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IFP leader threatens to take to streets over Ithala’s liquidation
Amid the ongoing legal battle to save financial services provider Ithala SOC Limited, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) has come out with gun blazing,...
Drama continues as Maake kaNcube, wife appear in court
The protection order case against former Generations thespian Sello Maake kaNcube, fondly known as Archie Moroka, has been postponed yet again.
This comes after the...
SANDF denies surrendering to DRC’s M23 rebels
The SANDF has denied rumours that its soldiers turned themselves in to the M23 rebels.
SANDF national spokesperson Siphiwe Dlamini said: "The South African National...
Police cast net wide in search of people who burnt Putco...
Mpumalanga was rocked by chaos as suspected arsonists set fire to several Putco depots, burning about 50 buses and injuring two security officers.
The attacks,...
Municipality talks tough after rise in land invasions in Polokwane
Illegal land invaders have been warned by the Polokwane municipality in Limpopo that they will be subjected to the full force of the law.
The...
Distraught Limpopo family mourns young soldier killed in DRC
The death of a peace-loving soldier has left the close-knit community of Marareleng in the Sekororo area of Limpopo shell-shocked.
Louis Moagi (28) was one...
Maweni granted R5K bail for assaulting ex-lover’s cousin
Traditional healer Makgotso Mofokeng, popularly known as Gogo Maweni, has been granted R5 000 bail by the Protea magistrate's court.
Maweni (38) made her second...
Why NSFAS is always found wanting
When the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was founded in 1999 to assist students from underprivileged backgrounds access higher education, South Africa put...
Hackers target, disrupt SA Weather Service’s critical operations
The South African Weather Service's website was unavailable due to a hack of its information and communication technology (ICT) system.
The weather service said in...
Do whatever it takes to save our steel industry, please
Do whatever it takes to save our steel industry, please
It’s been just under a week now that a chapter of world politics’ equivalent of...
Our moral fibre is Mkhatshwa’s passion
Catholic priest and chairperson of the Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) Fr Smangaliso Mkhatshwa is passionate, and through his entity is determined to help steer...
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...
