Confusion over nuclear plant timing
Anti-Thyspunt groups say application move by Eskom premature ESKOM’S application to the National Nuclear Regulator to build multibillionrand plants in the Eastern and Western Cape was premature,...
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Veeplaas houses vandalised after rival groups clash
HUMAN SHIELD: UDM members sing in front of a municipal construction site in Veeplaas, Port Elizabeth, yesterday. Picture: YOLISWA SOBUWA TWO houses were vandalised after a scuffle broke out between two...
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Police reopen case as parks director fights for his life after attack
HAPPIER TIMES: Marzane and Charl Meyer A MUNICIPAL assistant director is fighting for his life in hospital after being brutally beaten in a brazen daylight robbery in St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth....
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Hogan: I was put under pressure to meet Gupta-linked company
Barbara Hogan Former public enterprises minister‚ Barbara Hogan‚ has become the latest senior ANC official to tell how she experienced pressure to favour the Guptas. Speaking to John Robbie on Radio...
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Watch: Mshoza shocks with Nicki Minaj inspired plastic surgery
Mshoza The former kwaito child star has revealed her endeavours to look like Nicki Minaj on an MTV Base show which aired on Wednesday. Mshoza, real name Nomasonto Maswanganyi, showed off her plastic...
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Mentor meets Guptas’ threat with ‘a trump card!!!’
Vytjie Mentor Undaunted by the threat of legal action against her‚ but mindful of her physical safety‚ Vytjie Mentor bolstered her allegations of being courted by the Gupta family for a ministerial...
View ArticleWhat Malema won’t be asking of Zuma today
Who did Pravin Gordhan want “removed” after his reappointment as finance minster? That’s a question that seemingly will neither be posed nor answered in the National Assembly on Thursday following the...
View ArticleGuptas and Zumas face charges in two cities
Deputy finance minister Mcebisi Jonas’s bombshell will see two political parties laying charges against members of the Gupta and Zuma families on Thursday morning. The Congress of the People (Cope)...
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Frank Sinatra Jr dead at 72
Frank Sinatra Jr. Picture: Bang Showbiz Frank Sinatra Jr has died at the age of 72, following a massive heart attack. He was the son of Frank and Nancy Sinatra – passed away in a Daytona Beach,...
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Zuma accompanied me out the Gupta house: Mentor
Vytjie Mentor was one of four chairpersons of parliamentary committees axed by the ANC in November 2010. Undaunted by the threat of legal action against her‚ but mindful of her physical safety‚ Vytjie...
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Another shuffle coming at Finance Ministry?
Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas There is intense speculation that Mcebisi Jonas will be moved from the deputy finance minister position‚ possibly as early as next week. This comes amid his...
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Cape Town International rated as Africa’s top airport
Cape Town International Airport The Western Cape on Thursday boasted that Cape Town International Airport was named Africa’s best at the SkyTrax World Airport Awards. At the awards‚ hosted in Germany...
View ArticleHealth Department official nabbed for fraud
The Administrative Officer at the at the Department of Health in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga and two company directors were arrested on Wednesday night for attempting to defraud the department of close to...
View ArticleSARS seize crytal meth worth R4m, firearm
SARS Customs has confiscated a firearm and seized R4.26-million worth of liquid crystal methamphetamine in two different incidents yesterday. According to SARS, custom officials found 15 one-litre...
View ArticleJonas gives Zuma Q&A a miss
Deputy finance minister and former Eastern Cape economic development MEC Mcebisi Jonas will miss President Jacob Zuma’s question and answer session in Parliament on Thursday afternoon. He was in East...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Zuma answers questions in Parliament
President Jacob Zuma is expected to face a gruelling session in parliament on Thursday in a question and answer session amid revelations the Gupta family have been trying to influence key cabinet...
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Minister Davies says Jonas is man of ‘integrity and honesty’
ROB DAVIES Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has called the Deputy Minister of Finance Mcebisi Jonas a man of “integrity and honesty”‚ who acts in the best interests of the country. Questioned...
View ArticleSARB raises repo rate by 25 basis points
The Reserve Bank increased interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday‚ citing rising inflation and weak rand concerns. The decision to raise rates follows a three day meeting of the Bank’s monetary...
View ArticleWATCH: Speaker came to Parliament to protect Zuma – Maimane
DA leader Mmusi Maimane responds to the media’s questions outside Parliament in Cape Town following his removal from the National Assembly chambers by the Speaker, Baleka Mbete. Also read: VIDEO:...
View ArticleVIDEO: Crash driver released on R3000 bail
Amos Sinyanya, 28, had his bail set at R3000 in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court today. This, after he allegedly smashed into and killed second year NMMU student Jamie Baartzes, 19, on the M4 on...
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