A busy highway 2 minutes Amid concerns over the number of road fatalities this festive season, the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Road Traffic Inspectorate says human negligence is the primary cause of road crashes. Traffic volumes are on the increase in KZN as people are making their way to various holiday destinations ahead of Christmas. The N3…
File image: A cracked windscreen. 1 minute Seven people have died in two separate crashes in the Eastern Cape on Friday night. Three people died on the scene, while another two succumbed to their injuries in hospital in a collision involving two cars on the R409 between Ndabakazi and Ngqamakhwe. In the second crash, two…
Volkswagen AG 2 minutes Volkswagen neared a deal with labour leaders in the company’s longest negotiations over pay and jobs, sources said on Friday, but the final outcome was still uncertain as Europe’s largest carmaker tries to push through cuts and avert mass strikes. Volkswagen has been in talks with labour representatives since September over…
A busy highway 2 minutes Heavy traffic has been reported on Gauteng’s major highways and arterial routes. This, as motorists leave the province for various holiday destinations ahead of the Christmas period. Gauteng Traffic police say that most of the pressure is along the NI, N3 and N4 highways. Traffic authorities are urging motorists to…
President Cyril Ramaphosa signs into law the BELA Bill on September 13, 2024. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) has described the outcome of negotiations on two clauses of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act as a compromise among all parties in the government of national unity (GNU). Yesterday, President Cyril Ramaphosa authorised the…
1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) holds a media briefing on the enactment of the full Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. Live stream below:
Youths take part in an initiation ceremony marking their transition from boyhood to manhood in the Eastern Cape, South Africa on July 10, 2006. 1 minute The Eastern Cape government says it is ready to re-establish rescue centres for initiates who become distressed during this traditional rite of passage. Doctors and nurses will run the…
[Image file] Traffic officers working. 2 minutes The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has raised concerns about poor working conditions and severe under staffing that traffic officers are facing. The union has called for immediate government support, in order for officers to cope with the Transport Department’s 46-day Festive Road Safety Campaign which…
FILE PHOTO: Workers renovate an electricity pylon. 1 minute Electrical companies that the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has contracted are threatening to down tools on Monday should the municipality fail to pay them. Some of the contractors claim that the municipality has not paid them for over four months. Bandile Sibiya is president of…
Tourism Minister Patria De Lille addresses those in attendance during a Summer Campaign Road Show at the Apartheid Museum in Ormonde, Johannesburg. 2 minutes Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says she plans to diversify South Africa’s tourism industry this festive season. She was speaking during the Summer Campaign Road Show at the Apartheid Museum in…
