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WATCH LIVE: Zondo Inquiry resumes with testimony from David Mahlobo
The state capture resumes after a nearly two-week-long break.
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Up in smoke: Sars to destroy R18m worth of illegal cigarettes in CT today
The South African Revenue Service (Sars) said that various government departments fighting illegal imports and exports would destroy 12 million cigarettes at a warehouse on Cape Town's Foreshore.
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DA accuses Gordhan of flouting PFMA over SAA vaccine charter flight
The Citizen newspaper is reporting that the chartering of the S340-600 at an estimated cost of R5 million was unnecessary because the vaccine maker, Johnson & Johnson, provided the vaccines on a 'not-for-profit' basis.
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Cosatu ‘damn worried’ by govt's poor implementation of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Cosatu has described government’s efforts so far in the rollout of the vaccine programme as gross incompetence, which came with deadly consequences.
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Norma Mngoma waits on Zondo ruling on her state capture testimony
The state capture commission has confirmed that it will hear testimony from both former minister Malusi Gigaba and his estranged wife, Norma Nngoma, on Friday morning. But Gigaba also wants the commission to suppress her testimony or hear it in private.
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Harsher laws, jail time will help SA reduce road carnage, says Mbalula
Two hundred and thirty-five (235) people were killed on the country’s roads, a 9.6% decrease compared to the same period in 2019.
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Cele reveals more than 100 arrests made related to CT extortion rackets
Police Minister Bheki Cele said that three police officers were being investigated for extortion, including the deputy Defence minister's protector, who was arrested for kidnapping to extort in March.
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Mbalula urges SA airlines to begin using Iata mobile travel pass
The pass is a mobile application for travellers to help manage their verified certifications for COVID-19 tests and vaccines.
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MUT doesn’t have funds to meet students’ demands – Acting deputy VC Makua
The SRC at the institution has vowed to sustain protests in a bid to force the university to clear all eligible students for registration, as well as grant funding and academic certificates to postgraduate students regardless of historical debt.
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NGO wants owner held criminally liable after boy (2) burned at Alex creche
The NGO said the principal of the illegal creche not only failed to seek medical care for the child immediately after the abuse, but also chose not to report it to the authorities.
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Mkhize confirms SA to receive over 1m J&J vaccine doses before end of April
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced that more vaccines would be delivered as the country got ready for the second phase of the immunisation campaign next month.
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SA records 1,366 new COVID-19 infections, 62 more people die
Sixty-two more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus, with the death toll now standing at 53,173.
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Voorstekraal community’s attempts to get rid of drug lords failing
Voorstekraal is a small community 136 kilometres outside of Cape Town; it was once a quiet and safe neighbourhood but 2020 changed all that.
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'Monumental moment': Melomed Hospital in Mitchells Plain has no COVID patients
The facility discharged its last COVID-19 patients two days ago, but a child tested positive there earlier on Thursday
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Cosatu resolves not to abandon ANC ahead of local govt elections
It told journalists that postponing the upcoming elections would only serve to prolong ongoing corruption across the country’s municipalities.
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Niehaus denies claims that RET forces are trying to divide the ANC
The MKMVA spokesperson, who also works in secretary general Ace Magashule’s office and has been linked to the so-called RET forces insists they are merely seeking to support the ANC's own policy on economic transformation in the country.
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Mbalula concerned as pedestrians account for 35% of Easter road deaths
Two hundred and thirty-five people were killed over the Easter long weekend and pedestrians accounted for 35% of the fatalities.
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235 fatalities, over 30k fines issued on SA roads over Easter holidays
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula announced the 2021 Easter road safety statistics on 8 April. He compared this year's statistics with the 2019 road fatalities figures due to the hard lockdown restrictions that were imposed in the country last year.
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MEC Madikizela calls urgent meeting with Santaco over taxi boss murder
Victor Wiwi was shot and killed in Nyanga on Wednesday night, while another person was killed and a third was injured.
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ANALYSIS: This is how SA’s higher education funding system can be more realistic
Ongoing student protests in South Africa have once again highlighted various problems with higher education funding. They boil down to challenges of affordability and sustainability.
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3 cops among those arrested in connection with CT extortions - Cele
The minister has also revealed 106 extortion cases have been opened in the city since January this year.
