Second phase of government’s operation to retrieve illegal miners from underground in Stilfontein. 2 minutes North West Community Safety MEC Wessels Morweng says this kind of retrieval operation of illegal miners at Stilfontein is the first of its kind to be carried out. The second phase of government’s operation to bring to the surface illegal…
A prepaid electricity meter box. 2 minutes The City of Cape Town says it has completed its prepaid electricity meter updates ahead of Sunday’s deadline. The city’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says all the 500 000 prepaid meters in Cape Town have been updated. Limberg says customers supplied by the…
Mine retrieval operations at Stilfontein 2 minutes The families of some of the illegal miners are pleading with the government to retrieve their loved ones from shaft 11 in Stilfontein in North West. They made the plea during a media briefing organised by civic and labour organisations. Some families say their loved ones are in…
PP’s offices 3 minutes Parliament’s Justice and Constitutional Development Committee has interviewed the candidates for the position of Deputy Public Protector. Eight individuals were interviewed for the position that has been vacant for almost a year. It became vacant when the current Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka was appointed to head the office. This is…
Some of the gold bearing material discovered at an illegal mining operation in Pongola in KwaZulu-Natal on 21 November 2024. 2 minutes Four suspected illegal miners have been arrested at a mine in Pongola in northern KwaZulu-Natal. The suspects were found in possession of gold-bearing material worth over R3 million and mining equipment. Provincial police…
Contraceptive pills 1 minute The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) is recalling a batch of YAZ Plus contraceptives. SAHPRA says instead of containing 24 pink film-coated hormone tablets and four light orange hormone-free tablets, the affected packs contain 24 light orange hormone-free tablets and four pink film-coated hormone tablets. SAHPRA spokesperson Madimetja Mashishi…
Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago delivers the Monetary Policy Committee Statement in Pretoria on November 21, 2024. 1 minute Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says he is concerned that despite good inflation figures, the country’s business confidence remains low and policy uncertainty elevated. The bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has cut the interest rate by 25…
City Power is on a drive to upgrade prepaid meters. 1 minute Johannesburg’s City Power says over 99% of its vending pre-paid meters have been upgraded. This comes as customers rush to beat the Sunday deadline for meters to be upgraded. City Power says from today its Service Delivery Centres across Johannesburg will remain open…
Murder accused pig farmer Zacharia Olivier breaks down during his appearance at the Polokwane Regional Court in Limpopo on 22 November 2024. 1 minute One of the accused in the Limpopo pig farm murders, Zacharia Olivier, has broken down in tears during his bail hearing at the Polokwane Regional Court. It’s not clear why he started…
Environmental Health, EMS, SAPS, Security Companies, Crime Wardens, and CPF Patrollers conduct Spaza Shops Operation in Alexandra on November 16, 2024. 1 minute Twelve people accused of selling expired food and dealing in illicit cigarettes are to appear in the Morebeng Magistrate’s Court in Soekmekaar, Limpopo. The accused were in court yesterday and were remanded…
