The Soweto Cycling Academy was started to get children on bikes. Now its young members are beginning to compete in South Africa’s top races, with an eye on a busy 2022 calendar. The area around Tebogo Kgano’s house in Diepkloof Zone 3, Soweto, is a hive of activity on weekday afternoons. Children in green and […]
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Three people believed to be Zimbabweans were killed when a bus they were travelling in was involved in a road accident a few kilometres before Polokwane on Monday evening. It is understood that 40 other passengers were injured in the accident that occurred near Botlokwa in Limpopo province. In a statement yesterday, Limpopo’s Department of […]
South Africa logged 139 new COVID-19 related deaths on Tuesday, the most recorded in one day since the widespread Omicron variant outbreak. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), this means there are now 91 451 official deaths since the start of the pandemic. In addition, the institute said there were 8 078 […]
The State Capture Inquiry report has recommended that government introduce or amend existing legislation to strengthen the protection of any person disclosing information to reveal corruption, fraud or undue influence in public procurement activity. According to the recommendation, this should be in line with article 32(2) of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. On Tuesday, […]
The first part of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture has recommended the establishment of a single, multifunctional, properly resourced and independent anti-corruption authority by government with a mandate to “confront the abuses inherent in the present system”. The report handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday […]
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has described as “foolish and u-African” the ongoing massive clampdown on undocumented Zimbabweans by the South African government. The EFF also questioned why neighbouring country was targeting Zimbabweans only leaving out illegal immigrants from other countries. South African authorities have embarked on a blitz which, has seen hundreds of Zimbabweans […]
In part two of a four-part series on grassroots activism against gender-based violence, we look at an East London woman’s involvement in her hometown, where she organises against the violence that women experience. Every day, Mdantsane activist Kholiswa Tyiki, 34, finds herself dealing with women who have suffered abuse and violence, from no access to […]
Parliament confirms that the fire flare up that engulfed the roof of the National Assembly Building in the afternoon yesterday has now been contained. The fight against the fire continued into midnight following yesterday afternoon’s re-emergence of the fire which was propelled by solid south-easterly winds and necessitated the deployment of heavy-duty aerial fire-fighting appliances […]
Covid-19 lockdowns forced a Cape Town organisation to adapt its teaching methods. Now its language instruction helps those living in other parts of Africa and even beyond. When Mike* arrived in South Africa about a year ago after leaving his home in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), he knew he would need to learn […]
AN INTENSIFIED clampdown on Zimbabwean border jumpers by the South African government at the Beit Bridge border post reveals some senior Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officers are aware their juniors are receiving bribes from the offenders. However, the senior army commanders are reported not to have acted on the information they received from their colleagues […]
Parliament spokesperson Moloto Mothapo has confirmed this morning that the fire that flared up on Monday afternoon has now been contained. On Monday afternoon, the Presiding Officers of Parliament noted with distress yet another flare up of flames on the roof of the National Assembly Building in Cape Town. The almost two-day brave and courageous […]
South Africa has recorded 3 232 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of laboratory confirmed cases 3 475 512. This increase represents an 18.6% positivity rate. “As per the National Department of Health, a further 87 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported, bringing total fatalities to 91 312 to date,” said the National Institute […]
SOUTH AFRICAN Home Affairs department has set up roadblocks to net in hundreds of undocumented Zimbabweans flocking into the country. Home Affairs Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi described the roadblocks as firewalls that will detect immigrants who will have escaped at the border post. The roadblocks manned by the Homes Affairs department, SARS customs, police, and defence […]
No stone will be left unturned in determining the cause of a fire at Parliament. “The multi-pronged investigations are underway and will be in full swing once the entire building has been declared safe and handed over to the investigation team. We wish to assure all the people of SA that will leave no stone […]
Parliament confirms that the fire flare up that engulfed the roof of the National Assembly Building in the afternoon yesterday has now been contained. The fight against the fire continued into midnight following yesterday afternoon’s re-emergence of the fire which was propelled by solid south-easterly winds and necessitated the deployment of heavy-duty aerial fire-fighting appliances […]
ZANU PF Sandton branch in South Africa has crafted a proposal of a ‘Dr (Aaron) Motsoaledi Aviation Bill’ which would impose a pollution levy on all air traffic flying over Zimbabwe either arriving or departing from neighbouring South Africa. The proposed tax on aircraft flying to and from South Africa is in response to South […]
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened security along the Limpopo border to thwart illegal activities, especially smuggling and the irregular movement of people between the two countries, with over 600 being arrested last Sunday alone. Between December 10 and December 31 last year, 13 387 people were arrested for border jumping and smuggling-related cases. National […]
In part one of a four-part series on gender-based violence and grassroots activism, we look at an anti-GBV community-response team in the small Western Cape town of Klapmuts. It is a tall order for an organisation with no funding to provide protection and safety for female victims of gender-based violence (GBV) 24 hours a day. […]