# The ANC has reportedly hired a forensic auditor to investigate the alleged tampering of the party’s Eastern Cape candidate lists. According to News24, there are allegations of tampering with lists and irregularities in the councillor selection process in municipalities including Nelson Mandela Bay, Alfred Nzo and Buffalo City. Forensic auditor Mahier Tayob has been […]
# British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has rejected the suggestion that British Jews are at risk following the sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Britain has imposed a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, accusing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing ethnic cleansing. British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis believes the sanctions will […]
# Gauteng Education MEC Lebogang Maile says his department is stepping up efforts to confront crime, substance abuse, gangsterism and the possession of dangerous weapons in schools. He joined law enforcement officers in searches yesterday at four schools: Phandimfundo Secondary School, Lekamoso Secondary School in Etwatwa, Rivoni Secondary School and Hulwazi Secondary School in Daveyton. […]
# The DA has filed papers before the Electoral Court for leave to intervene in the ANC’s attempt to field 181 candidates in six municipalities for the November local government elections. The ANC says it could not register the candidates before the 5 pm deadline on 28 August because of technical glitches in the IEC […]
# Cricket: Top-order batter Jordan Hermann impressed on his debut as South Africa cruised to a 99-run victory over Namibia on the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method in the first one-day match in Windhoek. Hermann scored 150 from 126 balls, equalling the record for the highest score on ODI debut, and shared a second-wicket partnership of 190 with […]
# ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa says allegations of vote-buying at party conferences are unacceptable. Last month, senior ANC member and national executive committee member Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma accused secretary-general Fikile Mbalula and Ramaphosa of buying delegates to ensure that they won the 2022 elective conference. Speaking on the sidelines of a door-to-door campaign in Tembisa […]
# German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has accused the far-right Alternative for Germany party of advocating anti-migration policies that were tantamount to “ethnic cleansing”. He addressed Parliament following his party, the Christian Democratic Union’s bruising defeat in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, where AfD won almost 44-percent of the vote. Merz says the AfD has harmed […]
# The South African Breweries foundation has opened applications for its 18-month Tholoana Enterprise Programme, which supports established businesses through mentoring and business development. The programme targets South African businesses that are at least 51-percent black-owned, have operated for at least two years, and have paying customers. Priority will be given to businesses owned by […]
# The Gauteng Department of Health says it has made progress in keeping people on HIV and tuberculosis treatment during the 2025/2026 financial year. More than one-million HIV patients remained on treatment, while over 27-thousand TB patients received treatment. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says improved tracing of patients who miss appointments and treatment reminders […]
