Category: SA News

As the mastermind of the abduction, Human said that her plan was to extort R2 million from the parents to ease her financial burden. FILE: (From left to right) Tharina Human, Laetitia Nel and Pieter van Zyl appear in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates Court on 19 September 2019 for the kidnapping of of a six-year-old girl […]

Tharina Human has confessed to kidnapping the six-year-old girl in September last year as well as threatening her father. FILE: Tharina Human, one of four people accused of kidnapping a six-year-old girl outside her school in Vanderbijlpark, appears in court on 11 October 2019. Picture: EWN JOHANNESBURG – The mastermind behind the kidnapping of a […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday said that venue holders were now permitted to allow people to occupy up to 50% of each venue’s space capacity. DURBAN – The events industry on Thursday welcomed South Africa’s move to alert level 1 lockdown. While many industries were hit hard when the country was placed under lockdown earlier […]

Lobby group AfriForum wants a declaratory order that the adoption of the Constitutional Review Committee’s report on land expropriation without compensation is unlawful and should be set aside. FILE: The constitutional review committee on 15 November 2018 adopted its final report that recommends the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution to allow for expropriation […]

Theft suspects in George lead police to woman’s body Police in the Western Cape say they are investigating a murder case after they were led to the lifeless body of a woman along the railway line in the area. FILE: Officers on patrol arrested two suspects for the possible possession of stolen property, and while […]

Ramaphosa has been speaking at the human rights lawyer’s special official funeral. CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa has likened the passing of human rights icon George Bizos to the falling of a great tree. Ramaphosa has been speaking at the human rights lawyer’s special official funeral. Tributes for the anti-apartheid activist have poured in […]

The creditor meeting will be convened to discuss the funding issue and the proposed future of the cash strapped state-owned entity. JOHANNESBURG – Administrators at South African Airways (SAA) have called for a creditor meeting on Friday as funding for the airline’s restructuring has not been received as anticipated. The creditor meeting will be convened […]

WATCH: Will the Reserve Bank drop the repo rate on Thursday? The bank has reduced the rate by 300 basis points so far this year, in an effort to promote growth amid an economy suffering under the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown. South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) Governor Lesetja Kganyago. Picture: @SAReserveBank/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The […]

SARB Governor Lesetja Kganyago announces repo rate remains unchanged Kganyago made the announcement during a briefing on Thursday afternoon. South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago. Picture: AFP JOHANNESBURG – The Monetary Policy Committee has decided to hold the repo rate 3.5%, with effect from 18 September 2020. Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago made the […]

Lungisa was convicted of the assault of a fellow councillor in 2016. FILE: Andile Lungisa. Picture: Supplied CAPE TOWN – Former African National Congress (ANC) Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Councillor Andile Lungisa, has started serving a 2-year jail term. Lungisa was convicted of the assault of a fellow councillor in 2016. Following failed appeals against […]