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Night loadshedding drops to Stage 5
30th November 2023 Eskom announced a marginal drop in loadshedding on Thursday due to improved generation recovery and emergency reserves. Stage 3 loadshedding... →
'It's about conduct, not affiliation': Parliament rejects Malema, EFF stage stormers' 'abuse' claims
30th November 2023 Parliament has denied Julius Malema and other State of the Nation Address (SoNA) stage-storming Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs' claims that... →
ANC support declines but likely to keep control nationally in 2024 - data
30th November 2023 The latest election polling data, conducted by Ipsos, shows the African National Congress's (ANC's) prospects ahead of the 2024 elections may not... →
DA promises a colossal fight in ConCourt to stop the NHI bill from moving further than Parliament
30th November 2023 The Constitutional Court is the next stop in the Democratic Alliance’s (DA's) fight against the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill.... →
'Absolutely no excuse': AG blasts major SOEs as just one gets clean audit
30th November 2023 Only one of South Africa's 19 major State-owned enterprises received a clean audit in the past year, Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has said.... →
‘I don’t think there should be any panic’: Ramaphosa won’t just sign NHI Bill into law
29th November 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa won't simply sign the controversial National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law. "I don't think there should be any... →
R197m Gauteng roads project only 10% complete nearly 3 years after tender advert
29th November 2023 The Gauteng government has admitted that a much-needed R197-million Johannesburg road refurbishment project to alleviate stifling traffic... →
Business committed to building SA, Ramaphosa says after Ntshavheni's accusation
29th November 2023 More than a week after Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni accused the private sector of engineering the state’s collapse, President... →
Western Cape government promises to take its budget fight 'to the highest levels'
29th November 2023 The Democratic Alliance (DA)-led Western Cape government has warned that service delivery, including healthcare, education, law enforcement and... →
Intensive talks under way to extend Israel-Hamas truce as deadline looms
29th November 2023 Intensive talks are under way to secure a second extension to the truce in the Israel-Hamas war as the agreed pause in fighting nears expiration.... →
July unrest 'instigator' Mdumiseni Zuma gets 12-year prison sentence
29th November 2023 The Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court has sentenced Mdumiseni Zuma to 12 years' imprisonment for instigating the July 2021 civil unrest following... →
Holomisa, Malema, Mkhwebane use fake 'intelligence report' to push false 'judicial corruption' claims
29th November 2023 The State Security Agency (SSA) has distanced itself from a so-called "intelligence report" on alleged judicial corruption. This as a well-known... →
Floyd Shivambu’s salary docked for failing to disclose R180 000 he received from VBS looter
29th November 2023 The Economic Freedom Fighters's (EFF's) second in-command, Floyd Shivambu, will be docked nine days' salary. This after he failed to disclose an... →
100 000 containers now stuck outside three SA ports - as new penalties and price hikes loom
29th November 2023 In recent weeks, container ships have been bypassing the congested and delay-ridden Cape Town harbour to berth at the Port of Port Elizabeth in... →
Cheerful Zandile Gumede sings, dances as corruption trial wraps up for 2023
29th November 2023 Despite a long road ahead, corruption-accused former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede was in high spirits as she left the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in... →
Nelson Mandela Bay's suspended city manager 'has no leg to stand on' in court fight to get job back
29th November 2023 The suspended city manager of Nelson Mandela Bay, Noxolo Nqwazi, returns to the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha on Wednesday to continue her... →
NSFAS payment delays bite as exams loom
28th November 2023 Apparent maladministration at the hands of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme has left students in a bind. Several have either been defunded... →
Western Cape government lodges intergovernmental dispute over National Treasury budget cuts
28th November 2023 The Western Cape government has lodged an intergovernmental dispute with National Treasury over the mid-term adjustment budget. Premier Alan Winde... →
ANC to head to ConCourt to challenge ruling on R150m election branding material debt
28th November 2023 The African National Congress plans to challenge a Supreme Court of Appeal order compelling the party to pay R150-million to a KwaZulu-Natal... →
After criticism from business, Ntshavheni blasts 'male chauvinist' media
28th November 2023 Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who last week accused the private sector of engineering the state’s collapse, has now turned her... →
ANC risks being liquidated, warns company after getting court order for R150m
28th November 2023 The African National Congress (ANC) faces liquidation if its assets do not meet the R150-million owed to Ezulweni Investments for election material... →
Cash-strapped SANDF overspends almost R3bn on salaries as cost of sick leave nears R400m
28th November 2023 Despite the downsizing of the number of foot soldiers, the South African National Defence Force overspent R2.8-billion on salaries. The... →
Divergent views on bill to stub out smoking in public
28th November 2023 Health or jobs: this is the dichotomy of public sentiment on the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill, which will, among... →
More delays as committee probing Nelson Mandela Bay mayor's fraud case fails to sit again
28th November 2023 Economic Freedom Fighters and African National Congress councillors in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro have launched attempts to remove the... →
Western Cape legislature rejects contentious NHI Bill
28th November 2023 The Western Cape legislature has rejected the contentious National Health Insurance Bill. This followed a lengthy public participation process,... →
Diplomatic dash as end of Israel-Gaza truce looms
27th November 2023 Intense negotiations were under way as the truce in the Israel-Gaza war entered its final day. Statements from Israel, Hamas, the United States and... →
Sierra Leone president says ‘most leaders’ of unrest arrested
27th November 2023 Sierra Leone has arrested most of the leaders of an armed attack in the capital that has prompted the government to declare a nationwide curfew,... →
Stage 4 loadshedding all week, says Eskom
27th November 2023 Due to the increasing demand combined with insufficient generating capacity and the need to manage the emergency reserves, Stage 4 loadshedding... →
SABC appoints new group CEO
27th November 2023 Public broadcaster South African Broadcasting Corporation has appointed a new CEO, Nomsa Chabeli. Chabeli was formerly general manager of brand... →
Volunteer recalls final hours at Indonesian Hospital amid Israeli siege
27th November 2023 As Israeli tanks and troops laid siege to the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza last week, volunteer medical worker Fikri Rofiul Haq faced the... →
Rise Mzansi 'will get 7.5% of the vote', a confident Songezo Zibi declares
27th November 2023 Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi is on the campaign trail and bullish about getting as much as 1.8-million votes in the party's first election next... →
SA's water crisis the next political football, as parties debate who can best fix the problem
24th November 2023 South Africa's scarce water resources look set to become the next political football for parties ahead of the general election next year. On... →
Oscar Pistorius gets parole, will be released from prison in January
24th November 2023 Eight years after being sent to prison, Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole and will emerge to a different world when he is freed in January... →
SA to ask International Court of Justice to declare Israel an apartheid state
24th November 2023 Not only did South Africa lay a charge against Israel for war crimes at the International Criminal Court, but it will also petition the... →
Reserve Bank slightly more positive about inflation, but Transnet crisis now serious threat
24th November 2023 Even after annual consumer inflation shocked the market on the upside on Wednesday, rising to 5.9% in October – higher than any economist surveyed... →
Ramaphosa talks tough over Transnet incompetence as ports nightmare rages on
24th November 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed that Transnet would shed itself of incompetence and address the major backlogs at the country's ports. If not, it... →
Auditor-General's office demands details around dismissal of Msunduzi Municipality senior manager
24th November 2023 The Auditor-General's office has written an urgent letter to the crisis-marred Msunduzi Local Municipality to demand detailed information around... →
Umngeni-uThukela irregular expenditure balloons to over R2.5bn as SIU investigates
24th November 2023 KwaZulu-Natal water utility Umngeni-uThukela's irregular expenditure has ballooned to a whopping R2.5-billion, as the Special Investigations Unit... →
Johannesburg water systems healthy despite heatwave, but things could change
23rd November 2023 Johannesburg's fragile water supply - constantly beset by outages, leaks and maintenance issues - is stable despite the recent heatwave. The... →
Reserve Bank's MPC keeps rates on hold
23rd November 2023 For its final decision of the year, the Monetary Policy Committee left South Africa’s key interest rate unchanged at 8.25% for a third consecutive... →
Phala Phala burglary: Hawks want to arrest two more people, but they are not in South Africa
23rd November 2023 The Hawks are still looking to arrest two more people in connection with the brazen break-in at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Limpopo game farm,... →
