Author: staff
Rene van Willing said her daughter, Bronwin, 18, went to the shop after she had asked for R10 from a family member to buy sweets so she could film a TikTok video with her friends in their backyard. Bronwin never made it back home as she was shot and wounded while queuing outside the tuck shop on Junker Street.
With Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs executive members spending R10 million on travel since taking office, and the police ministry’s staff costing R24 million, opposition parties are taking a closer look on how the government of national unity spends its money.
With over a month to go before the Proteas’ ICC Champions Trophy tournament opener against Afghanistan in Karachi, sports minister Gayton McKenzie has urged South African cricket to consider boycotting fixtures against the Taliban-led nation.
The Department of Higher Education and Training has blamed the “quality of maths and science pupils” produced by the Department of Basic Education for universities producing 5 065 fewer engineering and science graduates in the past financial year.
A search for a stolen vehicle found at the former residence of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela led to the discovery of various illicit items and resulted in five people being arrested, including 33-year-old Mbuso Mandela, the former president’s troubled grandson.
In an unprecedented move in Zulu history, AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has taken time out of hibernation to respond to Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Mzwanele Nyhontso, over a disagreement on the king’s role and authority concerning the Ingonyama Trust Board.
Should the SACP break away from the ANC and contest the 2026 municipal elections on its own, it will vanish from the country’s political spectrum, suffering the same fate that awaits small parties such as the EFF, MK Party and the ATM, said ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe.
ActionSA has described the government of national unity (GNU) as “a marriage of convenience [between the ANC and DA] driven by the division of cushy cabinet positions and their associated perks” after DA leader and Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen revealed that his official vehicles are fitted with blue lights.
Should the SA Communist Party break away from the ANC and contest the 2026 municipal elections on its own, it will vanish from the country’s political spectrum and suffer the same fate as the EFF, MK Party and the ATM, said ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe.
Shares of Naspers and its Amsterdam-listed subsidiary Prosus both slumped around 8% on Tuesday morning, which follows news that Washington has added Chinese tech giants, including Tencent, to a list of firms that work with the Chinese military.