Ramathuba Snubs ‘ANC Desk’ ANCYL In Cabinet Reshuffle

Limpopo Premier and provincial ANC chairperson Phophi Ramathuba has reshuffled her cabinet and snubbed the provincial ANC Youth League (ANCYL), in what has been seen as a sign that the league has lost its influence and been reduced to an “ANC desk”.

For more than a year, the Limpopo ANCYL launched a spirited and relentless campaign calling on Ramathuba to appoint its chairperson Faith Sebopela as MEC.

The campaign, led by provincial ANCYL secretary Phineas Sebola, wasREAD MORE

Police in Vhembe, Limpopo, have intercepted a suspected dagga smuggling operation and seized nearly a tonne of the illegal drug with an estimated street value of R1.5 million.

The seizure was made on Friday, 18 September, when members of the South African Police Service’s Beitbridge Port of Entry Task Team stopped a white Toyota Hilux at a roadblock at the Baobab Tollgate at about 11 am.

The vehicle was travelling with two Tanzanian nationals, aged 32 andREAD MORE

Madlanga Commission: One Year of Explosive Evidence, Now Extended to January

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry will have more time to complete its work after President Cyril Ramaphosa granted what has been described as the final extension for the submission of its report.

The commission will now submit its final report on 25 January 2027, almost 16 months after public hearings began and more than a year after KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi became its firstREAD MORE

The spacecraft will ascend to an altitude of over 100 km, carry out a series of scientific experiments, and then re-enter the atmosphere before splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean

Brazil has launched a research rocket which is set to return to Earth by parachute after its flight. This was reported by Metrópoles, a partner of TV BRICS.

The VS-30 V16 rocket was launched on 15 September 2026 from the Brazilian “Barreira do Inferno” spaceportREAD MORE

Suspended Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) deputy chief Julius Mkhwanazi has been fired by the City of Ekurhuleni, ending months of disciplinary proceedings while he faced several criminal cases.

Mkhwanazi had been on suspension and receiving his full salary for about 10 months before the municipality terminated his employment.

His dismissal comes as he remains in custody following the rejection of his bail application in the murder case involving Brakpan businessman Emmanuel Mbense.