At 06:45 on Tuesday, Ekurhuleni Emergency Services received a report of a severe bus crash on the R21 heading OR Tambo International Airport.

At least 12 people have died after the bus overturned at the R21/R24 split, causing major traffic delays and lane closures.

South Africans will soon learn how their finances will be affected as the government scrambles to address the budget crisis.

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana is set to deliver the national budget speech on Wednesday after the budget was sent back to the drawing board last month when parties in the government of national unity (GNU) rejected a proposed VAT increase.

KZN police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi's contract with the police service is set to end in a year, and he says he intends to complete his term and go home.

Solidarity, the mainstream Afrikaner movement, will embark on a month-long tour of Europe, asking world powers to put pressure on the South African government to rethink certain reform laws.

President Cyril Ramaphosa says what AfriForum and Solidarity trade union are doing in the US is sowing divisions in South Africa. The Afrikaner rights group and Solidarity are visiting Washington after President Donald Trump's executive order regarding refugee status for certain South Africans.Addressing the media on the sidelines of the annual Basic Education Lekgotla in Ekurhuleni, Ramaphosa slammed the two organisations for their visit to the US.

The department of social development has acknowledged that its system poses a security risk, after a wake-up call from first-year computer science students at Stellenbosch University who alerted them to fraudulent activities and vulnerabilities in the system.

Black South Africans earn the lowest wages, below the national average and 21% of what their white counterparts earn.

In a first for democratic South Africa, the 2025 budget speech has been postponed to March 12. We hear the reactions of various parties on the announcement and the finance Minister Enoch Godongwana explains the contentious issues on the table.

The defence ministry says the defence force can defend the country against invasion, despite financial challenges. Minister Angie Motshekga also suggested that older government staff be let go for early retirement to help cut costs.

Illegal borehole drilling in Johannesburg is causing problems. Recently, drilling in Killarney led to water and soil leaking into a tunnel, forcing Gautrain to suspend service between Park Station and Rosebank.

Gautrain CEO Tshepo Kgobe said the tunnel is 50 meters underground, and the drillers reached 45 meters before hitting it. He suspects an unregistered company was responsible.