The Department of Social Development says a one-year-old child of a South African woman who was born in a Senegalese prison has arrived in the country. The Department’s social workers arrived with the child this morning. The mother was arrested for drug trafficking last year and gave birth to the[…]
Online Identity Verification company Sumsub says that cases of identity fraud have multiplied 10-fold in the past year. In its third- Identity Fraud Report released this week, the company says that the top five-types of identity fraud include Artificial Intelligence-powered fraud, money mulling networks, fake IDs, account takeovers and forced[…]
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a heatwave warning across several parts of the country as hot temperatures are expected to continue until Sunday. SAWS says the mercury is expected to hit the high thirties in some areas. Meanwhile, the European climate change watchdog has found that September[…]
Eight Arab countries have officially applied to join the BRICS group of fast-developing economies, the South African foreign minister said. Naledi Pandor told reporters that a total of 23 countries have officially applied to join the group, including eight Arab countries, noting that BRICS leaders will discuss expanding the group and the[…]
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki says he doesn’t believe there were weapons sold to Russia by the South African government. This follows the allegations of the US ambassador to South Africa Reuben Brigety that South Africa sent weapons to Russia in December last year. President Cyril Ramaphosa has instituted[…]
As if South African consumers aren’t struggling enough to make ends meet, Programme Coordinator at the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group Mervyn Abrahams said consumers can expect to pay even more for their basic food necessities. “We expect that a basket of food will for the first time cross[…]
As the festive season gathers momentum, traffic volumes on the N1 north towards Pretoria and Polokwane had started picking up. Thousands of travellers are expected to use the province’s roads as they go to their various destinations. On major routes in Mpumalanga province, traffic is picking up. Law enforcement officers[…]
LOCAL South Africa recorded a one percent decline in it’s unemployment rate in the third quarter. According to StatSA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey, the unemployment now sits at 32.9 percent, compared to 33.9 percent in the previous quarter. This indicates that around 204k jobs were gained over the three months.[…]
LOCAL President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the key note address at South Africa’s inaugural Green Hydrogen Summit in Cape Town on Tuesday. Delegates from Africa and Europe are expected to attend the three-day conference in Century City. It comes after the country was identified a potential global exporter[…]
LOCAL Eskom says load-shedding will be suspended at midnight on Sunday and resume on stage 1 on Monday from 5am to 4pm. “Stage 2 load-shedding will then be implemented daily from 4pm throughout the night to 5am the following morning until further notice,” the power utility said. It was anticipated[…]
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