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Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein has officially been elevated to Class B – Tier 2 Test status, restoring its ability to host top-tier international rugby matches. The announcement follows months of collaboration between rugby authorities, the Mangaung Municipality and the provincial government. This after South African Rugby Union (SARU) downgraded the Toyota Stadium to a Class C venue in February 2025. The upgrade …

The Madlanga Commission has heard how a company belonging to Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala‘s partner, Tsakane Baloyi, was awarded a skills contract. Buena Vista Learning Academy was awarded the R3.5 million contract by the City of Ekurhuleni, a week after the bid was advertised. Baloyi was also the sole director of the company. Evidence leader Advocate Matthew Chaskalson has put it …

The Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, Gwede Mantashe, says the retrieval of the bodies of the five men trapped 890 meters underground will be achieved soon. He returned to Ekapa Mine in Kimberley, Northern Cape, on Friday. Mantashe says dewatering of the shaft has been successfully achieved, and teams have now entered the second phase of loading stones and mud and will …

On Wednesday, the eThekwini Municipality announced that they had expanded their 111 wards to 112, a change set to take effect after the 2026/27 local government elections. ‘The additional ward will be located in the northern region of the municipality,” the statement read. This follows the announcement by the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) in December last year that they had …

Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has defended the deployment of members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to support the South African police Service (SAPS). He says it is a necessary step to restore calm in communities where illegal mining and gang violence are rife. Speaking on the sidelines of the SAPS National Golf Day, Cachalia acknowledges that …

About R113 million has been paid out to gold mineworkers in the North West through the Tshiamiso Trust. The trust, together with the South African Ex-Mineworkers Council and the North West Health Department is participating in an outreach programme at the Job Shimankane Hospital in Rustenburg. The aim is to assist qualifying former mineworkers to claim occupational diseases compensation. The …

The legal team of suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Andrew Chauke has accused the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) of removing critical documents from dockets. The Nkabinde Enquiry is probing Chauke’s fitness to hold office.  It is currently hearing evidence relating to the cases involving the Cato Manor alleged hit squad. The unit under the command of former …

The defence lawyer in the trial of a Limpopo farmer has questioned the investigating officer about why three different statements have been submitted in the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo. Adv Jakobus Venter has argued that he has not seen the accused’s second statement. Venter is representing  Zachariah Olivier, who is accused of shooting two women dead on Onverwacht Farm …

Gauteng Democratic Alliance (DA) leader and Member of the Provincial Legislature Solly Msimanga has announced that he will stand for the position of the party’s federal chairperson. He made the announcement at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday. Ivan Meyer currently holds the position. Msimanga says, “Now we have an opportunity, this is why I’m putting up my hand …

Violence by the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir bears “the hallmarks of genocide”, the foreign ministers of the Sudan core group at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) said in a statement on Thursday. The group concludes that RSF-led violence constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity, and bears the hallmarks of genocide, …

Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen briefs the media on Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine rollout in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Livestream| Steenhuisen media briefing on FMD vaccine rollout in KZN: www.sabcnews.com, https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/live-minister-john-steenhuisen-briefs-media-on-fmd-vaccine-rollout/

Five  South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) officials have been fired for fraud and corruption. The action follows disciplinary processes during which eight officials were arrested last year. Three cases are still pending. The officials were based at the SASSA Johannesburg office, which was temporarily closed but has since been reopened. The Agency’s spokesperson Paseka Letsatsi says they will continue …

Suspended Ekurhuleni Human Resources head Linda Gxasheka has continued to testify after the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry ordered her to do so. It rejected Gxasheka’s counsel’s request for a postponement. Gxasheka’s attorney, Emmah Magula, argued they were not able to continue because they received the documents late. This is how Commission Chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga made the ruling in Pretoria. …

The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Deputy Leader in the Western Cape, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has announced that he’ll run for the position of the party’s Federal Leader. He made the announcement in Elsies River on the Cape Flats. The announcement comes after the current leader, John Steenhuisen, said recently that he would not stand for re-election at the DA’s elective conference in …

The ActionSA in Ekurhuleni says it plans to write to Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa soon to ask him to look at the possibility of placing the city under administration. This comes after Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza reshuffled his cabinet. He is facing criticism after Speaker Dorah Mlambo resigned following her appointment to the mayoral committee. ActionSA …