# President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the release of the Nkabinde Panel of Inquiry report, which probed the fitness to hold office of Gauteng South Director of Public Prosecutions Andrew Chauke. The panel, chaired by Justice Baaitse Elizabeth Nkabinde, found no credible evidence that Chauke acted unlawfully regarding the prosecution of former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head […]
# The MK Party has expelled two of its prominent members of Parliament, Khanyisile Litchfield-Tshabalala and Pumlani Kubukeli, for bringing the party into disrepute. The party says the decision follows a series of acts and conduct by the two which have been detrimental to its reputation, integrity and overall interests. It says it has already […]
# United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed for 17.59-billion-rand to fully fund an aid plan to combat the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five-thousand-713 cases have been confirmed, claiming two-thousand-744 lives. The outbreak is the fastest-spreading Ebola epidemic ever recorded. Guterres says the government of the DRC and the World […]
# Cricket: Cricket South Africa has launched the 2026/2027 domestic season with a restructured competition format. The biggest change is the introduction of the Pro20 Cup, which brings together the former T20 Challenge and T20 Knockout competitions into a single premier competition. The expanded Pro20 will feature 16 teams from both Division 1 and Division 2, and […]
# ANC National Executive Committee member Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says she stands by her statement that money has been used to influence votes in the party. She has filed a notice of intention to oppose ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula’s defamation lawsuit against her, over comments she made on the African Renaissance podcast. She accused Mbalula of […]
# The Gift of the Givers has a team on standby to travel to Nepal to rescue or recover at least six South Africans reported missing following devastating flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border. More than 350 people have died, and over one-thousand-300 are missing, including from India, the US, Australia, Canada and the UK. […]
# The Special Tribunal has ordered former Nkandla project architect Minenhle Makhanya to repay the National Treasury 147.2-million-rand. This is for losses linked to unlawful conduct during the security upgrades at former president Jacob Zuma’s private residence. The tribunal found that Makhanya’s appointment was unlawful and that he authorised work beyond the security requirements for […]
# Die Reserwebank het twee herdenkingsmuntstukke bekendgestel ter ere van die nalatenskap van Charlotte Maxeke en die vroue-optog na die Uniegebou in 1956. Die een twee-rand-muntstuk vier 125 jaar sedert Maxeke die eerste swart Suid-Afrikaanse vrou geword het om ‘n universiteitsgraad te bekom. Die tweede herdenk 70 jaar sedert die geskiedkundige optog teen apartheids-paswette. President […]
# Die minister van Bosbou, Visserye en die Omgewing, David Maynier, verwelkom die inhegtenisneming van twee mans op die OR Tambo Internasionale Lughawe in Gauteng vir beweerde wildsmokkelary. ‘n Vyftigjarige Thaise burger het 50 voël-eiers versteek in ‘n tuisgemaakte broeikassak. ‘n Drie-en-twintigjarige landgenoot het na bewering probeer om 418 papegaai-eiers in twee tuisgemaakte broeikasakke deur […]
