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The annual consumer price inflation is now at  5.1% in June 2024, down from 5.2% in May. This is expected to provide some  relief for consumers as  inflation eased.  Stats SA has released data today , which shows that inflation has remained outside the central bank's midpoint target of four-point-five per cent. The rate for food and non-alcoholic beverages also edged lower to four-point-six per ce...

Cellphone data expert, Pinky Vythilingam has returned to the High Court in Pretoria as the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues. Yesterday, Vythilingam placed accused one of the accused Mthobisi Mncube in Vosloorus earlier on the day of the murder. The defence counsel Charles Mnisi took Vythilingam through the movement of Mcube'scellphone on October the 26th 2014. Five men are on trial for gunning...

Some members of uMkhonto Wesizwe Party gathered at Beyers Naude Square in Johannesburg say they too, hold dual membership of both the MK Party and the ANCThe small crowd has gathered near Luthuli House in order to show support to former ANC President Jacob Zuma. Zuma, represented by former ANC NEC member Tony Yengeni is appearing before the ANC's national disciplinary hearing on a virtual platform...

VBS Mutual Bank's minority shareholders forum has called for the bank to be resuscitated. Thousands of depositors, investors, and municipalities have lost millions of rand when the bank was declared insolvent in 2018. The forum believes that government did not do enough to save the bank from collapsing. VBS shareholders forum's Robert Livhoyi says all the recovered funds should be utilised to revi...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has picked up the key endorsement of former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi while potential rivals have also fallen in line to back her path to the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination. Harris has picked up dozens of endorsements from members of Congress and key Governors across the country after President Joe Biden announced he would no longer seek re-ele...

The corruption case against former Sports and and Arts Minister Zizi Kodwa and his co-accused, Jehan Mackay, has been postponed until next month by the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Ekurhuleni. They pair stands accused of corruption amounting to R1.6million. Shortly before the recent election, Kodwa resigned as Minister stating that he wants to clear his name. Here is what the p...

Officials from the Asset Forfeiture Unit, the Special Investigating Unit and the Hawks are currently carrying out a joint operation in Mpumalanga that has seen authorities seize assets and properties belonging to senior officials, service providers and companies linked to a R 52.6-million corruption network in the  Mpumalanga Department of Public Works. The operation follows a preservation court o...

The South African Emergency Personnel's Union has expressed concern over what it calls the continuing senseless attacks of emergency services personnel while they are on duty. In one such case, emergency personnel  rushed to attend to a call at Clau-Clau section in Mpumalanga, before their arrival, family members of the patient continuously made calls to the control centre making threats, which re...

Despite evidence provided by Vodacom's Forensic liaison supervisor, Pinky Vythilingam that the number of accused number 2 in the Senzo Meyiwa case was active while incarcerated - defence counsel Sipho Ramosepele maintains the phones were confiscated upon his arrest. Ramosepele, who represents Bongani Ntanzi has been cross-examining Vythilingam at the High Court in Pretoria on the cellphone activit...

US Vice President, Kamala Harris wasted no time launching her 2024 presidential campaign, seeking the support of fellow Democrats with the backing of President Joe Biden after he pulled out of the race amid concerns about his age and health. Her campaign officials and allies made hundreds of calls on behalf of Harris on Sunday, urging delegates to the Democratic Party convention next month to join...

Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says addressing the scourge of crime in the Eastern and Western Cape provinces will be part of key priorities his department will keep a close eye on. Mchunu concluded his two-day Ministerial stakeholder engagements in Gqeberha, which kicked off in the Western Cape on Saturday. Under resourced police stations and lack of police visibility topped the agenda in the Easte...

ActionSA says it has agreed in principle to work with the ANC in the Johannesburg metro only if the ANC, immediately removes current Joburg Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. Party president, Herman Mashaba adds that the second condition the ANC has agreed to commit to in order to get the support of the ANC, is the immediate reversal of the two-hundred rand charge imposed by City Power on prepaid user. Masha...

The Judicial Conduct Tribunal tasked with probing a complaint against suspended Judge Tintswalo Makhubele has convened in Johannesburg as hearings continue into the allegations leveled against Makhubele .The civil civil society organisation, #UniteBehind, alleges that Makhubele violated the separation of powers principle by being both a Judge and chairperson of a state-owned company and allegedly...

The Special Investigation Unit says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has failed to design and implement controls to ensure that there is an annual reconciliation between the funds disbursed to institutions of higher learning and the allocation of those funds to the students. This as the SIU has urged students who received NSFAS funds unduly to come forward. The SIU says its in the...

Civil society organisation, Joburg Crisis Alliance is calling for the resignation of the Johannesburg Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, citing a sharp decline in citizen confidence and continuing failures by the city's leadership. The organisation says that under Gwamanda, the city's mishandling electricity tariffs and water cuts have intensified. It says that it be embarking on a mass demonstratio...

Major US airlines have grounded flights across the country, citing communication issues, in what appears to be related to a global IT outage, which affected banks, emergency services and airports around the world on Friday morning. American Airlines has blamed what it calls technical issue on Crowdstrike, an antivirus software. Here in South Africa, there were delays in updating the Johannesburg S...

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says over 30 suspects have been shot in shootouts with the police. Mkhwanazi has provided an update on the state of policing in the province, including arrests, detection performance, shootouts as well as progress on high profile cases. Mkhwanazi says the deployment of additional police officers to the province to monitor cri...

Progress in the study of HIV in South Africa

DA promises to ensure accountability of government executives

Mixed views regarding and expectations of the Opening of Parliament Address

Princess Masindi Mphephu, who is challenging her uncle, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana for the Vhavenda throne, has disputed a view that she does not qualify to ascend the throne because she was born before her late father was inaugurated.  Princess Mphephu, daughter of the late chief of Vhavenda, Tshimangadzo Dimbanyika Mphephu is being cross-examined by Prince Toni Mphephu Ramabulana's lawyer, Carlos D...

A memorial service is expected to get underway today for the eleven learners who died in a car crash in Merafong, west of Johannesburg last week. Gauteng Education MEC, Matome Chiloane is expected to attend the service which will be held at the Grace Bible Church, in Carltonville, west of Johannesburg. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC News reporter, Monique Lewis.

Five households of the Bambanani family have been torched in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, after they were accused of witchcraft. The family alleges that they were forced to leave the Emakhwalweni village and never return. Now, they are homeless with no documents, food or clothes, whilst the children have had been forced to drop out of school. Our reporter Nomzwanele Mngoma filed this report... 

Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntsavheni, says government is working diligently to combat organised crime, which is one of the threats to State Security. She was presenting the State Security Agency budget during a mini plenary in Parliament. The minister says the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill, is part of their efforts aimed at strengthening security in the country. It has not ye...

South Africa's Presidential Climate Commission has recommended the country establish a body to guide investment in the country's energy transition. The Commission's recommendations come almost three years after the country entered into the Just Energy Transition Partnership with the US, UK, Germany, France and the European Union. In an effort to better understand the Just Energy Transition landcas...