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Brent Bozell, the US ambassador to South Africa, and Gayton McKenzie, leader of the PA. (Photo: Gayton McKenzie/X)Gayton McKenzie, leader of the Patriotic Alliance (PA) and minister of sports, arts and culture, described the USA’s new ambassador to South Africa as an “honest man with the ear of President (Donald) Trump”.McKenzie shared a photo of his meeting with Brent Bozell at the ambassador’s residence on social media on Friday.According to the PA, Bozell left the meeting “encouraged and optimistic about the future of relations between South Africa and the US. For some time the relationship between our countries has been…

AS Metro FM is celebrating its 40th anniversary, the SABC will honor the pioneer of this radio station, Wilson Bafana Nkosi. And this expert, broadcasting the Sunday program iSounds And Stuff Like That between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m., marking 40 years since September 1, 1986. Wilson B (58), who was born in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga but grew up in Swat. He will be honored to have the history of his life broadcast. He said that this milestone will reveal a lot that was unknown about him. “Many people have always wanted to know about me such as whether I…

(Archive photo: Christel Cornelissen/Maroela Media)South Africa spends more on politicians and prisoners per day than on learners per month.This according to Riaan van der Bergh, deputy head of the school governing body organization Fedsas and head of the organisation’s Center for Finance and Risk Management, who put the government’s spending priorities into perspective after the recent budget speech.Big Mac indexSouth Africa’s total education expenditure amounts to approximately R350 billion. Van der Bergh says the country still spends more per day on politicians and prisoners than on the country’s learners per month.The famous Big Mac index is widely used to make…

March 14, 2026 Christel CornelissenHow would you like to share the article?(File Photo: Kevin Horvat/Unsplash)The Gauteng provincial government says it is aware of allegations related to a possible data breach of government information.”The matter is being treated with the seriousness it deserves and a preliminary investigation has already been launched to determine the facts and investigate the extent of the alleged breach,” says Elijah Mhlanga, spokesperson for the Gauteng government.”It is going to be premature at this stage to speculate on the details while the investigation is ongoing. The necessary internal processes have been activated and the appropriate authorities involved…

THE KwaZulu-Natal municipalities have been pulled by the ear because they are failing to spend money until it goes back.The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Indigenous Affairs, Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi, said municipalities should make sure that they use all the money they have been allocated in advance as there will be no refunds.He said this while speaking at a meeting attended by municipal officials and chiefs.Yesterday’s meeting in Durban was called to discuss the status of the councils.Buthelezi said municipalities that fail to spend the money they have been allocated are making people unable to meet their needs.”The money that…

The missile attack causes damage on the mission, according to sources, as smoke is seen rising from the building.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoThe United States Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has been hit by a missile attack that caused smoke to rise from the building.An Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera on Saturday that the attack destroyed part of its air defence system, without giving further details.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listA missile struck a helipad inside the US…

(Photo: X)By Marecia Damons, GroundUp In an effort to crack down on fraud in the social grant system, the government is currently investigating beneficiary eligibility. However, according to a recent analysis by the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ), most fraud cases reported involved government officials and contractors.The IEJ argues that the government’s anti-fraud measures risk unfairly excluding vulnerable people from the grants they rely on.The analysis, discussed during a webinar by the IEJ, is based on public data, government reports, news reports and testimony from beneficiaries affected by fraud investigations.Researchers found that around 75% of welfare fraud cases investigated by…

SMOOTHING THEMSELVES is the first step that should be taken by Kaizer Chiefs players so that this Naturena team will quickly come up with a strategy to get themselves out of the mud they are in. This was said by Makhosi’s midfielder, Lebohang Maboe, to the media when the team prepared to face Durban City in the Betway Premiership match which will be held on Sunday at 3.30 pm, at FNB Stadium, Nasrec.He spoke about the importance of ensuring that all the things they agreed on, since they have not been playing for a week, turn into success.The player, who…

Mamelodi Sundowns coach, Miguel Cardoso, believes that his team has not finished their work even though they have placed themselves in a good position to advance to the Caf Champions League.The Brazilians had their work cut out for them by defeating the Malian team, Stade Malien, 3-0 in the first leg of the quarterfinal match of this tournament at Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria on Friday night.The first goal was scored by Khuliso Mudau in the first half, two of which were scored by Bryan Leon and Iqraam Rayners in the second half.Cardoso was encouraged by the fact that his team was…

Mel Viljoen. (Photo: Jhua-Nine Wyrley-Birch/Maroela Media) Although they are not their co-housewife doesn’t defend his recent arrest, believe Die Real Housewives van Pretoria Rhona Erasmus and Kiki Wentzel are not able to indulge themselves in Mel and Peet Viljoen’s circumstances. This after the Viljoen couple – who both made headlines at the time in this kykNET reality series – were arrested in the USA on Tuesday after they allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of groceries from a local store over a period of six months. Maroela Media reported that the couple apparently, with the help of someone else, seized…