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Daily news update: ANC divisions a threat says Ramaphosa, plans underway to open sports

Here is your daily news update. Click on the links below for the full story or visit our home page for the latest news. Daily news update 24 January ‘ANC divisions are becoming a threat to democracy’, says Ramaphosa Internal battles and factionalism in the governing ANC are a threat to the democratic state, President Cyril Ramaphosa said…

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‘Serious allegations’ see Western Cape community safety MEC Albert Fritz suspended

Western Cape community safety MEC Albert Fritz has been suspended while investigations into “serious allegations” take place. This was revealed in a short statement released by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde on Sunday. ALSO READ: Infections are manageable, time to end State of Disaster, says Winde In the statement, Winde says the “serious allegations pertaining…

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Peru races to save birds threatened by oil spill

A Lima zoo is racing to save dozens of seabirds, including protected penguins, left covered in oil after 6,000 barrels of crude spilled off Peru’s coast in the aftermath of the Tonga tsunami. More than 40 birds, including Humboldt penguins — listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature — were brought…

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Eastern Cape learners’ project feeds school children

A youth empowerment programme has seen an increase in the number of young South Africans who want to be part of climate change projects. Nonprofit organisation Empowervate’s youth citizens action programme (Y-CAP) encourages primary and secondary school learners to identify problems in their schools or neighbourhoods and act to solve or lessen them. The learners…

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The Blue Train’s great Gupta voyage – and the whistleblower who paid for it

Herbert Prinsloo dedicated a quarter of a century of love to Africa’s most luxurious train. When he began to suspect that friends of Transnet were being handed free trips he was investigated, charged and kicked to the pavement. Now, inspired by the courage of whistleblowers testifying at the Zondo Commission, he has come forward to…

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Youth key to halting insurgency in Mozambique

Hope for an imminent peaceful resolution to the insurgent conflict in northern Mozambique is becoming increasingly dim. Recent troop deployments by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Rwanda have done little to arrest the violence. The al-Shabaab proxy, Ahlu-Sunnah Wa-Jama’a, has recently managed to further extend its control of parts of Cabo Delgado province…

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Ekurhuleni hopes power will be restored to Kempton Park on Sunday

Repairs are under way to faulty cables that have caused a power outage affecting most parts of Kempton Park, east…

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Stowaway survives in nose wheel of freight flight from South Africa to Netherlands

A stowaway was discovered in the wheel section under the front of a freight plane that arrived at Amsterdam's Schiphol…

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Durban residents warned about potentially harmful smoke from CBD fire

“With smoke still emanating from the building, the public is urged to take precautions when in the area. Areas affected…

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Civil society rejects ANC bid to amend Political Party Funding Act

JOHANNESBURG - Rights groups say they're appalled by attempts to amend the Political Party Funding Act. The cash-strapped ANC is proposing changes to the law that came into effect in April last year. READ: Political Party Funding Act | ANC proposes amendments It says political parties have less capacity to mobilise resources for their activities. The organisation hasn't…