# Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero says the City will partner with taxi associations to create safer spaces for women and communities. This follows the discovery of nine female bodies in Ekurhuleni. Speaking at the first Johannesburg Mayoral Lecture in Soweto Theatre, Morero said community safety remains vital. Morero says taxi operators will help identify unsafe […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa says government has not received the names of South Africans restricted from entering the US. Speaking at the Country Club in Johannesburg for the ANC Veterans League’s presidential golf day, Ramaphosa said South Africa will safeguard its sovereignty while continuing diplomatic engagement with Washington. He describes the US as an important […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme has restored funding to 357 students from the Nelson Mandela University’s campuses in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape and George in the Western Cape. The funds were previously withdrawn due to incorrect qualification codes. The news was announced during deputy Higher Education minister Yusuf Cassim’s official visit. Minister […]
# The Department of Health says a social gathering in Cape Town is linked to a cluster of Mpox infections in the Western Cape. Spokesperson Foster Mohale says almost all those who tested positive were at the same event in the last four weeks. The number of confirmed Mpox cases nationally has risen to 18, […]
South Africa’s proposed new rules for cross-border cryptocurrency transactions could put billions of rand in investment at risk. The chief executive of the global crypto exchange company VALR, Farzam Ehsani, says at least 2.2-billion-rand in potential foreign investment in South African crypto businesses has already been put on hold. The amount includes a proposed 1.6-billion-rand […]
# Derduisende werkers in die Duitse motorbedryf neem aan landwye betogings deel nadat Volkswagen AG ‘n winswaarskuwing uitgereik het. Die betogings, wat deur die vakbond IG Metall op meer as 280 geleenthede gereël is, fokus op werksekerheid en regeringsingryping teen hoë vervaardigingskoste. ‘n Volskaalse staking is nog nie amptelik van stapel gestuur nie, maar die […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het die Amerikaanse president, Donald Trump, se Afrikaner-hervestigingsprogram gekritiseer as ‘n rasgegronde benadering. Hy het op die Afrika-diasporaforum in Washington met beleidmakers gepraat oor die versterking van bande nadat Amerika nuwe beperkings op Suid-Afrikaanse amptenare ingestel het oor grond-onteiening. Die ontleder Oscar van Heerden sê […]
# Die ANC se president, Cyril Ramaphosa, sê die nasionale uitvoerende komitee sal besluit oor die geskil met die Verkiesingskommissie. Die party het versuim om betyds 181 kandidate te registreer in ses munisipaliteite in die Oos-Kaap, KwaZulu-Natal en die Vrystaat, en hul name verskyn nou nie op die finale kandidatelyste nie. Die Kieshof het die […]
# KwaZulu-Natal Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka condemns two violent attacks at schools in the province. A security officer was killed during a robbery at Inanda Comprehensive High School on Friday night. In a separate incident, three matric learners were shot outside Bukimvelo High School in the Ezibayeni region after attending a revision class. They have […]
