# South Africa’s ticketless parking platform KaChing will cease operations on 31 August 2025. Launched in 2015, KaChing used automatic number plate recognition to simplify parking payments. Despite serving over 25-thousand users and processing a million transactions, app issues and unresponsive customer service plagued the platform. The company says that users with prepaid balances must […]
# Action Society has confirmed that the trial of the alleged Paarl photographer rapist begins on Monday at the Paarl Regional Court, three years after Leighché Thomas was drugged and raped. Action Society spokesperson, Juanita du Preez, says the 19-year-old, hoping to build a modelling career, was lured by the well-known photographer under the false […]
# Soccer: The Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal has declared the 27-million-rand sponsorship deal between Royal AM and Msunduzi Municipality unlawful, ordering the club to repay the full amount. The 2021 three-year deal, at nine-million-rand annually, was controversially paid upfront. Following a DA challenge, the court ruled it breached procurement rules. Royal AM, recently expelled […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that a citizen-composed steering committee will be elected today to lead the National Dialogue. Speaking at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, Ramaphosa assured the dialogue would be held at minimal cost as cost-cutting measures are being implemented. He praised UNISA for offering its venue free and said […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has termed the National Dialogue Convention the launch of a million conversations to shape South Africa’s destiny. Speaking at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, Ramaphosa stated that South Africans are all sons and daughters of the same soil despite challenges and differences as South Africans share a common past […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed the National Dialogue Convention as a historic platform for confronting South Africa’s challenges openly and respectfully. Delivering his keynote address at the University of South Africa in Pretoria, Ramaphosa said no voice is too small and unity in diversity must guide the nation through rising unemployment, poverty, inequality, and […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has postponed former Zambian president Edgar Lungu family’s bid for leave to appeal a ruling ordering his body to be repatriated to Lusaka. The family’s legal representative, human rights lawyer Tembeka Ngcukaitobi , told the judge both parties agreed to discuss the matter out of court and return on […]
# Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has called for mandatory race sensitivity training for Open Chats Podcast hosts after derogatory remarks about the coloured community sparked outrage. Hosts Sinothando Kama and Mthokozisi Mathebula linked the community to incest and mental instability. McKenzie condemned the comments as hate speech, but said he preferred education […]
# Water and Sanitation minister Pemmy Majodina says emergency water tankering should be insourced by municipalities to curb water mafias. Speaking at the Africa Union-AIP Summit in Cape Town, Majodina called for those sabotaging infrastructure to be charged with treason, warning such acts threaten supply to 63-million people. She urged municipalities to register and license […]
