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Daily English South Africa News · Daily News
1,663 Episodes
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Need a driver’s licence? Touts are selling them on social media

Syndicates are brazenly touting licences for sale on social media despite several arrests at driving licensing testing centres in Gauteng last year. In this audio, a man tells an undercover reporter that he will write the test of behalf of his son. Full story in the Sunday Times.
4 Mar 2023 8AM 1 min

You can register for 2024 elections

The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) says citizens can register for the 2024 national and provincial elections. IEC senior manager for electoral matters and acting deputy chief electoral officer for electoral operations Granville Abrahams said there is concern about decreasing voter participation. Abrahams said instead of citizens resorting to…
27 Feb 2023 8AM 5 min

Eskom to get R254bn in debt relief

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has announced that embattled state-owned entity Eskom will receive R254bn in debt relief. Tax incentives to encourage investment in renewable energy were also announced when Godongwana delivered the 2023 budget speech in the National Assembly in Cape Town on Wednesday.
22 Feb 2023 8AM 6 min

LEAKED AUDIO | KZN Mayor's explosive rant to officials

A KwaZulu-Natal mayor is in hot water after an audio clip in which he demands to be consulted on hiring, distribution of contracts and makes sexual explicit comments to a female official surfaced. Abaqulusi mayor Mncedisi Maphisa is heard banging tables — in what seems to be a meeting with…
22 Feb 2023 7AM 4 min

Live, sleep and breathe load-shedding: requirements for electricity minister

The new electricity minister will report directly to President Cyril Ramaphosa and cabinet, and will only be tasked with dealing with the load-shedding crisis. The governing party hopes to end load-shedding by the end of 2023 and has taken the step of appointing a minister of electricity. The move was…
21 Feb 2023 7AM 3 min

Parliamentary committee, Mpofu clash over resumption of Mkhwebane inquiry

The parliamentary committee conducting an inquiry into suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to hold office and her legal counsel fought over the resumption of proceedings. Mkhwebane’s legal team, led by advocate Dali Mpofu, was unhappy about the inquiry resuming as it has not been paid by the public protector's…
16 Feb 2023 7AM 6 min

Bheki Cele plotted to kill EFF deputy president Floyd Shivambu, claims Malema

EFF leader Julius Malema has made scathing claims, saying police leadership is working with iinkabi (hit men) and claimed this has been confirmed. He lambasted police leadership and President Cyril Ramaphosa. Malema said what happened to rapper AKA, who was fatally shot in Durban on Friday night, will never be…
14 Feb 2023 6AM 4 min

Rapper AKA shot at close range: Police investigate

Rapper AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, has died. TshisaLIVE confirmed that the 35-year-old rapper was shot dead outside a popular restaurant on Florida Rd in Durban. Police confirmed that a 35-year-old male and his bodyguard had been shot dead on Friday. KwaZulu-Natal police say two armed suspects shot rapper "AKA"…
10 Feb 2023 4PM 2 min

Sona suspended briefly after EFF refuses to go without a fight

Sona was suspended briefly on Thursday evening after the EFF and ATM refused to allow President Cyril Ramaphosa to address them. The drama started just as Ramaphosa was about to deliver the house’s most important address, the EFF and ATM continuously raising points of order before being kicked out. EFF…
9 Feb 2023 1PM 3 min

TUT SRC slams campus security after the murder of Ntokozo Xaba

Tshwane University of Technology hosted a special memorial service for third-year student Ntokozo Manyenzi Xaba at the Soshanguve South campus on Thursday. Xaba, a final year integrated communication student, was found dead with multiple stab wounds at the university’s Ekhaya Junction residence in Pretoria on February 2.
9 Feb 2023 9AM 6 min

Parliament 'ready' for Sona disruptions

Parliament says it will take all necessary steps to ensure the state of the nation address (Sona) is successful. The house has budgeted more than R8m for its most important annual occasion. It is set to take place in Cape Town on Thursday from 7pm, with parliamentary speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula…
7 Feb 2023 6AM 3 min

Malema, Snyman lose bid for magistrate's recusal

EFF leader Julius Malema and attorneys for his bodyguard Adriaan Snyman argue that the magistrate in the case against them, in which Malema is accused of illegally discharging a firearm, should be disqualified. They made a recusal application against Twanette Olivier in the East London regional court on Thursday. AfriForum…
2 Feb 2023 10AM 4 min

‘It’s about economic recovery’: SA Tourism on R1bn Spurs partnership  

The South African tourism department briefed the media on Thursday after reports emerged of a proposed three-year sponsorship deal with English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur worth nearly R1bn. Acting CEO of SA Tourism Themba Khumalo said the proposed deal is aimed at attracting tourists to SA to aid…
2 Feb 2023 8AM 5 min

The EFF is promoting anarchy: Fikile Mbalula

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the EFF is seeking relevance with its planned shutdown and President Cyril Ramaphosa is not going anywhere. At the weekend, the EFF announced plans for the “mother of all shutdowns”, calling for Ramaphosa to resign and saying it is dissatisfied with the state of the…
31 Jan 2023 7AM 4 min
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