# President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the Southern African Development Community chairperson, has extended his condolences to Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan on the passing of her husband, Hafidh Ameir Hassan. The 71-year-old passed away yesterday while receiving treatment for a cardiac condition. Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, says Hassan had a distinguished career […]
# Businessman Mpho Malema linked to the 16-million-rand Emfuleni municipal fleet tender fraud case will remain behind bars for another week. Malema appeared briefly in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court this morning. He was arrested last Thursday by the Gauteng Political Killings Task Team. His company was awarded the tender in 2022 to supply 18 vehicles […]
# A multidisciplinary raid aimed at capturing hundreds of undocumented foreign nationals in KwaSithebe, north of KwaZulu-Natal, turned out fruitless. Officials from the provincial government, police and other state entities descended on factories in Mandeni this morning following intelligence that hundreds were illegally employed there. But they found none. Workers claim information about the raid […]
# ActionSA has exposed what it calls a governance failure at the Road Accident Fund, where over 29-million-rand was paid to 16 employees sitting at home on suspension, some since 2024. It amounts to an average of one-point-82-million-rand per employee for no work performed. The party’s Alan Beesley says a parliamentary reply shows three employees […]
# Motorists travelling between Cape Town and the Cape Winelands can breathe a sigh of relief as the Huguenot Tunnel has reopened to all vehicles. The tunnel on the N1 was closed on Friday due to strong winds sweeping the Western Cape, before reopening to light vehicles only on Saturday. The Western Cape government confirmed […]
# The High Court in Pretoria dismissed former National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s application for a discharge under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Act. She faces 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering. Mapisa-Nqakula allegedly received 4.5-million-rand in kickbacks from Defence Force contractor Nombasa Ntsondwa-Ndhlovu between 2016 and 2019, when she was […]
# Gauteng households face a week of load reduction cuts from 7 to 14 September. According to Eskom’s schedule, power will be cut daily between 05:00 to 09:00 and 17:00 to 22:00. Today areas including Vereeniging, Sharpeville and Sebokeng were cut in the morning, while Orange Farm, Stretford Ext 2, Sharpeville, Sebokeng and Zonkizizwe, Protea […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority is ready to proceed with the firearm case against TV personality Molemo Maarohanye, known as Jub Jub. He faces charges linked to an alleged altercation with an e-hailing driver on 14 June. NPA spokesperson Magaboke Mohlatlole confirms Maarohanye appeared before the Germiston Magistrates’ Court in Gauteng today after failing to […]
# Two farm attacks have raised rural safety concerns in Stellenbosch and the Cape Winelands. According to reports, a highly coordinated attack occurred in the Klapmuts area over the weekend, where six-armed men broke into a farmhouse, assaulted a couple with cable ties before stealing valuables. Separately, Western Cape police spokesperson Captain Frederick van Wyk […]
