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The annual consumer inflation remain steady at 3.2% in February 2025, unchanged from January. That's according to a data from  Statistics South Africa. The main contributors to inflation in the month came from housing and utilities, food, non-alcoholic beverages, restaurants and accommodation services. Inflation remains broadly under control and well below the Reserve Bank's midpoint target....

There is a concern about an alleged Myiasis disease outbreak linked to maggots. Over the past weekend, Odi District Hospital in Tshwane allegedly treated five patients with suspected Myiasis a condition caused by maggot infestation in through the skin. However only three of the cases were clinically diagnosed with Myiasis. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Dr William Malebati, Manager for Infection Prevent...

The state's star witness in the trial of those accused of kidnapping Joshlin Smith, has told the Western Cape High Court that she witnessed an interaction where Joshlin's mother, Kelly, wanted to stab her boyfriend, Jacquen "Boata" Appolis with a knife. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC News Reporter, Sagree Chetty

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has called on unions within in the mining sector to help fight against TB the same was way they do other work-related issues

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has signed a notification published in the Government Gazette which prohibits the sale, importation and manufacture of foodstuffs containing any part of the cannabis plant or component derived from its hemp, hemp seed oil or hemp seed flour. This has left many retailers and small businesses in limbo on what to do with the stock of cannabis in. Sakina Kamwendo s...

The looming analogue switch is currently being legally challenged in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria today. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter, Sibahle Motha

Outgoing U.S. Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool's privileges and diplomatic immunities will cease after the State Department indicated that it will no longer recognize him as a member of the South Africa Embassy. Rasool is expected to depart the country ahead of a March 21st deadline. This as the first public comments from the State Department following his Friday expulsion labelled the Ambassador's comme...

Northern Cape police are looking for two men suspects who robbed private mortuary in Kuruman and stole of three corpses. Police say two men entered the guard room of the funeral parlour, assaulted, blindfolded and tied up a security guard and stolen three bodies. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Terence Maloi, whose brother's body was stolen

Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile has tabled a half a trillion rand budget over three years for the Gauteng provincial government.  He announced this during his 2025 Budget speech in the Gauteng Legislature in Johannesburg. Gauteng Education Department received the biggest allocation of more than 69-billion for the 2025/26 financial year. With Health coming second an...

The trial of the suspects in the disppearance of Joshlin Smith has resumed in the Western Cape High Court, sitting in Saldanha, on the Cape West Coast. The court heard shocking testimony from a number of witnesses last week, including allegations that the 7-year-old'd mother allegedly sold her for twenty thousand rand. Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen "Boeta" Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, are...

COSATU in the Western Cape says expelled ambassador to America, Ebrahim Rasool, will receive a hero's welcome when he returns to the province. Addressing the media following the conclusion of it's 6-th provincial conference, it says the matter of Rasool is part of international resolutions the federation took as part of its congress. Among the other issues the provincial arm of the federation will...

There continues to be mixed reaction and confusion over a notification involving the use of Cannabis in South Africa which was published in the Government Gazette and signed by Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi. Minister Motsoaledi announced a prohibition on the sale, importation and manufacture of foodstuffs containing any part of the cannabis plant or component derived from its hemp, hemp seed...

There are only three days left before the set deadline to replace old SASSA gold cards with black Postnet cards. Postbank however urges beneficiaries to note that the 20th March deadline marks the date when the SASSA gold cards will stop working, and not the last day one can apply for the new card. SASSA grant recipients can still apply for and receive their Postbank black cards after the deadline...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says outgoing Ambassador to the United States Ebrahim Rasool will be landing in the country soon. Ramaphosa says he expects a full report from him on his return following his expulsion from the US. Ramaphosa was speaking on the sidelines of the Bana pele Leadership Summit currently ongoing in Braamfontein Johannesburg. The president says engangement with US structures con...

Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana has called for calm heads as reactions to his budget speech continue to pour in. The Minister is currently appearing before parliament's committees on Finance following his budget speech on Wednesday. This follows the announcement that government proposes a VAT increase of one percentage point over a two year period. Godongwana says such measures are intended at...

Three SASSA officials have been arrested at the Social Security Agency offices in Johannesburg. They are allegedly linked to the more than 260-million rand stolen from beneficiaries through ghost SASSA cards.  Jon Gericke spoke to SASSA spokesperson, Andile Tshona 

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country supports a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine in principle, but sought a number of clarifications and conditions that appeared to rule out a quick end to the fighting. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has left hundreds of thousands of dead and injured, displaced millions of people, reduced towns to rubble and triggered the sharpe...

Senior members of AmaZulu Royal family have called for unity in the royal household. Prince Mbonisi, Vulindlela and Mathubesizwe held a media briefing in Durban a short while ago. During the briefing they unveiled a Zulu royal family tree. For more of what came out of that media briefing we are joined on the line by our reporter Simphiwe Makhanya  in KZN... 

Convicted murderer, Reinhardt Leach has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for the October 2021 murder of girlfriend, Vicki Terblanche. Leach murdered Vicki and buried her in a shallow grave, allegedly in conspiracy with Vicki's estranged husband, Arnold Terblanche. SABC News Reporter, Sinethemba Witi filed this report.... 

One person has died in overnight rains across the eThekwini Municipality and surrounding areas. The body of a woman has also been recovered after her vehicle was swept off a bridge on Sarnia road in Pinetown in the west of Durban last night. Level 6 warnings issued by the South African Weather for widespread showers and disruptive rains across KwaZulu-Natal from today. These conditions are expecte...

A witness has told the Western Cape High Court in Saldanha Bay that she overhead Joshlin Smith's mother, Kelly, telling her boyfriend that someone wanted the 7-year-old. Lorentia Lombard has taken the stand at the Saldanha Bay multi-purpose centre, where she has testified that moments after the conversation between the couple, she saw Smith leaving the house with Joshlin to meet up with a woman in...

Social media influencer, Shakirah Ganief, says Joshlin's mother, Kelly Smith had on two occasions expressed that she never knew she would be famous through her daughter. Ganief has been testifying in the kidnapping trial of seven year old Joshlin Smith which is currently ongoing in Saldanah on the West Coast. Joshlin went missing on the 19th of February last year and has still not been found. Her...

The Barkly West Magistrate's Court in the Northern Cape has set aside three days for the culpable homicide case against the partner of the late Judge Yvonne Mokgoro, who died last year. Mokgoro was seriously injured in a car crash in April 2023 and was incapacitated until she passed away a year later. Her partner faces charges of negligent driving and culpable homicide. Jon Gericke spoke to SABC r...

Leaders of the European Union and South Africa will this afternoon meet in Cape Town  at the eighth EU-South Africa summit. President Cyril Ramaphosa will meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa. European Commission President Dr Ursula von der Leyen says the geopolitical landscape is shifting and making strong partnerships more...

ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula is briefing  the media on the 2025 national budget. Lets take you there now.