Person in prison 1 minute A 57-year-old Northern Cape man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Kakamas Regional Court for raping an 11-year-old girl in 2022. The man accosted the minor at Augrabies when she was walking home. When the child refused to accompany him to the shop, he forcefully dragged…
African Congress for Transformation leader and former African National Congress Secretary-General and Free State Premier, Ace Magashule. 1 minute The trial of former Free State Premier Ace Magashule who is accused number 13 in the asbestos roof removal case involving R255 million is finally under way at the High Court in Bloemfontein with indications that…
CRL Rights Commission chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva. 2 minutes Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights (CLR) Commission has raised concerns that religious leaders who work closely with children are not being vetted against the National Sex Offender Register. The CRL Rights Commission has established a committee, comprising religious leaders, to investigate ongoing abuses in churches. This comes…
Shaft 11 of a disused mine at Stilfontein. 3 minutes Only 12 bodies of illegal mine workers, who had died in abandoned mines in Stilfontein in North West, have been positively identified by their families. Seventy-eight bodies were brought to the surface in a combined effort by the community and a government led retrieval operation….
Tax-related material on a desk. 1 minute Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance in Parliament, Joe Maswanganyi, says the decision to implement the proposed 0.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) increase rests solely with Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. The proposed increase has drawn disagreement from members of the Government of National Unity (GNU). If implemented,…
Silhouette of a church cross 1 minute The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic (CRL) Rights Commission has set up a committee comprising religious leaders, to look into ongoing abuses in churches. This follows its investigative hearings regarding the commercialisation of religion and abuse of people’s belief systems. The Commission says it continues to receive complaints of…
Former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas gestures ahead of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry probing state capture in Johannesburg, South Africa August 24, 2018. 2 minutes Political analyst Isaac Khambule has questioned the timing of South Africa’s decision to appoint a special envoy to the United States of America. The Presidency made the announcement in…
FILE | Students at WSU campus 2 minutes Police in the Eastern Cape say no arrests have been made after the fatal shooting of a Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student at the Mthatha campus, as access to the crime scene is blockaded by protesting students. The shooting incident happened earlier today when protesting students allegedly…
Person holds SA money 2 minutes Mpumalanga Finance MEC Bonakele Majuba has issued a stern warning to provincial government departments owing municipalities in the province. Majuba has met with representatives of the 20 Mpumalanga municipalities in Mbombela. The financial status of municipalities came under the spotlight during the meeting. Majuba also says the appointment of…
[File photo] Bucket toilets seen lined up in an informal settlement 2 minutes The use of buckets toilets has increased by over 50 percent in the Northern Cape. According to the 2022/2023 census, the province has the highest proportion of households still using bucket toilets followed by North West. The province recorded 52,5 percent increase…
