Residents look on as the fire gutters the shacks. 2 minutes The City of Johannesburg’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit needs to be capacitated to deal effectively with illegal land invasions. That’s according to the city’s MMC for Human Settlements, Mlungisi Mabaso. His comment comes after a fire ravaged the Selby informal settlement in Booysens, where hundreds…
ANC NEC members brief the media on the outcomes of the ANC NEC Lekgotla 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says that the country’s biggest party is unapologetic about the transformative legislation that it has passed. Speaking following the ANC National Lekgotla, Mbalula says that the meeting urged that government ensure there…
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…
