File Image: Ahmed Kathrada. 2 minutes To commemorate the life of Ahmed Kathrada, ideals and values, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation is hosting a public event today under the theme, “Achieving non-racialism, what must be done?”. Today marks the eighth anniversary of the renowned anti-apartheid activist who passed away at the age of 87. Kathrada was…
Workers on site on a dilapidated waterway. 2 minutes Government says it’s introducing a new licence that will allow water entities to outsource the bolstering of water and sanitation services to private contractors. It made the announcement at the National Water and Sanitation Indaba at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand Johannesburg. The aim of the Indaba…
Deputy Minister Paul Mashatile 3 minutes Government is to spend more than R9 billion over the next three years on infrastructure as part of fast-tracking service delivery to communities. Deputy President Paul Mashatile revealed this in Parliament when he answered questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). He was grilled on various issues of…
1 minute The corruption case against former Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula continues in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
A nurse prepares a vaccine dosage. 2 minutes The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has expressed concern about the increasing number of respiratory diphtheria cases in the country. 40 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed including nine fatalities. This contagious and serious illness can be prevented through vaccination. Symptoms typically include a sore throat,…
Postbank black card 1 minute The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has urged grant beneficiaries who have not yet switched from the gold card to the Postbank black card to urgently do so. This follows two extensions of the deadline which will now be on April 30. So far, 1.3 million of the country’s 2.6 million beneficiaries…
Former SAA Board member Yakhe Kwinana appears at the East London Magistrates Court in the Eastern Cape on 26 March 2025. 2 minutes Another investigating officer, who testified in the bail application of former SAA Board Member Ntombiyakhe Kwinana, has detailed how they struggled to locate Kwinana when they wanted to question her. Sergeant Motlalepule…
Polish world number two Iga Swiatek 2 minutes Polish world number two Iga Swiatek has been given extra security after a spectator at the Miami Open verbally abused the five-times major champion during a practice session last weekend, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The man shouted personal insults about Swiatek’s family and had previously sent…
1 minute Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. The Investigating Officer, Captain Wesley Lombard, is testifying for the State. LIVE STREAM:
Crime graphic. 1 minute The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) will investigate a human trafficking case after 23 South Africans trafficked to Thailand were rescued and brought back home. The group has returned to the country from Myanmar with the assistance of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the Border Management…
