The Weekend View

Despite having teams ready to deploy immediately to disaster stricken Morocco and Libya, aid agency Gift of the Givers has been unable to send  aid to the two North African countries...While earthquake  devastated Morocco has refused it's offer of assistance, a deployment to floods ravaged Libya has hit a dead end due to logistical problems. The disasters have claimed thousands of lives in the two...

Defending Rugby World Cup champions, South Africa, will today face off against Romania at Nouveau Stade de Bordeau in France. The match, which kicks off at 3pm, will be the Springboks' second game of the tournament after they silenced their critics in their opening match with an 18-3 win over Scotland last week. In their opening match last Saturday, Romania were walloped 82 - 8 by Ireland, the big...

 Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber has spoken at length about the devastating blow to the team after losing hooker Malcolm Marx to injury, as his side arrived in Bordeaux for their second Pool B match of the Rugby World Cup.  Talk has turned to a replacement, with flyhalf Handre Pollard the not so obvious choice, but he is fit and raring to go. The Springboks will play Romania for just the second t...

 The Inkatha Freedom Party founding leader and the longest-serving member of Parliament, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi has been described as a politician with a good sense of humour. Buthelezi who will be buried at his home in KwaPhindangene, Ulundi in KwaZulu-Natal today, died last weekend at the age of 95. Hundreds of people lined the streets of the town to watch the body being transported from th...

The remains of AmaZulu Prime Minister and former IFP president, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi are THIS MORNING at his home for the last time at KwaPhindangene, in northern KwaZulu-Natal. He will be laid to rest today following his death at the age of 95. Sebenzile Nkambule spoke to SABC Reporter, Minoshni Pillay who is at KwaPhindangene in Mahlabathini ahead of Buthelezi's funeral.

Former IFP Leader, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, was a member of Parliament for almost three decades. His journey in the National Legislature started after South Africa's first democratic elections in April 1994. Our Parliamentary Correspondent Mercedes Besent takes us through some of Buthelezi's  highlights in the National Assembly, and how he was able to reach 90 and still be an active MP

The Springboks start their 2023 Rugby World cup title defence campaign in Marseille, France, today with an expected pulsating tie against Scotland. The Springboks lifted the Webb Ellis Cup for a record-equalling third time in Japan four years ago after beating England in the final, but will have to be at their best from the start if they are to progress from a very difficult Pool B. Victory in tod...

Dr Bhekuyise Buthelezi and Prof Bheki Mngomezulu weigh in on the legacy that the late Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi leaves behind

Remembering Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi

ANC sends their condolences for IFP leader; Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi   

EFF sends their condolences for IFP leader; Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi 

Two top human rights lawyers were this week arrested by Zimbabwean police while representing their clients who had been abducted and severely assaulted by suspected state security agents and arraigned before the court on charges of obstruction of justice. Lawyers, Doug Coltart and Tapiwa Muchineripi, had told police that their clients were medically unfit to be questioned. The opposition activists...

The City of Johannesburg this week declared war on hijacked buildings. On Thursday the city arrested 23 people for illegally occupying a JMPD building. The issue of Joburg's hijacked buildings comes in the wake of last week's Marshalltown fire tragedy where 77 people lost their lives. The tragedy highlighted Johannesburg's problem with broken-down buildings. But how difficult is it for owners of h...

With over 800 million global viewers expected to watch games during the 2023 Rugby World Cup which kicked off in Paris LAST NIGHT, employers are being advised to prepare and take steps to address potentially distracted employees or perhaps create creative and inclusive spaces for productivity to continue while the patriotism of the sport is accommodated. With the rugby hysteria already in full swi...

Family Spokesperson Dr Bhekuyise Buthelezi updates the nation on the passing of Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi  

UDM expresses their condolences IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi 

DA sends their condolences for  IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi 

ACDP extends their condolences for  IFP leader Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi 

To help us explore for permanent solutions to the scourge of dangerous and unsafe hijacked buildings plaguing our major cities we are joined for our Sunday Morning Discussion by former Johannesburg mayor and ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba and Sharon Ekambaram, Spokesperson for Kopanong Africa, a coalition of civil society organisations rallying against xenophobia and for the promotion and protect...

The Johannesburg Inner-city Federation, a community structure has welcomed all the assistance being provided to help the victims of the Joburg building fire. Different NPOs and members of the public have been providing food, blankets and other essentials. Only one out of the 76 bodies of people who were killed in the fire has been identified. The body was buried yesterday evening in accordance wit...

India yesterday launched its first observation mission to the Sun, just days after the country made history by becoming the first to land near the Moon's south pole. Aditya-L1 blasted off from the launch pad at Sriharikota and it will be located at a distance of 1.5 million km from the Earth, which is 1% of the Earth-Sun distance. India's space agency says it will take four months to travel the di...

It is not yet clear whether any progress has been achieved by the SADC Panel of Elders sent to Zimbabwe this week to ease tensions in the disputed polls won by President Emmerson Mnangagwa against his rival Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa. The Panel's mission, ended YESTERDAY but there are still no reports on who they met and what was discussed. This comes as Chamisa also...

Some of the people who survived Thursday morning's deadly fire in the Johannesburg city centre have been housed at various shelters in and around the city. About 140 of them have been transported by bus to an accommodation facility owned by the municipality in Kensington, east of the city. The City of Johannesburg has identified a number of buildings around the city where the affected families are...

The National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has confirmed that 18 suspected cash-in-transit have been killed in a shoot-out with police in Louis Trichardt, Limpopo. He says officers have been tracking the suspects for three days. Sebenzile Nkambule spoke to Police National Spokesperson, Brigadier Brigadier Athlenda Mathe...

City of Johannesburg's member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for Transport, Kenny Kunene says the city is in dire need of property investors as it faces housing shortages. However, this has become a challenge as developers find it difficult to evict squatters. Kunene's comments come in light of the fire that gutted a city of Johannesburg building killing over 70 illegal occupants. Sebenzile Nkambu...