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A historic milestone was commemorated, as South Africans and Swazis gathered to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Number 43 Trelawney Park, fondly known as KwaMagogo. Once a haven for ANC exiles during the dark days of apartheid, the Masilela family home in Eswatini has now been formally recognised as an official heritage site – a …
South Africa’s commercial airline industry faces severe challenges, including increasing pressure on airline finances and disruptions to air travel nationwide. This is according to Aaron Munetsi, the CEO of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (AASA), who told the Money Show that the ongoing mismanagement of state entities is the root cause of the problem. …
The totality of race law in South Africa’s economy – OPINION | Politicsweb OPINION The totality of race law in South Africa’s economy Martin van Staden | 30 June 2025 Martin van Staden says this racial enterprise also has a bare-minimum quantifiable cost to our fiscus and to growth the launch of the joint Free Market… …
As the world prepares for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), the imminent Compromiso de Sevilla marks a critical inflection point in our collective journey toward the 2030 Agenda. For South Africa, this moment is not only timely —it is transformative. South Africa’s G20 Presidency, the first on the African continent, coincides …
Luke Fraser ·30 Jun 2025 Ireland ended visa-free access for South Africans in 2024, but is now being swamped by visa applications, which it can’t keep up with. In July 2024, Ireland declared that nationals from Botswana and South Africa would have to apply for a visa to travel to the country. The visa requirement …
The two MK Party MPs are also among 11 accused in another Transnet fraud and corruption case involving about R400m which is before the high court in Johannesburg 30 June 2025 – 10:01 Former Transnet Group CEOs Brian Molefe and Siyabonga Gama were arrested on Monday morning… Rail Services: The country has a passenger rail …
Johannesburg Metrobus commuters are expected to march to the bus operators’ offices in Braamfontein to hand over a memorandum of grievances, demanding a return to the old payment system. Commuters are protesting the change in the payment system introduced by Metrobus. The situation is tense at Gandhi Square in the Johannesburg CBD as they raised …
30 June 2025 – Banyana Banyana midfielder Regina Mogolola believes that only teamwork will help the South African senior women’s national team in their effort to defend the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title they won back in 2022. Mogolola was speaking after an energy-sapping training session in Casablanca, Morocco, where the Sasol-sponsored
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President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 4 July 2025, host President Alexander van der Bellen of Austria at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The State Visit presents an opportunity to consolidate the long-standing and strong relationship between South Africa and Austria, particularly in the fields of arts and culture, higher education, renewable energy, trade and …
More than 800 hawkers continue trading without toilets or water
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The Bulls, Sharks and both Western Province teams claimed valuable wins on day one of the FNB U16 Grant Khomo Week staged at St Alban’s College in Pretoria on Monday. The opening day of the U16 tournament witnessed a number of tight contests, with Border, the Valke, South Western Districts, Griffons and Griquas among the …
Wales Women’s U20’s head coach, Liza Burgess has named a squad of 30 players for the Women’s U20’s Six Nations Summer Series. The tournament which will take place over three match days at the Centre of Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Saturday, July 5th; Friday, July 11th; and Thursday, July 17th, will feature under-20 squads …
Very few women’s players – if anyone – have studied the Loftus Versfeld uprights with more intent in recent years that Springbok Women and Bulls Daisies kicking ace, Jakkie Cilliers. The wing and sometimes outside centre is the first-choice goal kicker for both teams, but where she never lined up a kick in green and …
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink, in a potential workaround of South Africa’s Black-empowerment rules to gain an operating license, may invest about R2 billion ($112.7 million) in the country, Business Day reported citing sources that it didn’t identify. The internet services company will channel that investment into infrastructure to support the Southern African Development Community made …
The ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2025 between South Africa and Australia at Lord’s earlier this month has achieved record-breaking broadcast and digital numbers in India, a testament to the continued popularity of the traditional five-day format of the game and to the impactful marketing and production efforts of JioStar. The final of the …
Edinburgh Rugby is delighted to confirm the signing of Gallagher Premiership winning Scottish lock Callum Hunter-Hill, who returns to the capital club on a two-year deal, subject to medical. Hunter-Hill, 28, spent last season at Investec Champions Cup Finalists Northampton Saints and makes his return north to Edinburgh, where he previously spent two seasons from …
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Mr Ian Cameron, has called on the South African Police Service (SAPS) management to suspend every member of the SAPS arrested over the past week, pending finalisation of internal investigations.
“The sanctity of the investigations is dependent not only on justice being done, but also on the appearance that justice is done. It is essential for the credibility of the investigations as well as the SAPS reputation that arrested senior officers are suspended until the conclusion of the investigations,” Mr Cameron emphasised.
The Chairperson has noted that the SAPS have in the recent past taken a nonchalant attitude towards errant officers, returning them to work despite serious criminal charges. While the Chairperson acknowledges that everyone is presumed innocent unless proven otherwise, investigations must be completed urgently to ensure that only fit and proper individuals serve within the SAPS,” Mr Cameron emphasised.
The arrest of senior officers within the Crime Intelligence service has laid bare the level of rot within the environment. This has a chilling effect when considering the centrality of CI in combating crime in the country. “It is clear that a major pillar to fight crime has been disabled through rogue officers who are inclined to act criminally,” Mr Cameron said.
It is on this basis that a skills audit within the senior echelons of SAPS is necessary. Also, periodic lifestyle audits must be undertaken, especially in the CI environment and senior management of SAPS,” Mr Cameron contended.
Mr Cameron reiterated that the committee will not be complicit and allow rogue SAPS to remain unaccountable. “We will continue to insist that every rogue officer must be removed from the service to protect the reputation of the service,” Mr Cameron concluded.
The committee will soon schedule a meeting to assess the impact of the arrests and processes to be followed in instituting internal consequence management.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.
Staff Writer ·30 Jun 2025 South African households will be hit by significant rate hikes this week, with electricity prices leading the charge for the incoming pain. Tuesday (1 July) marks the start of the municipal financial year in South Africa and will see local hikes to rates and taxes kick in. Households in major …
South Africa does not have a youth potential problem. It has a skills alignment problem—worsened by geography and legacy. Young people in South Africa are not just unemployed; they are unequally positioned in an economy where opportunity is concentrated in urban centres, while vast numbers in rural and previously disadvantaged areas are excluded from the …
South Africa's predominantly cash-based economy is making significant inroads into the e-commerce sector, thanks to the growing success of the partnership between financial services platform Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com) and payment gateway Payfast by Network. For over a year, the two businesses have been enabling access to online shopping for cash-paying South Africans. Through MukuruPay (MPay), cash-first customers can now participate in digital commerce, unlocking new market segments for thousands of local retailers.
The partnership's success stems from its ability to address a long-standing gap in the e-commerce market—the exclusion of millions of South Africans who prefer or rely on cash. A recent Payfast (https://apo-opa.co/4eMSDXX) “State of Pay” report shows that cash is the fourth preferred payment methods for customers and competes with widely used options such as card, open banking/ instant EFT and QR code. Likewise, an SBV Cash Survey 2024 (https://apo-opa.co/40shqdC) white paper outlines that 22% (over 13 million) of South Africans are cash-reliant and are not willing or cannot switch to other forms of payment. The study reveals that this group is vulnerable in the shift to digital services, despite holding immense economic potential.
Mukuru's partnership with Payfast is helping to bridge the gap between cash and digital commerce by making e-commerce more accessible to cash-first consumers in South Africa. Throughout 2024, the company has seen a growing number of businesses adopt its payment option via Payfast, reflecting increased demand across sectors such as internet services, digital goods, fashion, groceries, bill payments, and education.
Timothee Dura, Head of Merchant Payments at Mukuru, says, “South Africa's e-commerce cannot accept only cards and digital payment methods like EFTs or wallets. It needs to work for everyone. We are bridging the digital divide by meeting cash-first consumers where they are—offering them convenience and access to goods and services that were previously out of reach with a payment method that is familiar to them. This is how we build a more inclusive financial ecosystem in South Africa.”
For merchants, MPay offers a way to reach customers who have traditionally been excluded from online shopping due to their reliance on cash. The payment method builds on Mukuru's long-standing experience with cash-first communities and is available through the Payfast by Network dashboard for registered merchants. Once MPay is enabled, a customer shopping on the merchant's online store selects Mukuru as the payment option at checkout. The system generates a unique order number, valid for 36 hours. The customer can then pay in cash at any of Mukuru's 11,000+ payment points across South Africa—including major retailers like Spar, Pick n' Pay, Boxer, and Shoprite.
As soon as the customer pays, Mukuru alerts the merchant—enabling swift order fulfilment. MPay also helps merchants reduce operational costs by cutting down on cash handling, removing the need for cash-on-delivery, and minimising the risk of fraud.
For consumers, MPay presents an alternative to cash on delivery, particularly relevant in informal or rural areas, where logistical challenges and safety concerns are more frequent. It enables participation in digital commerce while retaining the familiarity of cash payments, facilitated through Mukuru's established physical network.
“The increasing adoption of MPay on Payfast by merchants reflects our conviction that cash-first customers are critical to South Africa's e-commerce economy. We remain committed to bridging the gap between cash and digital payments, creating safer, regulated, and accessible pathways for unbanked and underserved communities to participate in the formal economy”, concludes Dura.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Mukuru.
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Mukuru is a leading next generation financial services platform in Southern Africa that offers affordable and reliable financial services to a customer base of over 17 million+ across Africa, Asia and Europe. With over 100 million transactions to date, our core was built providing international money transfers and from this base, we've developed a set of services to address the broader financial needs of our customers. We now operate in over 70 countries and across over 570 remittance corridors.
We are a business that puts the customer at the centre of everything we do, and for that reason, we serve clients across physical and digital channels, by various payment methods (cash, card, wallet) as well as a range of engagement platforms including WhatsApp, USSD, contact centre, App, website, agents and a branch and booth network.
Mukuru has been listed among the top 100 Cross Border Payments businesses globally for the sixth consecutive year in the 2025 FXC Intelligence Top 100 Cross-Border Payment Companies. In 2024, Mukuru won the IAMTN Payments Network Customers Experience Excellence Award for exceptional customer satisfaction and was accredited as a Top Employer in South Africa for 2024 and 2025 by the Top Employers Institute.
In 2023, Mukuru ranked sixth on the LinkedIn Top Companies List in South Africa. We aso received the Fintech Innovation of the Year Award at the 2023 Africa Tech Festival Awards for its role in driving economic growth and financial inclusion.
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Motorists are advised to fill up their tanks today or tomorrow before the price of fuel goes up later this week. According to the latest data from the Central Energy Fund, the cost of both diesel and petrol is set to increase when the new fuel price adjustments come into effect on Wednesday, 2 July. …
She is one of an estimated 10 million eligible South Africans excluded from welfare payments due to administrative obstacles, including problems with an algorithm-based income verification check, recent research has found. Mtshali, who sells tomatoes in the Soweto township, had her online application for a Social Relief from Distress (SRD) grant rejected more than half …
The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation, Mr Leon Basson, has called for effective communications to communities who will be affected by the planned maintenance of the Rand Water system.
“While we welcome the planned maintenance of the bulk system, it is important that communities are kept up to date on when they will face shortages and intervening plans to provide water,” Mr Basson emphasised.
The Chairperson also welcomed Rand Water's proactive maintenance of the bulk system. The committee has consistently maintained that proactive system maintenance is essential to ensure the availability of water and reduce non-revenue water.
Despite this, the committee remains concerned that municipalities are not taking the initiative regarding the maintenance of the reticulation system. "It is unacceptable that municipalities are not maintaining their systems, which undercuts the maintenance by Rand Water. If the system is not maintained from source to tap, the value chain will continue to experience high non-revenue water. We reiterate the call for municipalities to come on board and invest in maintenance programmes for their system," Mr Basson concluded.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Republic of South Africa: The Parliament.