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Court strikes Koko Eskom graft case off the roll, finds there were unreasonable delays
21st November 2023 The Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday struck the case against former Eskom boss Matshela Koko and others from the roll. The... →
Ex-Joburg mayor comes out guns blazing to defend Hamas support post while wielding a rifle
21st November 2023 Former Johannesburg mayor Thapelo Amad says his online post containing images of himself with a rifle and expressing his support for Hamas was "to... →
SA Jewish Board of Deputies labels ANC and SA govt 'bullies' following Israeli ambassador recall
21st November 2023 "Bullying and demonisation" is how the South African Jewish Board of Deputies described Israeli ambassador Eli Belotserkovsky's recall by his... →
Ramaphosa's man had 'secret' meeting with Geingob days after Phala Phala suspect's arrest in Namibia
21st November 2023 Ten days after South African crime intelligence authorities were told that the alleged Phala Phala mastermind had been arrested by Namibian police,... →
Parliament's lawyer says EFF is eager to stop probe into SoNA stage storming
21st November 2023 Stalingrad on steroids. This is how lawyers for Parliament responded to an Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) application to halt the hearing into six... →
Zandile Gumede swings donation bowl to help foot bill for corruption case
21st November 2023 Former eThekwini mayor and corruption accused Zandile Gumede is open to taking donations for her criminal trial fees. This was according to her... →
'Challenging three months': Western Cape murder rate climbs by 10% between July and September
20th November 2023 After six months in which police seemingly got a grip on murders in the Western Cape, the latest quarterly crime statistics have shown an increase... →
Malema lashes out at hearing into EFF stage storming
20th November 2023 At a parliamentary committee hearing on Monday into the Economic Freedom Fighters's conduct during President Cyril Ramaphosa's State of the Nation... →
Minister Ntshavheni says rand manipulation part of private sector's efforts to 'collapse' SA govt
20th November 2023 South Africa's private sector has no interest in developing the country and wants "to ensure that the government collapses", Minister in the... →
AG Tsakani Maluleke appointed as external auditor for Unesco
20th November 2023 South Africa’s renowned Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke has been appointed as external auditor for the United Nations Educational, Scientific... →
City of Cape Town halts auction of municipal homes in CBD after public outcry
20th November 2023 The City of Cape Town halted the auction of city-owned rental housing in Maynard Street, Gardens, at the eleventh hour on Friday. The City... →
African Independent Congress councillor Margaret Arnolds is the new Johannesburg council speaker
20th November 2023 African Independent Congress councillor Margaret Arnolds was elected the new speaker of the Johannesburg council at a special council meeting on... →
'If the ANC lose at the polls, they will go,' says former IEC chair Johann Kriegler
17th November 2023 Former justice of the Constitutional Court and the chairperson of the electoral commission who delivered the 1994 election, Justice Johann... →
eThekwini officials jet off to US to 'boost' city's image, leaving behind service delivery woes
17th November 2023 Questions remain over the cost of a trip eThekwini metro councillors and officials took to the United States – and the City's limited responses so... →
Mkhwebane says EFF plans to ensure ministers don't take Public Protector to court
17th November 2023 After the elections next year, the Economic Freedom Fighters will ensure that ministers don't take steps to have the remedial actions of Chapter 9... →
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor again under fire - this time over municipality's panel of attorneys
17th November 2023 The mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Gary van Niekerk, is in hot water for allegedly illegally interfering with administrative processes in the legal... →
Ramaphosa and Zelensky hammered out first peace topics to take to Moscow over 'lengthy dinner'
16th November 2023 After official meetings in Kyiv this June, President Cyril Ramaphosa and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke informally over a lengthy... →
SA's murder rate rises to two-decade high – and cops are powerless
16th November 2023 The murder rate in South Africa has reached its highest mark in 20 years, with police powerless to arrest the rising tide of death. A report... →
ANC, EFF shoot down DA's proposal to curtail police minister's power over IPID
16th November 2023 The African National Congress and Economic Freedom Fighters have rammed through a provision in the Independent Police Investigative Directorate... →
EFF withdraws 'premature' statement calling for resignation of fraud-accused acting City manager
16th November 2023 The national structure of the Economic Freedom Fighters has retracted a statement calling for the resignation of the fraud-accused acting City... →
Charges rain down on two senior managers in crisis-marred National Skills Fund over R5bn scandal
16th November 2023 At least two high-ranking officials have been charged by the Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation in relation to the National... →
Economic pain at its harshest with more of the same likely for 3 to 6 months
15th November 2023 South Africans have been spending and transacting less and less as high interest rates, food inflation, load shedding and elevated fuel prices eat... →
Petrol, diesel prices on track for cuts in December
15th November 2023 Based on the current oil, international fuel and rand prices, the latest data from the Central Energy Fund shows that petrol prices could be cut by... →
State Security Agency head Thembisile Majola resigns
15th November 2023 Thembisile Majola served just 20 months of her three-year contract as the director-general of the State Security Agency. Before taking over in... →
BEE-focused tenders and cadre deployment causing State collapse - Harvard economists
15th November 2023 A two-year research project by Harvard professor Ricardo Hausmann's Growth Lab says that the government's proposed economic reforms are unlikely to... →
90% drop in police reservists 'devastating' to high crime levels
15th November 2023 Despite budgeting R5.7-billion annually to recruit an additional 30 000 officers by 2026, the SA Police Service (SAPS) has cut 90% of its police... →
From R90m to R4.1bn: How costs ballooned for a water project tender in Giyani
15th November 2023 Water infrastructure upgrades in rural Limpopo villages are caught up in a sea of irregularities with costs soaring from R90-million to... →
SA sees job growth, but it's cold comfort for millions of unemployed youth left behind
15th November 2023 Young people aged 15 to 34 years had an unemployment rate of 43.4% in the third quarter, compared with 45.3% in the second, according to Statistics... →
Zandile Gumede corruption trial: Top official confronted superior over dodgy DSW contract
15th November 2023 A senior Durban Solid Waste (DSW) official testifying in the Zandile Gumede corruption trial on Tuesday told the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban... →
No 'system offline' expected over voter registration weekend, says IEC
14th November 2023 South Africans are not expected to hear the disappointing "system offline" response when they register to vote this weekend, the Electoral... →
KZN IFP mayor reinstated as councillor hits out at politician suspected of orchestrating his removal
14th November 2023 Umzinyathi District Municipality Mayor Petros Ngubane has been reinstated as a councillor at Umvoti Local Municipality after being dismissed by a... →
Nearly 400 operations cancelled in Gauteng public hospitals amid water shortages
14th November 2023 Water shortages have led to the cancellation of nearly 400 surgical operations in 16 Gauteng public hospitals in six months this year. Health MEC... →
Moody’s places Transnet on review for ratings downgrade
14th November 2023 Moody’s Investors Service has placed Transnet on review for a potential credit ratings downgrade due to concerns over liquidity and refinancing... →
Gauteng agency bent over backwards to give loans to Mashatile's son-in-law, probe finds
14th November 2023 A forensic investigation has found the Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) bent over backwards and went out of its way to ensure that Deputy President... →
Fraser tells Public Protector he's a 'person of integrity', denies using Phala Phala to target Ramaphosa
14th November 2023 Former spy boss Arthur Fraser told the Public Protector's office he'd known about the break-in at Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm for at least a... →
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor vs Speaker: Van Niekerk turns to MEC as clash rages
14th November 2023 The mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Gary van Niekerk, wants Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Zolile Williams to intervene in... →
While SA’s devastating bird flu outbreak abates, researchers work to eradicate virus
14th November 2023 Newly released research showed the potential of gene editing technology to break the back of the avian influenza virus which recently swept across... →
Tax breaks for Limpopo landowners protecting black rhinos, lions
14th November 2023 Three landowners in Limpopo that protect black rhinos and lions are set to benefit from tax incentives. This is part of the biodiversity management... →
Cope terminates membership of Joburg Speaker Colleen Makhubele
13th November 2023 Colleen Makhubele is no longer a member of the Congress of the People. Cope announced on Monday that two prominent leaders had "terminated their... →
Possibly 'reckless decision': Probe finds shortcomings in loans granted to Mashatile's son-in-law
13th November 2023 A Gauteng Partnership Fund investigation has found that the loans it granted to Deputy President Paul Mashatile's son-in-law Nceba Nonkwelo's... →
Ramaphosa denies putting judicial independence at risk by appointing judge to investigate Lady R
13th November 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied his appointment of a retired judge to investigate the docking of the sanctioned Russian cargo vessel Lady R in... →
