Over R823 million has been allocated for the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers to help combat crime in five provinces. The deployment of the soldiers will cease on the 31st of March next year. In a statement, President Cyril Ramaphosa has in line with section 201 of the Constitution informed the National Assembly and the NCOP …

The Eastern Cape Education Department is mourning the death of two learners from the Gxulu Administrative Area under the OR Tambo Coastal Education District. One of the learners was in Grade 3 and allegedly committed suicide while the other in Grade 12 was discovered deceased in the room he was renting. The Provincial Education Department spokesperson, Malibongwe Mtima, says they …

The Republic of Congo heads to the polls on Sunday in a presidential election ​expected to keep longtime ruler Denis Sassou Nguesso in power, with his challengers hampered by voter apathy ‌and what rights groups describe as an atmosphere of repression. Sassou, 82, has ruled the oil-producing Central African nation for all but five years since 1979. He faces six …

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The Madlanga Commission has heard an in camera application from the attorneys of Witness G, a new witness. Witness G, who works with police informers, is believed to have been Brown Mogotsi’s handler. His attorney Tshepo Matlala has made a request to chairperson Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga that Witness G’s testimony be heard in camera through an intermediary. Matlala has cited …

A Church Service in honour of the life of the late COPE leader Mosiuoa Lekota to be held at Rose Catholic Church in Bochabela, Bloemfontein. Lekota’s body is also expected to be fetched from the mortuary and transported to the church. After the service, it will be taken to his home. Lekota will be laid to rest tomorrow. LIVE STREAM: …

President Donald Trump said the US was going to be hitting Iran “very hard ​over the next week”, shortly after issuing a partial 30-day waiver for purchases of sanctioned Russian oil, hoping to ease prices fueled by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Prices have been whipsawing ‌on Trump’s comments about the likely duration of the war, which has prompted Iran …

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Businessman Arnold Terblanche will be back in the High Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape on Monday. He is accused of masterminding the killing of his wife Vicki in 2021. Terblanche was in court on Friday and the matter was postponed to give the state and defence time to compile digital photo albums of all images taken at the …

Sandile Swana In 2016 Public Protector Thuli Madonsela declared that there was a state of capture and the Zuma and Gupta families were central to repurposing the state and diverting funds away from the proper and constitutional functions of the state. It is almost ten years now since the authorities decided to act against the privatisation and perversion of the …

Some residents of Diepkloof in Soweto are calling on Eskom to urgently introduce a flat rate of at least R350 for their electricity consumption. They say the prepaid meter system is unaffordable for the unemployed and pensioners. The resident marched to Eskom offices in the area on Friday to express their frustration.  They say they will not allow the power …

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Former President Thabo Mbeki says South Africa’s economic decline stems from the change of leadership. He used his keynote address at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund’s 30th anniversary to echo his sentiments from 2008. Mbeki has suggested that a change in leadership post-2008 undermined progress made in the country’s early years of democracy. He says there are consequences from decline …

Suspended South African Police Service organised crime head Major-General Richard Shibiri has testified that he doesn’t know if attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is part of the Big Five criminal cartel. SAPS Crime Intelligence Head, General Dumisani Khumalo has previously testified that Matlala is a member of the Big Five cartel. Shibiri told evidence leader Advocate Lee Seegels-Ncube that …

By Kayiira Jackson Gomba Lions have unveiled a new leadership structure that they believe will guide the county to a historic sixth title in the Masaza Cup. The committee, announced on Friday at the Ssaza headquarters in Gomba District, marks a historic shift for the county team as women take two of the most influential roles in its leadership. Record …