# The Patriotic Alliance has made a key gain in the Western Cape, winning a ward previously held by the DA in this week’s by-elections. The PA’s Veronica Leoni Maralack-Boonzaaier secured ward 27 in the Drakenstein Local Municipality with just over 42-percent of the vote. Meanwhile, the DA held onto ward six in Bergrivier, and […]
# Transnet Port Terminals reports a 16-percent increase in citrus containers moved by rail. Durban has received 980 refrigeration units since April, surpassing 2024’s full-season total. Citrus exports are up 18-percent year-on-year, with the European Union and Middle East leading demand. Transnet Port Terminals management says it expects to meet the national forecast of 106-thousand-500 […]
# The DA says it will file a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to uncover the names of officials involved in awarding the fourth national lottery licence, amid concerns of a link to deputy president Paul Mashatile’s family. This follows after Trade, Industry and Competition minister Parks Tau refused to disclose them to […]
# Die voormalige Suid-Afrikaanse ambassadeur in Amerika, Ebrahim Rasool, bestempel die land se oorweging van ‘n sanksiewetsontwerp teen Suid-Afrikaanse politieke leiers as afknouery. Hy waarsku in ‘n onderhoud met Newzroom Afrika die wetsontwerp, wat reeds deur die Huis van Verteenwoordigers se komitee op Buitelandse Sake goedgekeur is, sal Suid-Afrika negatief raak. Rasool sê dringende diplomatieke […]
# The State has concluded its case in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in the High Court in Pretoria – nearly eleven-years after the Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper was shot at his girlfriend singer Kelly Khumalo’s home in Vosloorus, Gauteng. After three years of presenting evidence against the five accused, the […]
# EFF member of Parliament, Sihle Lonzi, has warned newly appointed Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela, to choose between serving corrupt ANC and Communist Party comrades or standing with South Africans. Speaking during the budget debate, Lonzi urged Manamela to fight student debt, clean up NSFAS and SETA corruption, and uplift the TVET […]
# Die Gondwana privaat wildreservaat naby Mosselbaai in die Suid-Kaap het bevestig sy uitvoerende hoof en mede-eienaar is die persoon wat Dinsdag deur ‘n olifant doodgetrap is. Die 39-jarige FC Conradie word oorleef deur sy vrou en drie jong kinders. Hy word beskryf as ‘n geliefde en hoogsgerespekteerde persoon in die bewaringsgemeenskap, en sy onwrikbare […]
# Die Valke het skootrekenaars, telefone en dokumente van senior beamptes van die Passasierpooragentskap van Suid-Afrika in beslag geneem as deel van ‘n ondersoek in verband met twee spoorsinjaal-tenders van 18-miljard-rand. Volgens News24 het die klopjag in die hoofkantoor in Braamfontein die uitvoerende hoof, die hoof finansiële beampte, die hoof van regsdienste en die hoofverkrygingsbeampte […]
# Former South African ambassador to the US, Ebrahim Rasool, has termed the move by the US to consider a sanctions bill targeting South African political leaders as a bullying tactic. Speaking to Newzroom Afrika, Rasool warned that the bill, already approved by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, will impact South Africa negatively. He says […]
