Provincial
Popcru wants new police minister to review SAPS salaries
Newly appointed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has been requested to review the SA Police Service (SAPS) salaries for effective visibility of police on the...
Cops need more time to verify ‘bogus’ medical doctor’s address
The case of Nthabeleng Precious Ramashala, the woman arrested for posing as a medical doctor at the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital, has been postponed...
Jealous lover gets life for vicious murder of varsity student
Tinyiko Baloyi was given a life sentence by the Johannesburg High Court for the May 27, 2023, kidnapping and murder of Karabo Maluleke, a...
Motsoaledi’s appointment gets nod from medical trade union
The South African Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) has welcomed the appointment of Dr Aaron Motsoaledi as the minister of health.
President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled...
Unhappy Sadtu willing to work with Minister Gwarube
The ANC-aligned South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) has expressed its willingness to engage the newly appointed Minister of Education, Siviwe Gwarube.
This despite outrage...
NPO sets up GBV mobile centre in townships
A gender-based violence (GBV) non-profit organisation (NPO) will provide services to the townships of Diepsloot, Alexandra, Thembisa, Honeydew, Mamelodi, and Soweto, among others.
This comes...
Eskom’s National Transmission Company commences operations
Eskom’s National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) commenced operations on Monday and will operate the country’s national transmission system.
This was announced in a...
OUTA not impressed with Mantashe, Nzimande’s comeback
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has raised concern over the return of Gwede Mantashe and Blade Nzimande to the cabinet.
Mantashe was reinstated as...
Testing station employee in the soup for soliciting bribes
An administrative clerk at the traffic department appeared in the Bloemfontein magistrate's court after being arrested on Friday for money-laundering, fraud, and corruption.
Mosethle Samuel...
Steenhuisen vows DA ministers will prioritise jobs
John Steenhuisen, the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and leader of the DA, says that the creation of jobs and quality service delivery will...
Seeing Kodwa sworn in proof of ANC’s moral ruin
What it means to be a moral community is a question that continues to be debated, and has been raging for many centuries. The...
I’m excited for the next stage in her life, says Pandor’s...
Aisha Pandor, the daughter of Naledi Pandor, the former minister of international relations and cooperation, is pleased with her mother's political involvement and activism.
Pandor...
Black and white – never grey, this business of settlers and...
By Mzwandile kaBizokwakhe
A person who flees for shelter, safety, protection from danger or trouble especially to a foreign country, as in time of political...
Don’t let the DA hold the majority to ransom
The GNU era has stuttered off to a shaky start that has seen the nation waiting overly long for the announcement of the new...
Will the proposed GNU deliver on the land question?
A significant protest by land rights activists went by without much fanfare in Polokwane on the night of June 18. While the eyes, ears...
ActionSA’s Mashaba slams president Ramaphosa’s bloated cabinet
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba is concerned the newly announced cabinet was bloated and will cost taxpayers over R183 million in salaries.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced...
GNU delays could destabilise business
The delay in finalising the proposed government of national unity (GNU) is impacting negatively on certain sectors of business and the economy.
South Africans went...
Black students demand justice for their torture at Wilgenhof residence
Black students who were subjected to shocking racist rituals at Stellenbosch University want the authorities to conduct an independent investigation, which would lead to...
President Ramaphosa to announce new cabinet tonight
Following a week of political drama, President Cyril Ramaphosa will finally announce a new national executive this evening.
This was confirmed in a media statement...
Corruption Watch protecting director ‘is hypocrisy’
The Corruption Watch board is accused of protecting and failing to act against its executive director Karam Singh, who has been the subject of...
Gauteng department ordered to pay company R14m
The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development has been ordered to pay more than R14-million to a private architectural and engineering company for services it...
Nurse was a wolf in sheep’s clothing – Nxumalo’s family
Seated calmly in a chair, Khumbuzile Nxumalo buries her face in her hands and takes a deep sigh before reluctantly talking about the brutal...
Civil servant takes on minister over violation of car trip procedure
The Public Servants Association (PSA) has written to Minister of Defence Thandi Modise demanding the reinstatement of an employee who charges that she was...
‘Call for Orania sovereignty undermines quest for unity’
Racial and cultural sense of belonging remains a concern in democratic South Africa amid growing calls for Orania to be granted more recognition under...
Formal Orania ‘autonomy’ deal with ANC in the next few days...
The FF Plus in Northern Cape is expecting the governing ANC to formally sign on the dotted line a coalition deal that would, among...
MK Party brings big guns to NCOP
The uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party is planning to send a team of heavyweights as its new members in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP)...
NFP-IFP fallout ignites old grudges, threatens GPU
The KwaZulu-Natal Government of Provincial Unity (GPU) is hanging by a thread with the parties forming the pact racing against time to save the...
Insults fly over DA as Lungisa calls NEC members ‘careerists’
ANC national executive committee members’ thorny debate over the inclusion of the DA in the government of national unity (GNU) degenerated into an ugly...
