The African National Congres (ANC) in Gauteng needs to do some serious soul-searching if it wants to retain the province in next year’s general election, party president Cyril Ramaphosa said. Ramaphosa was delivering the keynote address on the first day of the party’s provincial elective conference in Irene. He says if the party does not regain its role as a leader of society, South Africans will punish it. In the […]
The presidency on Saturday responded to Hangberg resident and youth activist, Roscoe Jacobs, who has recently embarked on a Hunger Strike to raise awareness about the housing needs in his community. This after President Cyril Ramaphosa failed to respond to his open letter, which was sent on June 17 this year, in which he outlined the struggle for land and adequate housing by residents in Hout Bay. Only surviving on […]
The fifth fuel price hike for this year will take effect at midnight. Petrol and diesel will go up by around 26 cents a litre, paraffin by 22 cents a litre and LP-Gas by 37 cents a kilogram. The Department of Energy says the main reason for this fuel price increase is the weakening of the rand against the dollar for the period under review. The department has also highlighted […]
One of former president Jacob Zuma’s sons has died. A spokesperson for the family had announced on Monday morning that Vusi Nhlakanipho Zuma died in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday evening after suffering a short illness. He is believed to be 25-years-old. The family did not provide further details on his illness. Vusi was the youngest of Jacob Zuma’s five children with Kate Mantsho, who took her own life in […]
South Africa on Sunday signed the agreement for the establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the sidelines of the African Union Heads of State summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Others who signed the agreement include Burundi, Namibia, Lesotho and Sierra Leone. This now brings to 49 the number of countries that have signed the agreement that will see the creation of the World’s biggest free trade area. […]
The presidency says the state will continue to pay for Zuma’s legal fees until the matter is concluded or a court decides otherwise. South African taxpayers will continue to foot the bill for former president Jacob Zuma’s legal fees, the presidency confirmed. Opposition parties, the Democratic Alliance (DA) and Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have launched separate court bids to bring an end to the arrangement. Zuma is facing charges of […]
The death toll in a reported “gassing” incident at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof operations has risen to four with three more mineworkers found dead on Monday‚ the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said. It said one worker was still missing. “AMCU received reports from its health and safety desk that another three workers were found at Ikamva Shaft. After a reported gassing incident‚ five workers were trapped‚ and one body […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says this weekend’s G7 Outreach Summit in Canada where he and other leaders of developing nations met the G7 leaders, was a success. Ramaphosa was speaking in an exclusive interview with SABC News. He says despite US President Donald Trump withdrawing his country’s endorsement of the G7 communique, the summit was largely a success. “The G7 itself for the most part was successful because countries reached consensus […]
For millions of South Africans, the Broederbond was an instrument of misery and hardship, but the Afrikanerbond must unify and progress, Ramaphosa told Afrikanerbond members at their centenary celebration on Thursday evening. Ramaphosa also asked them to back land reform, saying it would be to the benefit of the whole country. "Rather than seeing it as a threat, running to foreign capitals ringing the alarm bells, see it as an […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
