She is Cllr Colleen Makhubele. Makhubele was elected unopposed by the Council on Tuesday. Her responsibilities will be among others, to work closely with the Speaker, Whip of Council, and chair meetings of Chairpersons of Portfolio Committees. In congratulating her, City of Johannesburg Speaker of Council, Vasco da Gama said, “I am very excited and […]
Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday released a scathing statement that action must be taken against Boucher following allegations of racism endured by his former Proteas teammate Paul Adams. Adams said his teammates including Boucher, had referred to him as “brown s**t” during post-match fines meeting songs. He lodged a complaint last year. CSA’s board […]
This week it was reported Sisulu met the President to explain and apologise for her column that attacked the Judiciary and besmirched African judges. This morning we woke up to news that no such happened and Sisulu still stand by her word. The minister then issued her own statement, slamming the Presidency for what she […]
Last year it was exclusively reported by eNCA that 158 firearms were stolen from the premises, and until now no one been held accountable for that misdemeanour. The Hawks instituted an intense investigation and as a result a Police Officer who had intimate information to the evidence room has since died. One of these stolen […]
SAA’s Interim chief executive Thomas Kgokolo says, “The short-haul route between Johannesburg and Durban is one of the busiest in South Africa, and our customers and partners have been asking us to fly this route since we took to the skies again in September 2021. We’ve been waiting for the data to guide us on […]
The 2021 matric exams commenced on 27 October 2021 and ran until 6 December 2021. In total, 897,786 matrics registered to write the 2021 NSC examinations, of which 82% were full-time candidates. Marking began two days later and, with a force of more than 41,500 markers, wrapped up on 22 December 2021. Umalusi approved the […]
This comes after the Pretoria High Court declared the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act and its respective amendment act unlawful and unconstitutional. The case against the new law was brought by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), a civil action group. According to the ruling, the national government unlawfully intruded on the jurisdiction […]
Driven by the desire to detach their country from the steely claws of colonialism and imperialism, the Zulu were transported by their nimble feet and the harmonies of amahubo. The events of 22 January 1879 are unlikely to be removed from history books and, 143 years later, South African young black artists are to ensure […]
Today the troubled Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) management was joined by the minister of transport Fikile Mbalula, at the Mabopane station north of Pretoria en-route to Pretoria to inspect the return of service, which started operating this week after a two-year suspension. Train commuters in Mabopane, as one would expect, were thrilled to […]
EFF and its leaders had promised to picket outside the offices of the minister on Thursday, on the return of fans to stadia. But the sport minister is having none of it, having said the planned picket by the EFF on Thursday is ‘ill-advised and populist theatrics’, in his strongly worded media release on Wednesday. […]