# Deputy president Paul Mashatile says he is looking forward to returning to his duties in full, serving the nation with renewed energy and commitment. Former president Thabo Mbeki, accompanied by the Thabo Mbeki Foundation CEO Max Boqwana, paid a courtesy visit to the deputy president yesterday, as he continues to recover from a recent […]
# ANC first deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane says they continue to call for collective action to confront gender-based violence and femicide, and build communities where women and children can live free from fear and violence. She visited the families of Elizabeth Moselakgomo, Dineo Motapane and Itumeleng Kekana, who are among the nine women killed in […]
# The family of 28-year-old Gracious Nkomo has positively identified her as one of the women whose bodies were discovered along the R21 in Kempton Park last week. She was the third woman discovered in the area. This comes as police continue to investigate the deaths of nine women across the East Rand. Four women […]
Mineral and Petroleum Resources minister Gwede Mantashe is demanding that the owners of Lily Mine in Mpumalanga take responsibility for retrieving the container and the bodies of the mineworkers who died in the 2016 disaster. Addressing the mine health and safety summit in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Mantashe said mine owners cannot benefit from mining operations, […]
# Die ANC-vroueliga sê daar is ‘n behoefte aan eenheid en gesamentlike optrede ná die toenemende aantal vroue wat in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, vermoor is. Volgens die party blyk dit die moorde volg ‘n kommerwekkende patroon en het vrese laat ontstaan dat ’n reeksmoordenaar daarvoor verantwoordelik kan wees. Die sekretaris-generaal van die liga, Nokuthula Nqaba, doen […]
# The body of a man believed to be missing Table Mountain hiker Wayne Barnard has been found. Police and rescue teams found the body late yesterday after Barnard was reported missing while hiking alone. He was last heard from at about 11 am on Wednesday, when he shared his location and a photo from […]
# Die liggaam van ‘n man, vermoedelik die van Wayne Barnard, ‘n stapper wat op Tafelberg vermis geraak het, is gevind. Die polisie en reddingspanne het die liggaam laat gister opgespoor nadat Barnard as vermis aangemeld is. Hy het alleen gaan stap. Daar is laas op Woensdag omstreeks 11:00 iets van hom gehoor toe hy […]
# Die Minister van Minerale en Petroleum Hulpbronne, Gwede Mantashe, dring aan die eienaars van die Lily-myn in Mpumalanga moet verantwoordelikheid aanvaar vir die herwinning van die houer en die liggame van die mynwerkers wat in die ramp van 2016 omgekom het. Mantashe het die beraad oor mynveiligheid en -gesondheid in Kemptonpark, Gauteng, toegespreek en […]
# Research by the University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Development in Africa has found that social grants are mainly used for essential household needs, but can also support productive livelihood activities. Social Development minister Dina Pule says the research found that receiving the 370-rand Social Relief of Distress grant was associated with a 25-percentage-point increase […]
