SA’s Under-19 women at the ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia. 1 minute South Africa’s last Super Six match against the United States (US) at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia has been abandoned without a ball bowled. Relentless rain in Sarawak has denied the Young Proteas yet…
Fifty Putco buses were set alight on January 27, 2025. 1 minute Mpumalanga police have arrested two suspects in connection with the torching of over 50 Putco buses in the Nkangala District on Monday night. Police Spokesperson Donald Mdhluli says the suspects were apprehended last night. A group of armed individuals driving a Quantum, a…
Residents look on as the fire gutters the shacks. 2 minutes Johannesburg Emergency Services says although the fire that destroyed hundreds of shacks at the Booysens Informal settlements in Johannesburg has been extinguished, it is still not safe for residents to rebuild their homes at the site. This is after more than 400 families lost…
Port Elizabeth TVET College. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula says the party will accelerate the expansion of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges. Mbalula says this is to address the issue of the shortage of institutions of higher learning, and to ensure that young people gain the necessary skills….
Over 50 Putco buses razed to ashes 2 minutes Mpumalanga police say they’ve heightened their alert level following a brazen attack on Putco bus depots in the Nkangala District on Monday evening. A group of unknown armed suspects reportedly targeted several depots in the province, resulting in over 50 buses razed to ashes. The transport…
File image: Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda maintains his innocence, saying the fraud charges against him are malicious and political. Gwamanda stands accused of defrauding some Soweto residents in an alleged funeral policy scheme that ran between 2011 and 2012 through his then-company Ithemba lama Afrika. He appeared…
File image: Nehawu members down tools. 1 minute The National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) is today expected to submit a memorandum of demands to the National Treasury and South African Reserve Bank (SARB) in a bid to prevent the impending liquidation of Ithala Bank. According to Nehawu, the bank’s more than 400…
Girls walk to school in South Africa’s poor Eastern Cape province. 2 minutes Communities living in farming areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo have expressed concerns about the future of their children’s education. They accuse the Department of Basic Education of neglecting their schools, unlike in urban and township areas where officials regularly visit during school…
File Image: The slow decay of the city is driving investors away. 1 minute The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) has raised concerns about the deteriorating state of municipal governance, warning that it poses significant risks to investor confidence. Property owners and investors are facing rising costs for essential services such as electricity and…
File image: South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicles in Stilfontein, North West. 1 minute North West police have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of a body at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein. This is one of the shafts that illegal miners used to emerge from underground between November and December last year, at the…
