Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Dr Mangosuthu Buthelezi will step down at the next national elective conference. This is according to the party’s treasurer general and national executive committee (NEC) member, Narend Singh. Singh told News24 on Sunday that during a meeting of about 500 party members, which took place[…]
A family that made use of a free MyCiti Bus ride offer to the beach has lost a 10-year-old child who was caught in rip currents on Sunday. The family believed to be from Atlantis in Cape Town is being assisted by trauma counsellors, the National Sea Rescue Institue (NSRI)[…]
President Jacob Zuma pocketed a “salary” of R1 million a month from a controversial tender mogul without declaring it to the South African Revenue Service (SARS), claims a new book by former Media24 investigative journalist Jacques Pauw. The President’s Keepers, Pauw’s fifth nonfiction book, hits the shelves this week, and[…]
Universal free tertiary education will not be feasible in the foreseeable future, and different funding models should be adopted to ensure access for all deserving students, according to the Heher commission’s recommendations. The long-awaited 748-page report by the commission of inquiry into higher education and training – which City Press[…]
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba says drastic steps are needed to help South Africa’s ailing economy – including freezing senior civil servants’ salaries and selling chunks of state-owned enterprises. In an exclusive interview with City Press on Friday, Gigaba unveiled the surprise moves, which include slamming brakes on the country’s estimated[…]
As soccer boss Danny Jordaan maintains his silence following claims by singer Jennifer Ferguson that he raped her, new allegations have surfaced that he failed to act against a sex-pest employee. The senior South African Football Association official at the centre of the scandal was accused of sexually propositioning a[…]
The relationship between the ANC and its alliance partners has reached an all-time low. That was the consensus reached at a meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday between the South African Communist Party (SACP)‚ the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)‚ the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) and the[…]
The two farm workers who filmed themselves forcing Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin will each spend more than a decade behind bars. Twenty-nine-year-old Willem Oosthuizen was sentenced to a total of 16 years behind bars‚ five of which were suspended. This will result in him spending 11 years behind bars.[…]
Friday South Africa marks the centenary celebrations of the late ANC President Oliver Tambo. President Jacob Zuma will speak at the main OR Tambo Centenary celebrations in Tambo’s home village in Nkantolo in Mbizana in the Eastern Cape. Tambo was revered as the country’s foremost diplomat. Born on the 27th[…]
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is putting its foot down and has lodged an urgent Western Cape High Court application to halt further protest action at the campus. Although the application will only be heard next week, it has been given temporary relief that prohibits any disruptions over the[…]
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