# Standard Bank has announced the top ten finalists in its 2026 Kasi Small and Medium-sized Enterprises National Pitch Challenge, with entrepreneurs from all nine provinces competing for a one-million-rand prize. The finalists run businesses in sectors including agriculture, healthcare, manufacturing, food production, media and sustainable construction. The bank’s Naledzani Mosomane says the finalists will […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare verwelkom die nuwe Noordwes-LUR vir Onderwys, Desbo Mohono, en vra ‘n dringende hersiening van arbeidsverhoudinge. Die vakbond wil sterker betrokkenheid tussen die departement en georganiseerde arbeid hê, asook beter ondersteuning vir opvoeders en ander personeel. Zhulfa Graaff van die vereniging sê verbeterde dienslewering vereis voldoende personeel, veilige werksomstandighede, ondersteuning vir […]
# The Public Servants Association welcomes the new North West Education MEC, Desbo Mohono, calling for an urgent reset in labour relations. The union wants stronger engagement between the department and organised labour, as well as better support for educators and other staff. The PSA’s Zhulfa Graaff says improved service delivery will require adequate staffing, […]
# The African Independent Congress has announced Margaret Arnolds as its mayoral candidate for the City of Johannesburg in the November 4 Local Government Elections. Arnolds is the current Speaker of the Johannesburg Council, having been re-elected in July 2025 with 137 votes. The AIC councillor has served in Johannesburg’s political leadership for several years, […]
# Deenadayalan Govender van die Valke in KwaZulu-Natal het bewerings ontken dat lede van die Teen-Bende-eenheid verantwoordelik was vir die dood van taxibaas en insleepdiens-sakeman Bevan Loftus en vier ander by ‘n woonstel in Morningside in Durban. Govender het voor die Madlanga-kommissie gesê sy span was buite die woonstel toe ‘n taktiese polisie-eenheid ingegaan het. […]
# ‘n Offisier van die Valke in KwaZulu-Natal, Deenadayalan “Deena” Govender, het ‘n klankopname by die Madlanga-kommissie gespeel, wat volgens hom pogings was om hom te dwing om die Provinsiale Polisiekommissaris Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi te betrek. Govender beweer Mavuso Ntandane, ‘n medewerker van die geskorste minister van Polisie, Senzo Mchunu, het hom met arrestasie en lang […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Deenadayalan Govender has denied allegations that Anti-Gang Unit members were responsible for the deaths of taxi boss and tow-truck businessman Bevan Loftus and four others at a Morningside flat in Durban. Govender told the Madlanga Commission that his team was outside the flat when tactical police entered. He said he was […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Hawks officer Deenadayalan “Deena” Govender played an audio recording at the Madlanga Commission, which he says captures attempts to pressure him into implicating Provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Govender alleged that Mavuso Ntandane, an associate of suspended police minister Senzo Mchunu threatened him with arrest and lengthy imprisonment if he did not cooperate. […]
# Die Zimbabwiese president Emmerson Mnangagwa sê infrastruktuurontwikkeling moet ‘n prioriteit bly in die versterking van ekonomiese samewerking met Suid-Afrika. Mnangagwa het tydens die Suid-Afrika-Zimbabwe bi-Nasionale Kommissie gevra vir die versnelde konstruksie van ‘n derde Limpopo-brug om handel en migrasie te verbeter. Hy het die vordering met die Beitbrug-eenstopgrenspos verwelkom en gevra vir sterk optrede […]
