Road Traffic Mangement Corporation (RTMC). 2 minutes Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) CEO Advocate Makhosini Msibi says the bribing of law enforcement officers by drivers is a growing problem in the country. The RTMC executive was briefing the Portfolio Committee on Transport about the Easter weekend road incident figures. Msibi says, “Drunken drivers that we…
Transnet freight train. 1 minute Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says government has received overwhelming responses from the private sector invited to invest in the country’s rail infrastructure. In March, Creecy launched an online request for proposals from the private sector. The minister delivered the keynote address at the 25th Africa Rail Conference in Sandton, Johannesburg….
[FILE IMAGE] Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso appears in the High Court in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. 1 minute Home Affairs says it has noted the release of the Nigerian national televangelist, Timothy Omotoso by the East London Regional Court. Omotoso appeared in the court on charges related to contravention of the Immigration Act, following his arrest…
Gauteng Social Development MEC Faith Mazibuko 1 minute Gauteng Social Development MEC Faith Mazibuko says her department has arbitrated over about 2 000 funding applications from Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs). She says they have so far issued 900 letters of award to successful applicants. Mazibuko says organisations whose applications have been rejected have seven days in…
South Africa continues to grapple with Stage 2 rolling blackouts. 1 minute Eskom has announced that it will be implementing stage two power cuts from 4pm this afternoon until 10pm on Thursday evening. The power utility says the decision is due to a delay in the return of generation units, as well as a couple…
Panyaza Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani programme 2 minutes The DA has launched a scathing attack on Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s administration, accusing it of failing to curb rising unemployment in the province. Gauteng’s unemployment rate has increased to 34.7 % with R2.7 million residents now jobless. The DA’s Shadow MEC for Economic Development, Mike Moriarty, argues…
1 minute The inquest into the death of Chief Albert Luthuli continues in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, KwaZulu-Natal. IMPORTANT: Please note graphic content played may upset viewers. Live proceedings below:
Chief Albert Luthuli was born near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in 1898. 1 minute A new witness is expected to take the stand today in the reopened inquest into the death of former ANC president Chief Albert Luthuli in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Luthuli died in Groutville in 1967 after a train reportedly hit…
A firefighter works at the scene of a deadly fire which occurred in the early hours of the morning in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 31, 2023. 1 minute The trial of a man accused of arson in the fire at the Usindiso building in the Johannesburg CBD is expected to resume this morning in the…
Unemployment graphic. 1 minute University of Johannesburg sociologist, Professor Trevor Ngwane, has criticised the government for failing to address rising unemployment, accusing it of prioritising profit over job creation. Ngwane was commenting on the latest unemployment figures released by Statistics South Africa, which show a slight increase in the official unemployment rate for the first…
