…Costa Titch most recently signed a deal with Akon’s record label, Konvict Kulture Popular South African rapper, Costa Tsobanoglou, professionally known as Costa Titch is dead. The artiste reportedly died while thrilling fans at the Ultra Music Festival held in Johannesburg on Saturday. Videos making the rounds on the internet, revealed that the singer fell
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…Two unknown cars are believed to have opened fire on AKA just before 10pm South African rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes was shot dead on Florida Road Friday night, police sources in Durban have confirmed. Another person believed to be AKA’s bodyguard was also wounded, while an unidentified person, who is understood to be a close friend of
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‘The service is available from any post office in South Africa to any post office in the destination country’ PRETORIA, South Africa, The world celebrated the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October. There is a large number of migrant breadwinners in South Africa who send money to their families, and the
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‘Ms Creecy Barbara will represent Mr President at the event scheduled tomorrow, 12 October 2022 at the ALPLA Production Plant at Lanseria, Gauteng’ PRETORIA, South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa, due to changes to his programme, will regrettably, no longer address a gathering marking the commissioning of a state-of-the-art plastics production plant by the ALPLA Group, a leading
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‘South Africa’s programme of economic diplomacy is a key lever for the realisation of the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) to rebuild the economy’ PRETORIA, South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa is preparing to undertake a number of bilateral and multilateral engagements in coming weeks in which he will advance partnerships for growth and development
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‘The Equiano sea cable is the highest capacity cable landing in South Africa’ JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Liquid Dataport, a business of Cassava Technologies, is bringing much-needed access to affordable internet in South Africa. Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new West coast submarine cable, capable of delivering up to
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The Presidential Employment Stimulus was launched by President Ramaphosa in October 2020 PRETORIA, South Africa, The Presidential Employment Stimulus (PES) has – since its launch in October 2020 – created opportunities for over 1 million direct beneficiaries across South Africa. Marking this important milestone, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: “While the work of creating jobs continues,
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Minister has ordered the Director-General, working with Provincial Heads of Health Departments to finalise the assessment of the impact already in the past week CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla has been concerned for sometimes with this matter of loadshedding with the hope that it improves, but it has gotten worse
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The meeting was convened as part of an effort to strengthen security in the province and respond proactively CAPE TOWN, South Africa, The Deputy Minister in the Presidency Responsible for State Security, Mr. Zizi Kodwa and the Premier of Gauteng, Mr. David Makhura, have today, Friday, 23 September 2022 made a pledge to strengthen ties
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The Acting President underscored the importance of road safety, and that it should be a priority for all road users to curb the high fatality rate as a result of road accidents PRETORIA, South Africa, Acting President David Mabuza has noted with concern the accidents that have occurred on South African roads involving trucks. The
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His Excellency welcomed the Consul General and hailed the political, economic, commercial and investment relations that bind the two friendly countries ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, H.E. Sheikh Maktoum bin Butti Al Maktoum, the Director of MoFAIC’s Dubai Office met with H.E. Andrew Tsepo Lebona, Consul General of the Republic of South Africa in Dubai
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South Africans are demanding the world’s largest known clear-cut diamond on the late Queen Elizabeth’s sceptre following her death. The Great Star of Africa or Cullinan l is the largest known clear-cut diamond in the world which was mined in South Africa in 1905 and was given to the British Royal Family as a gift.
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The closures will be temporary to allow for an international scientific panel to be set up to review all related science output over recent years PRETORIA: The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has, from 1 September, declared some areas around the major penguin colonies as closed to commercial fishing for anchovy and sardine.
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Western Cape Government remains committed to small-scale farmers with the release of farm 197 property CAPE TOWN: In September 2021, the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements (WCDoHS) took an in-principle decision to release the Sandkraal Farm in George, to a Communal Property Association (CPA). This further reaffirms our stance and commitment to the land
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Port of Cape Town processed R210 billion worth of exports and imports in 2021 CAPE TOWN: In total R110.49 billion worth of exports and R99.96 billion worth of imports were processed via the Port of Cape Town in 2021, totalling R210.45 billion. This is according to a research report presented at a seminar with stakeholders
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