Provincial
Experts worried as DA set to get economic development ministries
Experts have expressed deep concerns after it emerged that President Cyril Ramaphosa was likely to appoint the DA officials in ministries that have been...
Union wants Gauteng to reinstate Green Army permanently
The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) has come out guns blazing against the ANC government as they demand that the Green...
Union wants Life Healthcare sanctioned over R112m ‘theft’
The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (Haitu) has criticised Life Healthcare for allegedly depositing R112-million in government funds intended for drug rehabilitation...
NPA declines to go after Fraser over unlawful Zuma medical parole
The Gauteng director of public prosecutions (DPP) has declined to prosecute former State Security Agency (SSA) director-general Arthur Fraser for allegedly defeating the ends...
KZN’s plan to restore eThekwini to former glory finally set in...
The move by the provincial government to take over some administration functions in eThekwini municipality has finally been given the thumbs-up. It is the...
Joburg will enforce double-digit electricity tariff rise starting Monday
City Power has announced that its customers will see electricity tariffs increase by a hefty 12.72% starting Monday.
The price increase is aligned with Eskom's...
Nasi iSpani’s still intact – Lesufi lashes spiteful critics
Claims that the Nasi iSpani programme has been cancelled have been dismissed by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. He calls them spiteful, fictitious, and without...
Inquiry hears how illegal mining destroys communities in Limpopo
Residents of Mogalakwena, Lephalale, and Fetakgomo-Tubatse local municipalities in Limpopo are aggrieved over the destruction of their homes and their animals dying due to...
‘State must take responsibility for death of patient’ – union
The Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union (Haitu) has accused the Gauteng department of health of failing to accept full responsibility for the...
Traditional leaders called to intervene as youth alcohol abuse rises
Concerns regarding the high rate of alcohol abuse in South Africa, particularly among youth, is being addressed by the National Department of Social Development....
Chiefs’ Fleurs murder suspect case postponed for further probe
The case of the six suspects arrested in connection with the hijacking and murder of Kaizer Chiefs defender Luke Fleurs has been postponed to...
Ramaphosa mourns as more SANDF soldiers are killed in DRC
President Cyril Ramaphosa is deeply saddened by the deaths of two soldiers and injuries sustained by 20 others in a mortar attack on their...
Graveyard rapist sentenced to eight years in prison
Convicted rapist December Mdakane has been sentenced to eight years of direct imprisonment by the Vrede Regional Court in the Free State for raping...
Hlaudi’s bid to fight paying back SABC R11.5m rages on
Former SABC Chief Operating Ofiicer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has taken his war with the broadcaster and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to the Constitutional Court.
On...
Medics drive old bakkie from London to Cape Town in 3...
Three young medical doctors have concluded their adventure trip driving an old bakkie from London to Cape Town. After traveling in their cherished old...
ANC Women’s League demands fair representation in GNU cabinet
The ANC Women’s League is concerned that the ANC would have to deploy more women in cabinet positions to meet the preferred 50/50 ratio.
Nokuthula...
Mpox official death toll rises to 3 as another man dies...
A 40-year-old man from Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, died on Sunday, marking the third Mpox death in the country.
According to the National Department of Health, the...
Former Steinhoff CFO Andries le Grange gets R150,000 bail
Steinhoff corruption saga-accused Andries Benjamin le Grange was granted bail of R150,000 after appearing at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court following his arrest...
Nedbank employee shot, killed on Metrobus in suspected ‘hit’
A woman who was shot and killed in the early hours of Wednesday morning while attempting to board a Metrobus to work in Fleurhof,...
RTMC, Outa square off on transport minister appointment
Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is vouching for transport minister Sindisiwe Chikunga’s reappointment despite underachievement accusations.
This despite underachievement accusations from the Organisation Undoing Tax...
Limpopo ‘Facebook rapist’ to be sentenced next month
The Limpopo man who lured women pretending to be a spiritual healer on social media before raping them, appeared in court on Monday for...
Association accuses Gauteng medical university of land grab
A community property association group has accused the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University (SMU), formerly Medunsa, of using "colonial tactics to grab land" that...
Begging on the streets lands Phathu Ngwana a corporate job
With a high unemployment rate, most South African youths are learning how to turn the less-than-ideal situation to their advantage.
This is exemplified by Phathu...
Newly appointed finance MEC shuts down the Durban office
The newly appointed MEC for finance in KwaZulu-Natal, Francois Rodgers, has begun introducing cost-cutting measures by closing the leased office located on the ninth...
Guns are killing our children, it is time to remove them
Several years ago, my brother was shot and killed, early one Monday morning, as he stepped out of the yard of our home in...
Parties must now work together to correct mistakes of past 30...
Some of us who were in the liberation struggle are often startled when a few people in our country say things were better under...
Cosatu calls on DA to show ‘racist’ MP Gouws the door
Trade union federation Cosatu has warned the DA to give up "its anti-worker agenda" and discard alleged racist party members like its MP Renaldo...
Racist hypocrites are hiding among our new GNU
Racist hypocrites are hiding among our new GNU
Political sands shift extra-ordinarily fast in South Africa, a land alive with possibilities, as a popular television...
