SIU’s Delay to Release Nkandla Report Suspicious – DA

The country’s main opposition, the Democratic Alliance, has interrogated the fact that many days after it started its work on investigating the spending of more that a quarter of a billion rand on upgrading the rural home of President Jacob Zuma in the now notorious Nkandla in KwaZulu Natal province, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), seems to be dragging its feet about it. The member of parliament for the DA, Mr Joseph Selfe, expressed concern at the fact that the ... Read more »
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By Robert On Saturday, June 28th, 2014

Oscar Pistorius Trial to Resume On Monday

Murder accused, Oscar Pistorius’ high-profile legal battle is set to resume in the North Gauteng High Court on Monday morning. According to a statement released by news service Eyewitness News, a psychi... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, June 26th, 2014

Rescue Efforts in the Collapsed Soweto Building Enter Second Day

By Thursday morning, fifteen people were reported to be still trapped under the rubble of the collapsed disused power building in Soweto. The whole scenario started when some copper and metal thieves went into ... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

The Platinum Strike is Over But it’s Not a Bed of Roses

The usually obscure town of Marikana in the Rustenburg area of Mpumalanga Province was a huge hive of activity as early as 5:00 am on Wednesday as workers trekked to work for the first time in many months after... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Monday, June 23rd, 2014

Marikana Commission: Graphic Evidence From Mr X

The Marikana saga rages on. On Thursday, there were emotional outbursts as the SAPS key witness gave evidence with most of the relatives of those that were killed in the violence crying that, in the end, the co... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Thursday, June 19th, 2014

DA Calls on Tlakula to Step Down

The Democratic Alliance has, on Thursday, called on embattled chair of the Independent Electoral Commission to consider resigning from her position as a way of saving the commission’s integrity. This call... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Tuesday, June 17th, 2014

The State of the Nation Address: It’s Flat, say the Political Analysts

The President of the Republic of South Africa, on Tuesday evening presented the State of the Nation Address in Parliament, Cape Town. He started his seventh State of the Nation Address by acknowledging the pass... Read more »
By Robert On Monday, June 16th, 2014

South Africa Celebrates Youth Day

South Africa celebrates youth day today in commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprisings. On this day, 38 years ago, a group of schoolchildren set off from Morris Isaacson, located in Orlan... Read more »
By Oliver Ngwenya On Saturday, June 14th, 2014

MaMbeki Funeral Proceedings Cut Short Due To Adverse Weather Conditions

Epainette Mbeki was finally laid to rest on Saturday in her home in Idutywa, Eastern Cape. Speaking at the burial of the near centinarian, the deputy president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that the de... Read more »
By Robert On Thursday, June 12th, 2014

Load Shedding to Make a Comeback – Eskom

State electricity provider, Eskom, has issued a statement declaring an electricity state of emergency countrywide. In a statement by Eskom on Facebook earlier today, the service provider claimed that the power ... Read more »