Paramedics from ER24 said that two men were killed and four others were injured after two vehicles collided on the N14 near the R55‚ near Diepsloot‚ north of Johannesburg. The injured patients were treated and rushed to hospital. “Wishing Rapulana Seiphemo a speedy recovery. Get well soon‚ the industry needs you‚” the Department of Arts […]
The mint industry and visitors at the fair were treated to a first-hand experience of the new identity as the award-winning coin manufacturer and the country’s producer of currency Africa unveiled for the first time, its new look. According to Tumi Tsehlo, the Managing Director of the South African Mint: “We look forward to sharing […]
Nelson Rolihlahla Dalibungha Mandela was born in the Transkei on July 18, 1918, and trained as a lawyer. He became a key figure in the African National Congress (ANC) and its decision in 1955 to embark on organised resistance to the newly-elected National Party in the form of the Defiance Campaign. Going underground after the […]
Two years after denying liability for the splurging of millions in taxpayers’ money on his private KwaZulu-Natal homestead‚ Zuma announced last week that he had written to the Constitutional Court proposing to repay some of the money. The ConCourt is today hearing arguments from the EFF and the Democratic Alliance in connection with Public Protector […]
Nokuthula Simelane‚ from Bethal‚ was 23 when she was abducted from Johannesburg’s Carlton Centre by the Soweto security branch on September 8 1983. She was taken to a farm in North West‚ where she was tortured for several weeks. This is according to evidence heard at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Eight Soweto security branch […]
This follows the letter of lawyers presented on behalf of Zuma to propose an end to the drawn-out legal controversy regarding the public protector’s March 2014 report on Nkandla: ‘Secure in Comfort’, the Presidency said in a statement on Tuesday evening. “While President Zuma remains critical of a number of factual aspects and legal conclusions […]
The ANC in the province has been plagued by factional infighting, which was exacerbated by criminal and disciplinary procedures being instituted against its provincial chairman, Marius Fransman and provincial secretary, Faiez Jacobs. The party’s top six met with the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) at the Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! – Cape Town on Monday […]
This is according to Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane‚ who led a march for jobs through Johannesburg on Wednesday‚ attended by thousands of supporters. “It has been said that ‘a hungry man cannot be free’. This is the South Africa of today. We are here today because we believe that the hope for our nation‚ […]
Zwane was in the country to perform at the Mona Foma Annual Music Festival when the incident occurred. During the case, the court heard that Zwane returned to his hotel at 5:30am after a post show drinking session with friends. In his drunken state, the rapper was unable to find his room and entered the […]
All seemed calm outside the school on the first day of the new term, with parents and their children flocking to the school that made headlines last year when parents demanded the removal of the principal. On Tuesday, Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi announced that 15 black teachers had indicated that they would not return to […]