane was accompanied...
KFC drive thru ‘shooter’ case postponed to Tuesday
The case against a 45-year-old man arrested for shooting a pregnant woman through a KFC Drive Thru window has been postponed to January 28.
Earlier...
Unions demand probe into minister’s alleged misconduct
Organised labour is demanding an expedited inquiry into the actions of Maropene Ramokgopa, the minister of the Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation.
The minister...
Ramatlhodi’s Bapedi posting questioned
A storm is brewing in the Bapedi kingdom with a senior member of the royal family challenging the appointment of former Limpopo premier Ngoako...
Pastor Mosa Sono’s son nabbed for dodging wine bill
The son of a popular man of the cloth, Mosa Sono, of Grace Bible Church, has been arrested by the police after failing to...
Top leader stands accused as sex scandal rocks MK Party
Mpumalanga convener Mary Phadi has written a letter to MK Party (MKP) president Jacob Zuma, informing him that one of the party’s top eight...
Mounting Free State government debt strains municipalities
The ANC-led Free State government is unable to pay its debts to municipalities in the province.
This was revealed by MEC of public works and...
Fire guts Limpopo school, significant damage to infrastructure
The reopening of the 2026 school year has not been positive for a Limpopo school.
Realedisha senior secondary school in Ditshosing, Mopani, was gutted by...
Kidnapped Laudium boy rescued, five arrested
A Laudium boy kidnapped from a family friend’s home on Tuesday, has been rescued.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo said four people were arrested...
Mashaba, former ActionSA member exchange accusations
Former DA MP and ActionSA member Tsepo Mhlongo has accused Herman Mashaba of financial exploitation.
Mhlongo left Mashaba’s ActionSA to join Building a Better South...
ActionSA pushes for numbers to qualify for national congress
Herman Mashaba’s ActionSA is chasing a 70% branch threshold nationwide to hold its first-ever elective congress this year.
The party interim constitution stipulates, among others,...
‘I was threatened to drop sexual harassment complaint’ – Mengo
Andiswa Mengo was threatened after she lodged the sexual harassment case against the Eastern Cape judge president, Selby Mbenenge.
Mengo, who works as the judges’...
Ex-DA, ActionSA member finds new home in BABSA party
Former DA member of parliament and party spokesperson on sports, arts and culture, Tsepo Mhlongo, has found a new home.
Mhlongo, who this week resigned...
