# EFF leader Julius Malema says no other party in South Africa is as organisationally grounded and politically coherent as the EFF. Briefing the media ahead of the party’s 12th anniversary in Khayelitsha, Malema said the EFF is a protest movement and a government force with clear programmes. These include land expropriation, nationalised healthcare, and […]
# The Department of Agriculture has issued new regulations governing meat analogue products, also known as mock or imitation meat. Products labelled as meat substitutes must now contain at least nine-percent protein. Terms like ‘chicken-style’ or ‘beef-style’ are banned under the Agricultural Product Standards Act. Acceptable names include patties, sausages, and nuggets. Inspectors and the […]
# Athletics: Team South Africa secured another medal at the 2025 FISU World University Games in Germany, with 400-metre sprinter Lythe Pillay clinching gold in a Season’s Best time of 44.84 seconds, also a World Qualifier. Hungary’s Patrick Enyingi took silver, and Italy’s Edoardo Scotti claimed bronze. South Africa now ranks eighth globally and leads […]
# Transnet Port Terminals reports a 16-percent increase in citrus containers moved by rail. Durban has received 980 refrigeration units since April, surpassing 2024’s full-season total. Citrus exports are up 18-percent year-on-year, with the European Union and Middle East leading demand. Transnet Port Terminals management says it expects to meet the national forecast of 106-thousand-500 […]
# The State has concluded its case in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria – nearly eleven-years after the Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper was shot at his girlfriend singer Kelly Khumalo’s home in Vosloorus, Gauteng. After three years of presenting evidence against the five accused, the […]
# EFF member of Parliament, Sihle Lonzi, has warned newly appointed Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela, to choose between serving corrupt ANC and Communist Party comrades or standing with South Africans. Speaking during the budget debate, Lonzi urged Manamela to fight student debt, clean up NSFAS and SETA corruption, and uplift the TVET […]
# Former South African ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, has termed the move by the US to consider a sanctions bill targeting South African political leaders as a bullying tactic. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Rasool warned that the bill, already approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will impact South Africa negatively. He says […]
# Cricket: Big hitters Lhuan-dré Pretorius and Dewald Brevis have been called up to South Africa’s ODI squad for next month’s tour of Australia. They will play T20s on 10, 12 and 16 August followed by an ODI series on 19, 22 and 24 August. Proteas coach Shukri Conrad says this series is important preparation […]
# Soccer: The South African Football Association has confirmed that Banyana Banyana winger, Gabriela Salgado, has undergone successful surgery after suffering a fracture on her left leg in Tuesday’s 2-1 WAFCON semifinal loss to Nigeria. SAFA confirmed Salgado’s recovery at Mohamed-Six University Hospital in Casablanca. President Cyril Ramaphosa and Nigeria’s Super Falcons sent heartfelt wishes, […]
