A woman crosses a flooded street in Philippi. 1 minute Disaster Risk management officials in the Western Cape are on alert ahead of a series of cold fronts due to make landfall in the province this week. The weather service has issued a level 2 weather warning with expected high waves, rain and strong winds…
Main entrance of the Tembisa Hospital after a fire broke out. 1 minute The case against a man accused of allegedly starting the fire last month which destroyed sections of Tembisa Hospital will continue on Friday. 48-year-old Thembinkosi Manqunyana appeared in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court on Monday facing a charge of arson and malicious damage…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in the United States of America. He is expected to meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC. 🇿🇦His Excellency President @CyrilRamaphosa is leaving for the United States of America where he is embarking on…
A graphic depicting child pornography 1 minute The Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court has today sentenced a man from Kraaifontein in the Western Cape to 12 years direct imprisonment for downloading and distributing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says the convict has entered a plea and…
The reburial of struggle hero Adv Nokwe. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says his administration is committed to restoring the dignity of activists who died and were buried abroad, and to those who were subjected to indignities in foreign lands. He was speaking at the reburial of the remains of former African National Congress (ANC)…
Forensic Pathologists examine the scene where two people are alleged to have died during service delivery protests, sparked by ongoing frustrations over poor service delivery, in Diepkloof 2 minutes Two people have died and another sustained injury following protest by hostel residents in Diepkloof, Soweto on Monday. Residents blockaded the highways and Chris Hani Road…
FILE: The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) members during NEC meeting. 1 minute SASCO in Tshwane has given Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane seven days to respond to their memorandum of demands or face intensified protest action. Students marched to the Minister’s office in Pretoria over NSFAS related issues, including the defunding of students…
A piece of arid land 2 minutes Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development Mzwanele Nyhontso has officially handed over more than 2 000 hectares of land to the community of KwaMathonsi near KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast in settling a land claim. The community said in their land claim that they were dispossessed…
FILE | Fire engines at a scene of a blaze 1 minute Four toddlers between the ages of one and two have died following a house fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg. The cause of the fire is not yet known. A fire incident was reported in Mayfair, Johannesburg, this morning, resulting in four fatalities. The cause…
Standard and Poor’s 1 minute Rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has affirmed South Africa’s debt ratings at sub-investment grade of BB minus and BB, and also maintained the positive outlook. In its latest review released last night, S&P says the rating is still constrained by relatively low GDP growth rates, as well as sizable…
