[FILE PHOTO] Shack fire. 1 minute Two people have died in a fire that swept through the New Rest Informal Settlement in Wellington early on Sunday morning. The fire has destroyed nearly 200 structures, leaving over 800 people displaced. The Drakenstein Municipality’s fire and rescue service is still on-site battling flare-ups, while the police and…
Handcuffs used to effect an arrest. 1 minute Six people, arrested for alleged manufacturing and dealing in illicit drugs, are expected to appear at the Standerton Court in Mpumalanga on Monday. The Hawks pounced on the suspects at a warehouse and a farm in the area. Chemicals and machinery found at both locations were confiscated….
Blitzboks team 2 minutes South Africa, winners of the Cape Town Sevens in December, have failed to advance to the Cup semifinals of the Singapore leg of World Rugby’s Sevens series. The Blitzboks finished a disappointing ninth at the Hong Kong Sevens last weekend and were dealt an early blow in Singapore. Great Britain, eighth…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson speaking in Parliament. 2 minutes The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has confirmed it’s taking legal action to evict former Members of Parliament who are refusing to move out of their subsidised accommodation. Three former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party MPs and one former African National Congress…
[File photo] Prince Simakade Zulu 2 minutes A faction of the AmaZulu Royal Family supporting Prince Simakade is optimistic about the upcoming case aimed at unseating the AmaZulu monarch. They are confident that the Supreme Court of Appeal will uphold a judgment by the High Court in Pretoria that set aside President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recognition…
A tap with running water. 1 minute UMngeni-uThukela Water will conduct a 24-hour shutdown of its Wiggins Water Treatment Works from 4 am on Tuesday. The service will resume on Wednesday at the same time. eThekwini Municipality spokesperson Siyabonga Maphumulo says the shutdown aims to replace a gravity sales meter and check pipeline meters for…
Cash in Transit vehicles parked 2 minutes Police in KwaZulu-Natal have expressed concern over the spate of cash-in-transit heists in the province. There have been at least three reported heists in the past three weeks. Crime statistics released in February showed an increase in cash-in-transit heists and truck hijackings in the period between October and…
ATM leader Vuyolwethu Zungula. 1 minute African Transformation Movement (ATM) leader, Vuyo Zungula, believes the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is being used for politically motivated cases rather than those that affect ordinary citizens. His comments come in the wake of the acquittal of the Jesus Dominion International Church leader Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused,…
ATM & MKP Leadership. 2 minutes The African Transformation Movement (ATM) and the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party believe that the Government of National Unity (GNU) is on the brink of collapse. The two parties say the disagreements over the passing of the budget for the 2025/2026 financial year in the GNU are clear indicators of…
5 minutes South Africa has adopted an investment roadmap to fund the expansion and modernisation of its transmission infrastructure. Government aims to tap into the private sector’s resources to raise R440 billion for the rollout of transmission infrastructure in the next 10 years. South Africa amended the Electricity Regulation Act going into 2025 to allow…
