Year: 2020

Glen Snyman, a teacher at the Grootkraal Primary School in Oudtshoorn, was due to appear for a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday but just before attending the session the matter was withdrawn. Glen Snyman. Picture: Facebook. CAPE TOWN – Fraud charges against a Western Cape teacher who classified himself as African on his CV have been […]

ANC Mpumalanga member accused of raping his twin daughters granted bail The politician could not be named to protect the girls’ identities. He appeared at the Nelspruit Magistrates Court on Wednesday. Picture: SAPS. JOHANNESBURG – An African National Congress (ANC) member and former MEC in Mpumalanga accused of raping his eight-year-old twin daughters on Wednesday […]

Natasha Mazzone on Thursday insisted the DA Gauteng leader and former Tshwane mayor enjoyed the protection of the assumption of innocence until proven guilty. FILE: Solly Msimanga. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – While interim Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng leader Solly Msimanga faces sexual harassment claims by a fellow member, the party’s national protection officer Natasha Mazzone […]

Guatrain put contingency plans in place earlier this month when services were disrupted by a strike. FILE: A Gautrain security official is seen standing at the door of the train at the Hatfield Station in Pretoria. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – Gautrain operations will resume to full capacity from Friday, after National Union of Metalworkers of […]

Police officer due in court for attacking Reiger Park man CCTV footage showed an officer walking up to the manager of a local Pick n Pay and then he suddenly started to hit him in the face. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – A police officer has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a man in Reiger Park […]

The National Assembly’s programming committee on Thursday agreed that Mboweni could now table the MTBPS and related legislation on Wednesday 28 October. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Picture: GCIS CAPE TOWN – Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s request to postpone the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) by a week has been approved. The National Assembly’s programming committee […]

If you had to tell President Cyril Ramaphosa what you’d like to hear from government’s economic recovery plan, what would you say? Commuters wait to enter their taxi at Bree taxi rank in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – If you had to tell President Cyril Ramaphosa what you’d like to hear from government’s economic recovery […]

The president is expected to address the two houses of Parliament at 2pm. JOHANNESBURG – With just over two hours to go until President Cyril Ramaphosa unveils government’s plan to revitalise the economy, the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (Dtic) believes South Africa has both the potential and the capability to pull the country […]

National Assembly Secretary Masibulele Xaso on Thursday said the independent three-member panel to decide whether Mkhwebane has a case to answer should be able to start its work by 1 November. Public Protector Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane. Picture: @PublicProtector/Twitter CAPE TOWN – A possible inquiry into the removal of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane is now a […]

The president will spell out government’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. CAPE TOWN – An economist believes South Africa can emerge from recession and the COVID-19 crisis a better country. The president will spell out government’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. He’s under intense pressure. Economist Miyelani Mkhabela said […]