# Statistics South Africa reports a 14.8-percent year-on-year drop in liquidations for April. Liquidations of close corporations fell by 12 cases, while company liquidations declined by seven. Stats SA’s Onica Mushwana says over the three months ending April, liquidations decreased by 6.9-percent, and a six-percent drop was recorded for the first four months of the […]
# US pastor and ally to president Donald Trump, Mark Burns, has condemned the controversial ‘Kill the Boer’ chants, saying such rhetoric fuels racial division in South Africa. Burns told Newzroom Afrika that calls to seize land and chants targeting white farmers send dangerous messages and undermine efforts to build unity. He urged South Africans […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare het die polisie geprys vir die vinnige inhegtenisname van ‘n verdagte in KwaZulu-Natal in verband met die moord op Olorato Mongale. Die vakbond se woordvoerder, Claude Naiker, sê die dood van Mongale is ‘n beroep op elke Suid-Afrikaner om op te staan teen geslagsgeweld. Hy sê die plaag van geweld […]
# Olorato Mongale se ma, Keabetswe Mongale, sy is nie geraak deur die noodlottige skietvoorval waain haar dogter se beweerde moordenaar dood is nie. Die polisie het Philangenkosi Makhanya in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal doodgeskiet na hy na bewering op hulle losgebrand het. Die KZN-polisiekommisaris Nhlanhla Mkwanazi, het bevestig die ma van nog ‘n verdagte word ondervra […]
# Die minister van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling, Sisisi Tolashe, verwelkom die lewenslange vonnisse vir Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis en Steveno van Rhyn vir mensehandel en ontvoering van die sesjarige Joslin Smith. Die drie se name sal in die Kinderbeskermingsregister aangeteken word soos die Wes-Kaapse Hooggeregshof bepaal het. Die departement se woordvoerder, Bathembu Futshane, sê die vonnisoplegging, […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa het hulde gebring aan teoloog en anti-apartheidsaktivis Tshenuwani Simon Farisani, wat op 76-jarige ouderdom oorlede is. ‘n Lutherse predikant en voormalige parlementslid, Farisani, het saam met Ramaphosa die Black Evangelic Youth Organisation in die 1970s gestig. Die woordvoerder in die Presidensie, Vincent Magwenya sê Farisani sal onthou word vir sy vreeslose […]
# A close ally of US president Donald Trump, Pastor Mark Burns, has dismissed claims of a white genocide in South Africa, calling them false and manipulated. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Burns said Trump was misled by white South African groups, including AfriForum, who exaggerated land grabs and violence to secure refugee status in the […]
# Standard Bank and the GIBS Entrepreneurship Development Academy have launched applications for the 2025 Youth Forward Programme. The initiative comes as South Africa gears up for Youth Month. Standard Bank’s Naledzani Mosomane says the programme targets 50 black youth-owned businesses, offering tools for sustainable growth. She emphasised that with youth unemployment at 46.1-percent, the […]
# The Public Servants Association has commended the police for the swift arrest of the suspect in KwaZulu-Natal in connection with the murder of Olorato Mongale. The association’s spokesperson, Claude Naiker says the death of Mongale calls on every South African to stand up against gender-based violence. He says the scourge of violence has reached unacceptable levels, […]
