City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero speaks at a briefing in Braamfontein. 1 minute City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says the renaming of Sandton Drive is still under public consultation. Morero was addressing members of the media in Johannesburg, where he touched on a number of issues. In 2018, the city approved the renaming…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says farm murders are committed by people known to the farmers. 1 minute Cabinet is investigating the violations of South African law related to the misinformation campaigns conducted by the labour unions Solidarity and AfriForum and their allies. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced this while briefing the media on the…
Nurses during COVID-19 vaccination drive 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa will this morning address the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa’s (DENOSA) 9th congress at Birchwood in Boksburg on the East Rand. The congress will deal with issues related to the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI) and conditions under which nurses will work….
Bafana Bafana team. 1 minute Bafana Bafana have increased their chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the Americas. They beat hosts Benin 2-0 in a Group C match played at the Félix Houphouët Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on Tuesday night. The win means they remain top of the group with 13…
Residents of Phumla Mqashi informal settlement near Lenasia South in Johannesburg fetch water from a truck. 2 minutes Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says the water challenges faced by several municipalities across the country are not an issue of water supply but a result of infrastructure damages. Majodina was speaking ahead of the two-day…
Capetonians collect water at the Newlands Spring during a water outage. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa will today address the National Water and Sanitation Indaba in Midrand, Gauteng. The gathering is expected to highlight government’s commitment to tackling South Africa’s water security challenges. The Presidency says the Water and Sanitation Indaba will assess the progress…
Signage seen at an Ithala Bank branch. 1 minute The MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal, Reverend Musa Zondi says a regulatory technicality should not stand in the way of saving iThala from collapse. Zondi took part in a debate in the National Council of Provinces. Founded in 1958, the aim…
File image: RDP house in the Free State. 1 minute Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements says it is not satisfied with the way the Free State government is spending its housing infrastructure funding. Part of the funding has been spent on houses for military veterans. The committee says it suspects corruption in some housing…
The Mineral Resources Department earlier announced an increase of R1,21 cents a litre for petrol with diesel increasing by R1, 48 cents a litre. 2 minutes Companies in the fuel industry that are selling contaminated diesel or petrol must be shut down by the government, according to the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral…
File image: Police conduct anti-human trafficking operation. 2 minutes Gauteng police are investigating a suspected human trafficking case after 32 foreign nationals escaped from a house where they were held captive in Lombardy East, Johannesburg. Neighbours were alerted to the scene after hearing strange noises of people banging on doors and breaking windows. They then…
