The eThekwini municipality has recently been in the news over a bitter leadership battle and now that that saga has been resolved, it faces a solvency crisis. eThekwini Municipality is owed over R11-billion for services rendered. Some of the debt is from government departments and agencies. The municipality said the debt is preventing them from delivering [...]

Boris Johnson vowed on Sunday he would not quit as Britain’s prime minister even if he fails to secure a deal to leave the European Union, saying only his Conservative government can deliver Brexit on 31 October. At the beginning of his party’s annual conference in the northern city of Manchester, Johnson wants to rally [...]

A document in the possession of eNCA shows that the sale of some state-owned enterprises is on the cards. Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni submitted the document at a special meeting of the ANC's highest decision-making body. The ANC National Executive Committee is discussing the poor state of the economy. ANC spokesperson Pule Mabe says [...]

The price of 95-octane petrol will increase by 18-cents a litre while the price of 93-octane, will drop by 4-cents a litre on Wednesday The Energy Department says the reason for the different price adjustments is that the Basic Fuel Price differentials between 95 and 93 petrol grades have changed. Diesel and wholesale Illuminating paraffin [...]

The case of the fourth suspect involved in the kidnapping case of six-year-old Amy Leigh de Jager was postponed in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrates' Court today, after the State submitted that his address needed to be verified. 24 year old Bofokeng Molemohi faces a charge of extortion and kidnapping.  The state also submitted during proceedings before Magistrate [...]

The Banking Association of South Africa said that a banking sector strike would not have the desired effect.  The sector’s biggest union Sasbo said that over 40,000 finance sector employees were expected to take part in a strike against retrenchments in the industry. The association's Cas Coovadia said that while the union had every right [...]

Several roads in and around Cape Town were closed this morning due to protest action organised by the #TotalShutdown movement - and Bishop Lavis and Hanover Park were most affected. The action was taken to protest against gender-based violence, crime and poverty. At the crack of dawn today, City of Cape Town traffic services spokesperson [...]

An Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department traffic officer, who was videoed while allegedly intoxicated on duty, has been suspended. A tweet by Ekhurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has confirmed that the "drunk" metro officer and his supervisor had been suspended by police Chief Major General Isaac Mapiyeye. The video, which has gone viral, shows the metro officer [...]

A woman died on a British Airways local flight from Cape Town International Airport to OR Tambo International airport yesterday afternoon, according to Comair.  A statement from the airline said a medical emergency was identified when the plane landed and emergency medical personnel boarded the aircraft as soon as it landed in Johannesburg and took [...]