JOHANNESBURG, April 11 – Government sources have confirmed that Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir has stepped down. A military council is to take his place with a major announcement expected shortly by the military which has taken over the national TV and radio station as protesters take to the streets yet again. Mumtaz News and […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 10 – Chris Hani’s daughter on Wednesday said her father would have been disappointed to see leaders looting and serving their own interests instead of serving the people they swore to serve during the struggle for liberation in South Africa. Hani’s daughter Lindiwe was speaking in Ekurhuleni at the 26th commemoration of the […]
PRETORIA, April 10 – Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer Nissan on Wednesday announced a R3bn investment for the manufacturing of a new Nissan Navara at its plant in Rosslyn, North of Pretoria. The production will result in a creation of 1 200 fulltime jobs with the cars designed for local and export markets. The automotive industry […]
The angry learners, who have been on the streets since Sunday night, have barricaded the roads with stones and other objects, while books are left scattered all over. They have vowed that they will not return back to classes until an actual plan of when the new classrooms and accommodation will be built. A blind […]
DURBAN, April 10 – The African National Congress late on Tuesday night said it distanced itself from a disruption of the book launch for Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule’s Web of Capture, written by Pieter-Louis Myburgh. “The ANC distances itself from the disruption of the launch of the book, Gangster State, on Tuesday evening in Sandton,” said the governing […]
DURBAN, April 9 – Police Minister Bheki Cele on Tuesday, said he felt “vindicated” after the Pretoria High Court dismissed the reasons used by former president Jacob Zuma to fire him as national police commissioner in 2012. Cele served as national commissioner under Zuma from July 2009 to June 2012 until Zuma dismissed him on […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 9 – South African pharmaceutical group Medipost Holdings said on Tuesday it had appointed Mziwandile Noel Guliwe as chief executive, effective from the beginning of April. Guliwe joins Medipost from Aspen Pharmacare where he served as chief executive of its South African operations for almost a decade. Guliwe has served as chairperson of […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 8 – Alexandra residents on Monday vowed to sleep at the City of Johannesburg’s Sandton regional offices if Mayor, Herman Mashaba fails to come and address them. The residents braved the cold on Monday and marched from Alexandra to Sandton to hand over a memorandum of grievances, after almost a week of protesting […]
PRETORIA, April 8 – Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Monday bemoaned the impact of the #AlexShutDown protest on education, as schools in the township remain closed amidst a massive service delivery protest. “It’s one of those discouraging things in the system. I get very disappointed that communities don’t appreciate the value of schooling. Maybe […]
JOHANNESBURG, April 8 – Long-awaited testimony from former IPID head Robert McBride was postponed at the state capture commission on Monday due to parties implicated in his evidence not having been notified by the commission as per its rules. Commission’s legal team head Advocate Paul Pretorius said 30 to 50 notices to those implicated by […]