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Police and Hawks investigate Fidelity robbery

National police spokesperson, Vish Naidoo, says members from various units from the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Hawks have been mobilized to investigate the robbery at a Fidelity base in the west of Pretoria in the early hours of Saturday morning .

21 Nov 2020 5AM 1 min

Ratings agencies seek urgent implementation to avoid another downgrade of the SA economy

Professor Raymond Parsons from the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences at the North West University Business School says international ratings agencies Moody’s and Fitch have raised a red flag, warning the South African government that it needs to urgently implement policies and the growth plan to avoid further downgrades…

21 Nov 2020 4AM 1 min

Duarte: Stepping aside of implicated members ‘proving to be a dilemma’

African National Congress (ANC) deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte has admitted that it’s not easy to ask implicated members to step aside from their party positions.

20 Nov 2020 6AM 3 min

SA Weather Service warns of severe thunderstorms in Gauteng

Senior forecaster Luthando Masimini says the heavy downpours are expected to hit the province on Friday afternoon.

20 Nov 2020 1AM 1 min

Nine trucks torched in Vosloorus and Heidelberg

Gauteng police’s Mavela Masondo says they are looking for an unknown number of suspects.

20 Nov 2020 1AM 1 min

SABC delays retrenchment process by seven days

President of the Broadcasting Electronic Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) Hannes du Buisson has described the decision by the SABC Board as nothing but delaying tactics.

20 Nov 2020 12AM 1 min

Cabinet ‘satisfied’ with govt’s handling of Bushiri escape

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola says government has full confidence that the Malawian judiciary will hand over fugitive couple Shepherd and Mary Bushiri.

19 Nov 2020 7AM 1 min

'Queen of Kwaito' Mshoza dies

Kwaito star Nomasonto ‘Mshoza’ Maswanganyi has died at the age of 37.

19 Nov 2020 5AM 2 min

Nkomo-Ralehoko: Gauteng economy set to shrink by 8.4%

Gauteng’s economy is expected to shrink by a staggering 8.4% in 2020, according to the province’s Finance MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko.

19 Nov 2020 5AM 1 min

Zondo dismisses Zuma recusal application

Former president Jacob Zuma's bid to remove the chair of the commission of inquiry into state capture has been dismissed.

19 Nov 2020 4AM 2 min

Kruger Park intensifies search for missing ranger

Kruger National Park spokesperson Ike Phaahla says the K9 Unit, a SanParks helicopter and additional rangers have been roped in to search for Mashego.

19 Nov 2020 2AM 1 min

KZN Parents Association: Unfair to ask all matrics to rewrite leaked Maths exam

The parents association's Vee Gani elaborates.

19 Nov 2020 1AM 1 min

Forensic case backlog of over 117 000, admits Cele

Police Minister Bheki Cele has told MPs that the forensic case backlog stands at 117 736.

19 Nov 2020 12AM 1 min

Over R100bn invested in SA economy - Ramaphosa

More than R100 billion in investment pledges have been made to the South African economy, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

18 Nov 2020 12PM 2 min

SABC to appear before Parliament amid retrenchment crisis

Department of Communications spokesperson Mish Molakeng says Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams will be part of the meeting.

18 Nov 2020 4AM 1 min

Other SABC divisions should retract retrenchment letters, demands Bemawu

President of the Broadcasting Electronic Media and Allied Workers Union (Bemawu) Hannes du Buisson says more divisions within the SABC should withdraw the retrenchment letters to staff members.

18 Nov 2020 1AM 1 min

NTA stage PTA march, threaten court action against Transport Department

The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) is expected to embark on a protest march in Pretoria on Wednesday.

17 Nov 2020 1PM 1 min

Man commits suicide on N1

Gauteng Traffic Police spokesperson Sello Maremane says motorists should drive with caution when approaching the scene and not take pictures of the deceased.

17 Nov 2020 3AM 1 min

Earth tremor in Cape Town

Chief Scientist at the Council for Geoscience Michelle Grobler says earthquakes in Cape Town are not uncommon.

17 Nov 2020 1AM 1 min

Pupil’s finger severed during Hoërskool Elsark brawl

A grade 11 pupil at Hoërskool Elspark in Germiston is recovering in hospital after he was stabbed several times during an altercation on school grounds.

16 Nov 2020 12PM 4 min