JOHANNESBURG – More than 18 months after racial flames were fanned when several old South African flag were displayed on Black Monday, a day meant to highlight farm murders, a judge of the Gauteng High Court has ruled that the banner’s gratuitous display constitutes hate speech. Judge Phineas Mojapelo ruled that the gratuitous display of […]

As the standoff between President Cyril Ramaphosa and the public protector continues – and the intrigue grows more intricate, in what is being seen as mischievous moves to destabilize his leadership – the president said he remains focused on the job he was chosen to do for South Africa. “I was elected by the people […]

A total of 12,921 people died in road collisions in South Africa in 2018, the Minister of Transport Fikile Mbablula said this weekend, introducing a new law meant to tackle reckless driving with a demerit system that can result in drivers having their licenses taken away. Highlighting the tragic problem of reckless driving in the […]

Mitchell Slape, the new CEO of Massmart, the retailer owned by America’s Walmart that has more than 425 stores throughout Africa, will start work on 1 September, it was reported today. Slape, who has worked with Walmart in Argentina, Japan and Mexico, had been appointed earlier in the year, but he has just received his […]

In spite of the phenomenal success of Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront, numerous other coastal towns in the Western Cape with the potential to develop the tourist potential of their harbours remain unused. The province wants to change that and create more jobs. The province’s finanical MEC, David Maynier, said in an interview on CapeTalk today […]

One month after setting her sights on corruption within her department, new Public Works and Infrastructure MInister Patricia de Lille has said investigators have uncovered years of public officials creating shell companies to exploit government contracts, over-quoting, and delivering poor service. This, she said on Tuesday, had become the norm. As a result, she said, […]

DURBAN – The leadership of the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal has after a lengthy delay decided to remove the mayors and executive committees of the troubled cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg, it announced in a statement today. At the same time it pledged the support of the ANC in the province, formerly a stronghold […]

Former minister of tourism Derek Hanekom is suing Jacob Zuma for defamation over a comment that he was a known enemy agent inside the African National Congress, according to news reports today. The lawsuit, for R500,000, will be heard next week. In late July former president Zuma commented on Twitter that Hanekom, a well-known supporter […]

After the public protector lost yet another case in court, the Democratic Alliance has repeated its call for parliament to expedite proceedings to remove the controversial Busiswe Mkhwebane from office. “The longer she remains in office, the more she will erode the nation’s faith in this very crucial Chapter 9 institution,” the DA said in […]

MITCHELLS PLAIN – After a bloody weekend in Cape Town, where 47 murders took place, the Minister of Police Bheki Cele on Monday said more than 1,000 people had been arrested for violent crimes since the army entered the city’s townships in Operation Lockdown one month ago to help the police battle crime. Earlier in […]

Large-scale protest action in Hong Kong has led South African Airways to cancel its flights between Johannesburg and the Chinese city, where the growing pro-democracy mass action has shut down the main airport, one of the busiest in the world. There were two SAA flights, one in either direction, scheduled for today. In a notification […]

VRYBURG – In a wide-ranging speech focusing on numerous women who had achieved greatness in South Africa, but also highlighting the challenges facing women such as owning land and gender-based violence, President Cyril Ramaphosa took time on National Women’s Day to single out a video tribute made by the Gillette company about a grandmother who […]

JOHANNESBURG – The Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula has unveiled a war room to deal with the inefficiency and breakdown of the rail services of South Africa and tackle problems like overcrowding, chronic delays, safety and modernisation, it was announced on Friday. “The War Room we are unveiling today will be a game changer through […]

A major coordinated raid on counterfeit traders in downtown Johannesburg on Wednesday led to the arrest of 560 civilians and 7 police officers. The crackdown came a week after hundreds of traders forced police to withdraw after pelting them with stones and bricks when they attempted a similar operation. A warrant officer and four constables […]

Almost seventy tourism safety monitors will patrol Table Mountain from today, the Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane said at the launch of the programme. It comes barely two weeks after a Ukrainian tourist hiking above Hout Bay was murdered. The initiative is a partnership with SA National Parks, the Department of Environment, Fisheries and Forestry, SA […]

The Constitutional Court of South Africa has denied the appeal of former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe against a ruling by a lower court that he pay back any of the pension he was awarded after he left the utility. In January 2018 the North Gaunteng High Court found that Molefe had unlawfully enriched himself from […]

The group Gatvol Capetonian is going ahead with a planned shutdown tomorrow of 13 communities on the Cape Flats to highlight the shortage of affordable housing opportunities in Cape Town. “We are shutting down in defiance of the marginalisation of the people of the Cape Flats because of apartheid spatial planning that forces us to […]

A week after traders in downtown Johannesburg attacked police for raiding their stores in search of counterfeit goods, the South African Police today descended on the city centre again, and found arms and ammunition and phoney merchandise in the ongoing operation. SAPS continue raiding Johannesburg CDB and confiscated counterfeit goods #SABCNews #JoburgRaid pic.twitter.com/Lj4rskl0sa — SABC […]

South African Airways has denied reports that there was a fire in the cockpit of one of its planes flying on Sunday from Johannesburg to Washington via Ghana, but said the plane had experienced “a technical problem” that forced it to return to Accra. “Contrary to reports on social media and other platforms, SAA would […]

A series of emails leaked to the press purporting to show President Cyril Ramaphosa knew who donors to his presidental campaign were, after he had said in Parliament he didn’t know, were nothing but a “calculated maneuver” and an “effort to undermine public confidence” in him, the ANC said in a statement today. The emails […]

MAPUTO – After decades of conflict the leaders of Mozambique and the rebel movement Renamo will sign an accord today, and the ceremony in the capital will be attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa and his foreign minister. In 1992 the governing Frelimo party and Renamo signed a ceasefire after years of a bloody bush war, […]

It is rare that anyone landing in New York gets to fly right over Manhattan, Central Park, Wall Street, and all its iconic neighbourhoods, but South African expat Bruce Marais, arriving from Montreal, Canada, was treated to that view last week as his plane circled slowly above it all. Plus it was a clear day, […]

Salary and bonus demands by senior managers at the already financially troubled Eskom could cost the utility R300 million, according to the Democatic Alliance, who said this was akin to holding the economy to ransom. The managers earn between R1.5 millon and R3 million a year, according to a statement released today by the DA, […]

After a prolonged lull, the war of words has started again between Johannesburg’s popular Democratic Alliance mayor Herman Mashaba and the African National Congress leaders in the city, who have called for a motion of no confidence in him. Numerous attempts to unseat Mashaba have failed, but the EFF, which previously stood behind the DA, […]

The national executive committee of the African National Congress has disbanded its party leadership in the Western Cape, after infighting over the last several years that has received extensive coverage in the media, especially before the 2017 Nasrec elections. On Tuesday the ANC also disbanded the leadership of the ANC Youth League, and replaced it […]