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Tara Meaney is a news anchor at Eyewitness News based in Johannesburg.

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Report: Agriculture Dept in a R27m legal fees scandal

63 days ago

The company B Xulu and Partners Incorporated is said to have charged R27.3 million for its services which the state attorney's office could have provided for free.

Here we go again, Eskom implements load shedding

64 days ago

Stage two load shedding kicked in at 8 this morning and it's likely to last until about 11pm.

Deadly day at schools around the world

67 days ago

Grade 11 pupil Khulani Mathebula from Mondeor High was stabbed to death while on his way to school on Wednesday morning.

Humans are very small, says diver almost swallowed by whale

69 days ago

Rainer Schimpf had been filming a sardine run where gannets, penguins, seals, dolphins, whales and sharks gather fish into bait balls.

Demonstrators burn tyres, traffic delayed in N14 protest

88 days ago

Demonstrators are burning tyres as part of the service delivery protest.

#Sona2019: Ramaphosa details plans to restore confidence in crucial entities

100 days ago

Delivering his speech on Thursday, the president touched on the burning issues of job creation, state security and the need to provide adequate accommodation for students.

1 body recovered, more miners stuck underground in Mpumalanga

101 days ago

Police have confirmed they've recovered the body of one man believed to be an illegal miner.

SAHRC ‘appalled’ by racist comments on Hoërskool Driehoek tragedy

103 days ago

BLF leader Andile Mngxitama says his party stands with its spokesperson Lindsay Maasdorp who made insensitive and racist comments following Hoërskool Driehoek deaths.

Independence of Sarb is sacrosanct, says Pravin Gordhan

116 days ago

Speaking in Davos on Wednesday afternoon, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said the operational independence of the central bank is sacrosanct.

ANC senior members bagged millions from botched broadband project, reports

119 days ago

Police are investigating claims of fraud and corruption in the broadband contracts which involve telecommunications giant Ericsson.

Rhino horns worth R23m seized at OR Tambo Airport

129 days ago

According to Sars, the 36 pieces of rhino horns were found after a K9 detector dog reacted positively to a consignment of ‘decoration items’ in a warehouse.

ANC EC sends condolences to OR Tambo district mayor after fatal crash

132 days ago

The ANC in the Eastern Cape has sent condolences to the family of its OR Tambo District Municipal Mayor Nomakhosazana Meth following the deaths of two of her relatives in a car crash.

Mathunjwa: Sibanye-Stillwater members remain on strike

156 days ago

Amcu, which represents around 43% of Sibanye's gold workforce in South Africa, called the strike in mid-November after discussions over the wage agreement with Sibanye broke down.

SABC commended for suspending staff implicated in sexual harassment

163 days ago

Media Monitoring Africa says it's good to see that the public broadcaster has followed through with the recommendations of the commission of inquiry.

Pandor notes sale of student places report at UKZN

163 days ago

The minister says the university is keeping her updated about the investigation into staff members who may have been working with criminals for financial gain.