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PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that he may file an application for the suspension of the work of the Parliamentary committee set up to remove him from office when he filed for the dismissal of the report of the Parliamentary team tasked to investigate the theft of US dollars from his Phala Phala farm.Ramaphosa filed an urgent application at the High Court in the Western Cape yesterday, where he wanted the report of the team led by Judge Sandile Ngcobo to be quashed.The team’s report found that it is possible that some laws were broken by Ramaphosa.The Speaker of Parliament,…
THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ANC, Mr. Fikile Mbalula, says that the protests against illegal immigrants bring down the country’s reputation.Mbalula said that the protests that are increasing day by day make it look like South Africa is a lawless country.He said this while speaking to the media outside where the meeting of the ANC’s executive committee is going on.Anti-immigrant protests that started in Durban and other parts of KwaZulu-Natal have spread to other provinces as seen in Gauteng, Eastern Cape and Western Cape.The campaign to destroy immigrants is carried out by the organizations March and March, Operation Dudula and…
RECOMMENDED are the youth who have increased the number of people registered to vote in the country as it is being considered for the local government elections on November 4, 2026. We have increased to 27.9 million, the number of people who have registered to vote in the country and this has been done by registering 376,000 people, from January to May this year.This was revealed by the chief executive officer of the Electoral Commission, Mr. Sy Mamabolo yesterday, when campaigns were launched to encourage people to vote.Mamabolo, who disclosed these figures in Midrand, said that in the 2024 election,…
AI: China has taken another tough step to get ahead in the race of AI (Artificial Intelligence). Restrictions have been imposed on foreign travel of well-known AI professionals working in private companies. Now they will have to take permission from the authorities before traveling abroad.China’s new decree, approval has to be taken before going abroad, restrictions imposed on the travels of AI scientists. (Image Credit- Gemini)China’s AI race is no longer just about keeping itself ahead of other countries. The country is now controlling those people who are working on AI. After stopping Meta from purchasing Manus AI, China is…
THE number of politicians supporting the proposal to end the National Students’ Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is increasing.This fund is facing problems as there are always complaints from students and staff and it is not long before it is put under the control.Dr Mimmy Gondwe, the Deputy Minister of Higher Education, suggested that this fund be closed because there is no longer any need for it. He said that we are always overwhelmed by problems and there are many complaints from different organizations about it.”It is not done with NSFAS, a system has been introduced where the applications of those…
THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Mr. Ronald Lamola, has ordered the security agencies to strengthen their hand against people from other countries, who are in the country illegally.Lamola said this when he presented the department’s budget of R7.2 billion yesterday in Parliament in Cape Town, he said that corruption must be eliminated at the borders.”The police, border agencies in this country as well as those in the Department of Labor, have confirmed that people from other countries are in this country legally. The hand of those who are in this country illegally has not been strengthened,” he said.Different groups support…
PARENTS who were angry at the meeting, told the KwaZulu-Natal Education Minister, Mr. Sipho Hlomuka, that they no longer need teachers in their school who are tired of teaching because of the installation of cameras.This happened on Monday when Hlomuka attended the Chesterville school, Mkhumbane Secondary, following the lack of stability from the beginning of the year.It has been four months since 22 teachers, members of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) have abandoned teaching, saying they are fed up with the installation of cameras in the classrooms.The school had 39 teachers in total, and after abandoning Sadtu’s teaching,…
He is lamenting for placing a candle of death on another family of a female student who was brutally killed with her friend in Mzomusha, Nanda, on Saturday.The body of Anele Khwela (14) who was studying Grade 8 at Mariannridge Secondary, Pinetown and his friend were seen by people passing by on the road in Nanda. It is said that although it is not clear from the report of the doctor who examined the bodies why they were killed, but the eyewitnesses said that it looked like they were beaten severely and then electrocuted.A relative who asked not to be…
Markets betting a deal will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and soothe the deep global economic uncertainty cast by the closure of the vital oil & gas route.Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026The United States stock market has been hovering near record highs and oil prices have plunged amid new hope that a ceasefire deal between the US and Iran is close.The rally came on Wednesday as negotiations continued between Washington and Tehran, with markets betting that a deal would reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, easing oil and gas supply concerns and soothing the deep uncertainty afflicting the…
Patric Tsikelelo Mafohlela will spend five years in prison after being convicted of three counts of attempted murder, including an ANC councillor. This comes after the Durban District Court acquitted him of the charges yesterday, and sentenced him. Mafohlela and his late friend Mr. Lindani Goodness Phakathi, are said to have tried to kill three robbers on September 25, 2021, at Shaka’s Head, KwaDukuza.It is said that Mr. Jethro Banda, former ANC councilor in ward 4 KwaDukuza, Mr. Petros Khumalo as well as Mr. Simon Chetty were among those involved.It is said that the three were busy campaigning in this…