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The South African Municipal Workers’ Union, SAMWU, says it is hopeful that a resolution will be reached over the salary increases for municipal workers - with the City of Tshwane. Workers affiliated to SAMWU have been striking for about two months now over the city's decision to not give wage hikes this financial year. More than 120 employees have been dismissed, so far, for embarking on the strike, and about […]

Gauteng residents have been advised to not put their winter clothes away yet, as a cold front lands from today. The province has been experiencing warm weather conditions for the past few days, with temperatures reaching highs of 30°C mark several areas. According to the South African Weather Service (SAWS), temperatures in Johannesburg could drop to as low as 17°C with a minimum of 6 °C, while temperatures in Tshwane […]

Sports Minister, Zizi Kodwa, has revealed that the SABC has paid almost R57 million ($3 million) for the broadcast rights to show all the Springboks games at the Rugby World Cup. Speaking at a briefing in Tshwane today ahead of the much-anticipated tournament, Zizi reiterated that a more permanent solution is needed to ensure South Africans watch the country’s national teams on television. "On Monday, I had a discussion with […]

            Denzel Washington returned to our big screens, to play a trained assassin that falls in love with a small Italian town. The movie starts with an Italian drug lord and his child pulling up in a jeep to a secluded villa. As he drives in, he sees bloodied, dismembered bodies of a goon army. The man exits the Jeep with a pistol, leaving the […]

  Police Minister, Bheki Cele, has revealed that the ANC, IFP, and the National Freedom Party (NFP) are the mostly affected parties by political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. Cele was speaking at a briefing by the Inter-Ministerial Committee that's looking into political killings in the province. The briefing was also aimed at providing updates on cases being investigated by the task team. In 2016, government set up the Moerane Commission to […]

The Democratic Alliance (DA) says the dismal increase in the country's economy is a direct result of failed ANC economic policy. Earlier, Statistics South Africa announced that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.6% in the second quarter - up from 0.4% in the first quarter. DA Shadow Minister of Finance, Dion George, says the estimated 0.9% growth by the National Treasury earlier this year, was an overstatement. Economist […]

South Africans can expect warmer conditions over the country this week. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says the conditions will be hotter in certain parts of the country reaching a maximum of 40 degrees Celsius. Gauteng will be fine and warm and no precipitation is expected for the week. Weather forecaster, Lehlohonolo Thobane, says these warm conditions will carry on for the rest of the week leading to the […]

  Motorists will have to dig deeper into their pockets as fuel prices are set to go up this month. Fuel prices are set to increase from Wednesday, which Automobile Association (AA) says will be record hikes. According to the association, commenting on unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund, the price of petrol is expected to increase between R1.59 per litre for ULP93 and R1.65 per litre for ULP95. […]

  The Head of the Archaeology and Geography at Wits University, Professor Gillian Drennan, says she doesn't believe that South Africans should be worried about a major earthquake occurring in Johannesburg. On Wednesday night, residents of the south and west of Joburg experienced a 2.7 magnitude tremor around 10 in the evening. Drennan has told YNews that the tremor could have been a result of the earth readjusting itself.   […]