# The Bela-Bela Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo has dismissed an application to have charges withdrawn against the accused in the Phala Phala burglary. The case relates to the 2020 break-in at president Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm when foreign currency worth approximately 10.4-million-rand was reportedly stolen. Evidence in court showed Imanuwela David, Froliana Joseph and Ndilinasho Joseph spent large amounts […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on countries to act on inequality both domestically and globally. Speaking in the consultative council of the founding committee of the international panel on inequality, Ramaphosa called for investment in education, healthcare, and support for vulnerable communities. Ramaphosa urged stronger labour protections, fair taxation, and limits on corporate power. […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says no country can address inequality alone, and called for global cooperation. Ramaphosa revealed to the consultative council of the founding committee of the international panel on inequality in Johannesburg, that the richest one-percent captured 41-percent of new wealth between 2000-2024, while half the world gained one-percent. Ramaphosa warned inequality threatens […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says inequality remains one of the greatest threats to human progress, limiting opportunity and wasting potential. Delivering a keynote address at the consultative council of the founding committee of the international panel on inequality, Ramaphosa warned that inequality entrenches poverty across generations and restricts access to basic needs such as education, […]
# The state has requested prison sentences for former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, Bellarmine, and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, in the Alexandra Regional Court in Gauteng for shooting their employee in their Hyde Park home in Johannesburg. The state is seeking 12-months each for the pointing of a firearm and the immigration charge against […]
# The United Democratic Movement has accused president Cyril Ramaphosa of indecisive leadership following allegations of corruption within the Police Service. He suspended national commissioner Fannie Masemola yesterday. UDM chief whip Thandiwe Nontenja told SABC News despite suspensions, no arrests or convictions have followed. She questioned delays linked to commissions of inquiry, warning it reflects […]
# Zimbabwe and Botswana have agreed to introduce passport-free travel, allowing citizens to cross borders between the two countries using only national identity documents. Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa said the phased plan will begin with border communities and short-term visits, aiming to ease movement of people, goods, and services. Botswana’s president Duma Boko says the initiative […]
# The Alexandra Regional Court in Gauteng has heard that former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s son, Bellarmine, and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, have paid 250-thousand-rand to shooting victim Sipho Mahlangu, with a further 150-thousand-rand to follow. Mahlangu was shot during a dispute in Mugabe’s Hyde Park residence in Johannesburg. Mugabe pleaded guilty to firearm and […]
# South African petrochemical company, Sasol, has received sustainability certification from Germany’s leading technical inspection agency, TÜV SÜD, (pronounced” “toof zood”) for its sustainable aviation fuel, enabling future exports to the European Union. The fuel is produced from used cooking and vegetable oils at Sasol’s Natref refinery at Sasolburg in the Free State. Sasol plans to […]
