Visiting the flood-stricken area on Tuesday, Ramaphosa said municipalities needed to come up with strong and proper plans when building towns to mitigate the effect of natural disasters. President Cyril Ramaphosa said municipalities need to strengthen their town planning. This comes after recent floods in Port St John’s in the Eastern Cape. The coastal town […]
Mkhwebane said that investigating the president was due to the lack of transparency in the details of his presidential campaign donations. Suspended Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she didn’t act with an ulterior or sinister motive when she launched investigations into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s 2017 African National Congress presidential campaign. Testifying in her parliamentary impeachment inquiry […]
The party will hold its national congress at the weekend, where John Steenhuisen and Helen Zille will be running for re-election in their respective positions as the DA’s federal leader and its federal council chairperson. Political analysts believe that the Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen will have to prove that can lead without the shadow the […]
Cilliers Brink said if they don’t put Tshwane’s finances on a healthy footing, it will compromise service delivery. The City of Tshwane’s newly elected Mayor, Cilliers Brink said that if they do not get the city’s finances back on track, they risk becoming a c-grade metro. Brink was elected by the Democratic Alliance (DA)-led multiparty coalition on […]
The IT professional faces 15 years in prison for contravening the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act in the theft of personal information of over 23 million credit-active South Africans. South Africa’s latest data thief, Karabo Phungula has pleaded with the courts to be allowed to pay for his data breach involving credit bureau Experian, and […]
A truck rammed into at least 15 vehicles on the M41 in Umhlanga on Monday morning. Many people, including a pregnant motorist, were injured when a truck rammed into at least 15 vehicles on the M41 in Umhlanga on Monday morning. Emer-G-Med spokesman Kyle van Reenen said on arrival at the scene, emergency teams were […]
Stats SA released the results of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey in Pretoria on Tuesday. Statistics South Africa said that the country’s official unemployment rate eased marginally to 32.7% in the fourth quarter of 2022. This is a decrease of 0.2 of a percentage point from the previous quarter’s 32.9%. This means almost that 16 […]
South African Post Office CEO Nomkhita Mona said that the Post Office had a staff compliment of over 12,500 people whose salaries make up 68% of its budget. She said that for the Post Office to continue to operate, it needed to drastically shed costs. South African Post Office CEO Nomkhita Mona said that about […]
Residents asked to remain cautious of flash flooding. The City of Joburg said on Saturday morning that several homes were reportedly flooded and even sinking in Winnie Mandela, Zone 5, Tembisa, due to heavy rainfall in Johannesburg overnight. The SA Weather Service forecast partly cloudy conditions on Saturday with isolated showers and thundershowers expected to […]
While the public has lost a beloved artist, the Forbes family has lost a son, father and brother. Rapper AKA’s family has thanked South Africa for the love and support shown by his fans. Kiernan “AKA” Forbes was shot dead in Durban last night. A yet unnamed close associated of the musician was also killed. […]