# 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 […]
# Cricket: Australian batter Steve Smith says memories of the 2018 ball-tampering scandal still return as he prepares to play a Test series in South Africa for the first time since the incident. He says the sound of camera flashes can trigger memories of the fallout during the third Test in Cape Town, which saw […]
# 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 […]
# Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says a deeper partnership with Europe is intended to create resilience rather than self-sufficiency. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has proposed that Canada become the bloc’s first associate member, a status that does not currently exist. The EU and Canada already have a free-trade agreement, and cooperate […]
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 Vereniging van Staatsamptenare doen ‘n beroep op beter sekuriteit by skole in KwaZulu-Natal ná die moord op ‘n leerder by die Ndengezi Intermediate School in KwaNdengezi, naby Pinetown. Die leerder is volgens berigte Maandag op die skoolterrein doodgeskiet. Zamani Dladla van die vakbond sê talle skole het te kampe met sekuriteitsuitdagings, waaronder swak […]
# 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 […]
