# Renowned South African designer, publicist, entrepreneur and DJ, Maria McCloy, has passed away at the age of 50. She died at the Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Tuesday evening, after suffering heart failure. Her celebrity clientele as a publicist in recent years included Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Thandiswa Mazwai and Sjava. McCloy’s family has described […]
# The Constitutional Court has rejected claims that the Refugees Act completely bars later asylum applications. Justice Owen Rogers found the law allows fresh applications where there has been a significant change in circumstances. Rogers said the Act’s protections against returning people to danger must remain central in interpreting asylum laws. He noted that repeat […]
# The Madlanga Commission has questioned Crime Information Management and Analysis Centre head, Marumo Magane, about his involvement in the 2021 Aeroton cocaine seizure in Johannesburg. Magane was among the first officers at the scene where 715 kilograms of cocaine were discovered. During questioning from Commissioner Sesi Baloyi, he admitted that assisting at the search […]
# Soccer: Local governing body SAFA has confirmed Video Assistant Referee technology will be introduced next season after receiving 20-million-rand in government funding. Finance committee chairperson Mxolisi Sibam says preparations have already been underway for seven months. The system will be implemented in partnership with the Premier Soccer League and is also expected to benefit […]
# Gauteng Crime Information Management and Analysis Centre head, Marumo Magane, has told the Madlanga Commission that the 715-kilogram Aeroton cocaine seizure in 2021 was the first drug operation he had worked on. Magane said he previously focused on gathering intelligence. He also revealed they did not have a search warrant when they went to […]
# The Constitutional Court has upheld an appeal by the Department of Home Affairs ruling on asylum seekers re-application. Justice Jody Kollapen overturned an earlier Supreme Court of Appeal decision stating that asylum seekers whose applications have been finally rejected can submit repeat applications while remaining in the country. He says the ruling is to […]
# Soccer: Mexican ambassador to South Africa, Sara Valdes Bolano, says they are ready to host Bafana Bafana in the opening match of the World Cup. The encounter at Estadio Azteca on 11 June takes place 16-years after they drew one-all in the 2010 World Cup opener in South Africa. Bolano said in Pretoria Mexico […]
# Soccer: US ambassador to South Africa, Brent Bozell, says the World Cup will help strengthen diplomatic ties between the countries through sport. Bozell and the envoys from the other host countries, Mexican ambassador Sara Valdés Bolaño and Canadian high commissioner James Christoff, and Sports minister Gayton McKenzie, honored Bafana Bafana in Pretoria ahead of […]
# XA Global Trade Advisors has warned that South African companies may be losing confidence in the country’s trade administration system due to lengthy delays in import duty investigations. Approximately 97-percent of the 33 active investigations have exceeded the six-month deadline, with some cases lingering for more than six years without a decision. In its […]
