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News today includes two suspects have been arrested in connection with the shooting of community safety patrollers in Soshanguve, Gauteng.
Meanwhile, President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the United States’ (US) decision to cut aid funding to South Africa as a “wake-up call” for the country to develop its own capabilities.
Furthermore, the South African Football Association (Safa) have been forced to delay the payment of salaries to their employees in March.
Weather tomorrow: 28 March 2025
The weather service warns of severe thunderstorms, flooding and damaging winds in parts of the Eastern Cape, as well as disruptive rainfall in parts of North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. Fire danger conditions are also expected in the Northern Cape. Full weather forecast here.
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IT’S OFFICIAL! Trump appoints Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to SA
US President Donald Trump has officially appointed Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa.
The conservative Bozell III takes over from Reuben Brigety who resigned late last year.
Trump posted the announcement on his Truth social media platform on Wednesday.
CONTINUE READING: IT’S OFFICIAL! Trump appoints Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to SA
Ramaphosa warns of scheme by water mafia
President Cyril Ramaphosa has raised alarm over a sinister trend in South Africa’s water sector: criminal networks allegedly sabotaging water infrastructure to create business opportunities for illegal water trucking.
In an address at the Water and Sanitation Indaba in Midrand on Thursday, Ramaphosa alleged that dodgy business people orchestrated a calculated scheme to undermine municipal water services.
“There are people who make it their business to go and cut water lines, to create businesses for themselves so that they can cut water in trucks and tanks to our people,” he said.
CONTINUE READING: Ramaphosa warns of scheme by water mafia
Ntshavheni says AfriForum admitted farm murder stats are accurate, Kriel accuses her of lying
Lobby group AfriForum has allegedly conceded that the statistics on farm murder in South Africa are accurate, according to Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.
This follows a recent meeting between AfriForum, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, and the South African Police Service (Saps) officials after the organisation initially rejected the police’s third-quarter crime statistics.
AfriForum had argued that farm murders — especially those involving farm owners — were under-reported.
CONTINUE READING: Ntshavheni says AfriForum admitted farm murder stats are accurate, Kriel accuses her of lying
WATCH: ANC caucus leader leaves for the DA
The City of Cape Town council chamber descended into disorder after the explosive revelation that ANC caucus leader Banele Majingo resigned from his party and joined the DA.
Majingo stunned fellow councillors when he announced his resignation on Thursday.
The council briefly adjourned after the announcement.
“After careful consideration, I have come to realise that my personal values and principles are now more aligned with those of the Democratic Alliance (DA),” Majingo said.
CONTINUE READING: WATCH: ANC caucus leader leaves for the DA
Covid lockdown 5 years later: SA will be worse off if another pandemic hits – expert
South Africa will likely be “worse off” if another pandemic like the deadly Covid-19 outbreak hits the country, according to Professor Shabir Madhi.
Thursday, 27 March, marks exactly five years since President Cyril Ramaphosa placed the nation under a strict lockdown in 2020 to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.
Who could forget the family meetings when Covid-19 arrived in South Africa, with Ramaphosa beginning his address with the famous words: “My fellow South Africans… “
CONTINUE READING: Covid lockdown 5 years later: SA will be worse off if another pandemic hits – expert
Here are five more stories of the day:
- The race to save Johannesburg: Who has the best plan to rescue the city?
- Did Kelly ask Joshlin where Joshlin was the day she disappeared?
- WATCH: Jacob Zuma’s adorable TikTok dance challenge with granddaughter goes viral
- Social grant card switch: 800 000 beneficiaries will have to collect their money at Sassa office
- Slight decrease in Vaal Dam water level: Here’s why and where it stands at now
Yesterday’s News recap
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