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Roelf Meyer will replace the South African ambassador who was expelled from the US by President Donald Trump in 2025.Published On 15 Apr 202615 Apr 2026South Africa has appointed Roelf Meyer, who helped negotiate the end of white minority rule in his country in the 1990s, as the next ambassador to the United States, according to local media.Meyer’s appointment is seen as a sign that Pretoria is aiming to improve its relations with Washington following a “turbulent year”, according to the South African Broadcasting Corporation.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listSouth Africa has gone without diplomatic representation in Washington,…

A MUSICIAN from Mandaba, Nkandla, Khuzani Mpungose, has revealed that the Blue Naton Festival event he held in Carnival City is to unite his Blue Nation fans, but the main thing is to unite the nation of masks.This event, which will be the second this year, will be held on May 2, and it started in high gear last year, when it was attended by crowds of people from different parts of the country to celebrate with this hero.At this year’s event, Khuzani said he wants to continue uniting the maskandi nation, by holding an event of this type with…

14 April 2026 Tania Haynes How would you like to share the article? Helen Zille on a rowboat in Dobsonville. (Photo: Screengrab) Helen Zille is clearly not afraid of water – especially not the stormy waters of politics. First there was the pothole in Douglasdale, Sandton. Now she sails in a rowing boat in Dobsonville, Soweto. Zille, the DA’s mayoral candidate in Johannesburg, shared another comical video as part of her election campaign on Tuesday, to the great amusement of social media users after Johannesburg received rain. In this video, Zille sails in a rowing boat to mockingly draw attention…

It is expected that a program will start soon that will answer the questions people have had, about a lady from KwaNongoma but based in Johannesburg, Londie London.Londie and Mzansi Magic have announced that they will soon start a program about the life of this lady Life with Londi. In this program, they revealed a little bit that different questions will be answered about the things that have been appearing about this lady, in the forums and in other programs that Londie has been a part of.This lady has appeared in programs includingThe Real Housewives of Durbanis-The Real Housewives Ultimate…

Stock Photo (Photo: Shutterstock) The Association for Communications and Technology (ACT) has withdrawn its court application against the Department of Home Affairs over the adjusted rates for its online verification system. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr. Leon Schreiber, welcomed the decision. The application, brought in the Gauteng High Court, challenged the new tariff structure for private companies that use the department’s Online Verification System (OVS) to verify customers’ identities against the population register. The case has now been settled after ACT formally withdrew its application. Meanwhile, several mobile network operators, which are part of ACT, have approached the department…

The legal expert on the use of social media, Mrs. Emma Sadleir, has stated that the daughter of MKP leader, Mr. Jacob Zuma, Mrs. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, had been inciting violence during the 2021 riots.We said this yesterday, when we testified at the High Court in Durban, where Mrs Zuma-Sambudla, Advocate Dali Mpofu, complained that the expert is testifying without a proper report, called an expert report.The expert was being interrogated with his testimony that he presented earlier, that he collected on the X forum, and wrote a memorandum about what he found. He then offered his opinion on Mrs Zuma-Sambudla’s…

Dominic Goncalves, Energy Strategy Advisory Partner at Cresco Project Finance (Photo provided)Diesel, long considered South Africa’s last line of defense during power outages, can no longer be taken for granted, an energy expert warns, amid the continued disruption of global fuel supplies.Dominic Goncalves, consulting partner for energy strategy at Cresco Project Finance, says major energy consumers, domestically and internationally, are faced with a new reality.”Diesel, which has always been the backbone of emergency power, can no longer be considered reliable when the power grid fails or during a power crisis,” says Goncalves.According to him, the availability of diesel during crises…

Yesterday, at the High Court in Thekwini, we heard the application of the inheritance dispute between the former police officer of the Thekwini Municipality, Mr. S’bu Mpisane and his ex-wife, Ms. Shauwn Mkhize.It was expected that the court will listen to the request for inheritance dispute following the marriage divorce that was issued by the court in November 2024. However, it was not reached how they will divide the inheritance. Mpisane wants a few things to be reviewed regarding the division of inheritance since they were married in a consanguineous marriage.Mpisane, who was dressed in a black suit with short…

The Democratic representative from California has resigned his seat in Congress over multiple sexual misconduct allegations.By Reuters and The Associated PressPublished On 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell has resigned from the United States Congress, amid mounting allegations of sexual misconduct.On Tuesday, a fifth woman came forward to accuse Swalwell of unwanted sexual contact, saying the Democratic lawmaker drugged and raped her during an encounter in 2018.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“My delay in taking action against Eric was driven by fear, not doubt – fear of his political power,” Lonna Drewes said during a news…

Roelf Meyer during the national convention. (Photo: Phill Magakoe / AFP) Dr. Dirk Hermann, CEO of Solidarity, thinks pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s choice of ambassador to the USA is disappointing. The presidency confirmed to Maroela Media on Tuesday evening that former NP minister and negotiator Roelf Meyer has been named as South Africa’s new ambassador to the USA. ‘Just another mistake’ Hermann believes that Meyer’s appointment will not inspire confidence among ordinary Afrikaners. “He is a retired politician from a previous dispensation.” “This is not the answer to restoring relations. It is just another mistake by the South African government in…