Student doing maths homework 2 minutes Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says the department remains concerned about the uptake of science and maths subjects. Senior officials from the department appeared before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee to analyse the matric results of last year. The class of 2024 achieved a pass rate of 87.3 percent, the highest…
Aerial view of the KwaSizabantu Christian Mission church 1 minute The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission (CRL) says it will review its findings on alleged human rights violations at the KwaSizabantu Christian Mission near Kranskop in northern KwaZulu-Natal decades ago. In 2020, the commission held hearings on allegations of sexual abuse, negligence and fraud…
A man throws a snowball at the 35th Koide International Snowball Fight in Uonuma, Niigata 2 minutes More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Sunday, in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to sweep the country’s northern snow belt. The 35th…
Hyacinth invading the Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West. 2 minutes Government says there’s a need to put urgent measures in place to combat the sources of pollution in the catchment area of the Hartbeespoort Dam in the North West province. Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, Sello Seitlholo visited the dam to assess progress on…
Sassa staff assisting beneficiaries. 2 minutes The social security agency South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has extended the deadline for beneficiaries to change from gold to black Postbank cards from the 28 February to 20 March. Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi and Social Development Minister Nokuzola Tolashe announced the extension in a…
Illustration photo shows various medicine pills in their original packaging. 2 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department is investigating reports that patients are being turned away from some health facilities after being told that there is no medication. MEC Nomagugu Simelane says the provincial depot normally keeps a three-month stockpile. In cases which a clinic or…
Water running from a tap. 2 minutes Rand Water has warned Gauteng consumers that the entire water system in the province will collapse if they do not reduce their consumption. The bulk water supplier has particularly called on the Tshwane and Johannesburg Metros to encourage residents to lower their water consumption as storage levels in…
Hand foot and mouth disease on a child’s feet. 2 minutes Parents in KwaZulu-Natal are being urged to monitor their children for symptoms related to hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD). This comes after two schools in Phoenix, north of Durban, confirmed cases of the disease over the past few days. The schools – Grandmore…
Enoch Ndou appears in the Thohoyandou High Court in Limpopo. 1 minute Multiple murder accused, Enoch Ndou, will today hear his fate in the High Court in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. The High Court is sitting at the Waterval Magistrate’s Court outside Louis Trichardt. 53-year-old Ndou has been accused of the murder of seven family members at…
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members during a handover ceremony and memorial service for 14 soldiers at the Air Force Base Swartkop in Pretoria on February 13, 2025. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa President says government takes seriously the concerns that various MPs have raised over the deployment of the South African National Defence…
