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KZN transport MEC Siboniso Duma wants drivers, owners charged over crash which claimed 11
KwaZulu-Natal’s transport and human settlements MEC Siboniso Duma says the owners of both the heavy-duty truck and the overloaded taxi which were involved in a crash near Isipingo, south of Durban, on Thursday morning will face the law for a number of tra
Reserve Bank keeps interest rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has kept interest rates unchanged. The repo rate will stay at 6.75% and the prime lending rate at 10.25%.
Reserve Bank holds interest rates
Central bank holds firm as new risks emerge
2026 is a year of elections; let’s keep service delivery non-political – Morero
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero urged against politicising service delivery during an election year, before a no-confidence motion against him by the Al Jama-ah party, amid continued waste collection issues in the city.
WATCH | Ramaphosa orders probe into police misconduct
President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered the formation of a task team to investigate police misconduct revealed by the Madlanga commission, with acting police minister Firoz Cachalia and national commissioner Gen Fannie Masemola leading the effort.
Gayton McKenzie under attack
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) and the Democratic Alliance have attacked Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie over problems linked to his department.
Frustrated workers set fire to refuse trucks in South Africa’s richest city
After supposedly reaching an amicable agreement with Pikitup executives and the City of Johannesburg, frustrated Pikitup employees torched two waste collection trucks.
Great Ormond Street doctor who botched surgery harmed nearly 100 children
Hospital report highlights widespread problems with Yaser Jabbar’s operations.
‘Rugby isn’t eternal, friendship is’ – Fickou pays tribute to Atonio
Team-mate Gael Fickou says France have lost the best prop they have ever had after Uini Atonio was forced to retire with a heart problem.
No interest rate changes in South Africa
South Africa’s central bank kept its main lending rate unchanged at 6.75%.
Municipal worker accused of theft faces community wrath
A Mpumalanga municipal employee, already suspended for theft, was beaten by the community and handed to police for allegedly stealing a water pump, leaving residents without water for three days.
China to relax travel rules for British visitors, UK says
It comes as Sir Keir Starmer visits Beijing – the first UK prime minister to do so in eight years.
Teen admits murdering schoolboy, 12, on walk home
Leo Ross is thought to be the youngest knife crime victim in the West Midlands.
ANC opens fraud case after Joburg conference ballots found in house
A case of fraud has been opened after ballot papers from the ANC Johannesburg regional conference were discovered at a house in Pretoria in a sting operation that included the police.
No interest rate relief for South Africa in January
The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep interest rates unchanged at its January meeting.