Category: SA News

The Presidency confirmed in statement that the address is scheduled to start at 7pm tonight. President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: GCIS. JOHANNESBURG – President Cyril Ramaphosa will address South Africans on Wednesday night on developments in the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Presidency confirmed in a statement that the address is scheduled to start […]

Recent media reports exposed major flaws in the project, which cost taxpayers a whopping R82 million. Mayibuye Primary School in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni. Picture: @HermanMashaba/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will on Wednesday conduct a site inspection at Mayibuye Primary School in Tembisa after the school was built on an unsuitable site. […]

Church leaders across the nation took a stand on Tuesday, staging silent protests in major cities against COVID-19 corruption. Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba leads a silent protest against government corruption in Cape Town on 15 September 2020. Picture: Kaylynn Palm/EWN CAPE TOWN – Church leaders across the nation took a stand on Tuesday, staging silent […]

The PSC published its quarterly report on Tuesday which reflected on the impact of the nationwide lockdown on the education system, among other issues, in the public service. JOHANNESBURG – The Public Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday said that government had failed to achieve the constitutional principle of providing impartial, fair services equitably and without […]

In two separate incidents, the Hawks received tip-offs regarding suspicious cargo destined for Australia, the Netherlands and Canada at the OR Tambo International Airport and FedEx in Meadowdale. Some of the drugs confiscated at OR Tambo International Airport. Picture: @SAPoliceService/Twitter DURBAN – The Hawks in Gauteng said that they had joined efforts with intelligence services […]

The tourism sector has been among the hardest hit since the introduction of the lockdown but there are fears that travellers from outside the country could spur on a second wave of infections. President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on 23 July 2020. Picture: GCIS JOHANNESBURG – Tourism South Africa is hoping that the president […]

Police said that after his arrest, the 40-year-old man then led them to a bushy area near the R330 and pointed out where Aqhama Tom’s body was dumped. CAPE TOWN – An Eastern Cape man is due to make his first appearance in the Hankey Magistrates Court on Thursday in connection with the murder of […]

The minister spoke in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, on Wednesday where he launched the ministerial security plan. Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula addressing the media on 16 September 2020 at the launch of Prasa’s integrated security plan in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni. Picture: @EsethuOnDuty/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on Wednesday said that the Passenger Rail Agency […]

The South African Wind Energy Association (Sawea) was reacting to the National Energy Regulator’s (Nersa) endorsement of the ministerial determination to procure additional power of just over 11,800 megawatts. CAPE TOWN – Producing renewable energy from wind will play a role in South Africa’s economic recovery. That is according to the South African Wind Energy […]

The group has asked the president for a meeting and for its demands “not to be relegated to the Minister in the DSAC with whom we have already exhausted all avenues of engagement”. President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the nation on 24 May 2020 on the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – […]