This applies to South Africans living abroad and those who will be travelling during the elections. The Electoral Commission has reminded all voters, who wish to cast their ballot in the national elections outside of South Africa, that they have just one week left to apply. In terms of the election timetable published last week,..
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South African Elections 2019: South Africans abroad have one week left to apply
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The security entourage that still keeps the Gupta family safe in South Africa
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The Gupta footprint has not left South Africa, and it is well protected, it seems. While things have been rather quiet in the world of the Gupta family, matters relating to their movements in South Africa have peaked our interests.
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The cash-strapped and highly violent Zimbabwe asked South Africa for $1.2bn loan, that will be R17 billion rand
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If you don’t ask, you don’t get, right? The SA Treasury has revealed they’ve turned down a request from Zimbabwe for a monster loan.
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The well known franchise Starbucks’ expansion runs out of steam in South Africa
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High operating costs and tight customer budgets have left US coffee giant Starbucks needing a caffeine hit after it abandoned ambitious expansion plans in South Africa.
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Two ANC government ministers in hot water and now need to face fraud charges in US investigation
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A project that was meant to cost the City of Johannesburg R600m ballooned to R1.7b. The Justice Department of America is seeking answers from three of the ANC’s top brass – two of whom are in Cyril Ramaphosa’s cabinet – after they were accused of fraud following the failed attempt to roll-out a cheap broadband service across Johannesburg.
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South African Courts:- Manuel Chang US extradition on the cards after Johannesburg court ruling
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Manuel Chang might be on his way to face the might of justice in the US. A South African judge on Wednesday ruled in favour of the arrest of Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang, who was detained at Johannesburg airport over alleged secret loans to Mozambican state companies totalling R27.9-billion.
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A South African citizen charged on terror-related activities
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International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called for a probe into the terror-related charges faced by South African citizen Andre Mayer Hanekom in Mozambique.
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Let’s have a look at how the new Electoral Laws Amendment Bill will impact elections
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While the bill was passed with support from most parties, the Democratic Alliance bemoaned ‘procedural flaws’.
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BE SAFE:- The latest Crime stats for Durban: Four worrying figures from the beachfront
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There’s a R39 billion project getting underway to help tackle the issues raised by the crime stats for Durban (in particular, its beachfront) over the last year.
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Be safe when you travel, these are the 10 areas by province most affected by crime in South Africa:- Crime Stats 2018
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The latest figures as released by Crime Stats SA. Crime Stats SA released the latest figures for crime according to each province, with data collected from April 2017 to March 2018. Seeing as crime has to be reported at the nearest police station to where the incident took place, this gives an accurate view of the crime stats for each province.
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