Repairs to the two platforms at Cape Town station damaged during a fire last week were completed on Tuesday. In a statement, Metrorail said Platforms 15 and 16 were back in business after repairs had been completed and structural engineers confirmed that the integrity of the overhead concrete structures had[…]
Former deputy higher education and training minister Mduduzi Manana’s resignation as a member of parliament was an attempt to “evade accountability”. That was how the DA interpreted his abrupt resignation on Tuesday. Manana was supposed to appear before Parliament’s Joint Committee on Ethics and Members’ Interests on Wednesday. The resignation[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will welcome his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, at the Union Buildings on Tuesday morning. Xi touched down in the country on Monday evening ahead of the Brics summit which begins in Johannesburg on Wednesday. This year marks the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Africa and[…]
As the petrol price in South Africa reaches record highs, DA leader Mmusi Maimane, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and several taxi associations are expected to announce planned civil society action against the fuel hikes. In a statement, the DA said it would hold a joint press conference in Tshwane[…]
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make the latest in a string of trips to Africa this week, visiting SA and Zambia as well as attending the Brics summit, the Turkish presidency said on Sunday. The five Brics countries — Brazil, China, India, Russia and SA, which are seen by[…]
The Constitutional Court has granted Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane direct access to challenge the constitutionality of the personal costs order made against her, her office has said. In February, Mkhwebane was ordered by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria to pay 15% of the legal costs of the South[…]
Parliament extended condolences on Sunday following the death of former journalist and DA MP Zelda Jongbloed. “The presiding officers have learned with shock and sadness of her passing on Saturday after a long battle with cancer,” said spokesperson Moloto Mothapo on behalf of the National Assembly on Sunday. He said[…]
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police has condemned the killing of 11 people who were ambushed near Colenso in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday evening. Four others were wounded when an unknown number of men opened fire on a taxi. The occupants of the vehicle were travelling to Johannesburg after attending a funeral[…]
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba will hold a media briefing on Monday following the resignation of his department’s Director-General Mkhuseli Apleni. Apleni has been with the Home Affairs Department for nearly 10 years and has had a difficult time at the department. Apleni approached the courts last year when the[…]
Eleven people are confirmed dead in an ambush shooting on the R74 in KwaZulu-Natal, which is now being investigated as an incident of taxi violence, police said on Sunday. “We have dispatched our taxi violence unit to the scene,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Jay Naicker. On Saturday night, a minibus[…]
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