Hard hat and torch. 3 minutes More than 900 suspected illegal miners have been arrested between December last year and January this year in Limpopo. The suspected illegal miners were arrested during police’s operation Vala Umgodi across the province. Meanwhile, mining forums in the mineral-rich Sekhukhune district are calling on the government to issue them with…
Deputy Minister of Basic Education, Regina Mhaule, says the inmates achieved remarkable results. 3 minutes The Minister of Correctional Services, Dr. Pieter Groenewald, says inmates achieved a 96.2% matric pass rate in 2024. Groenewald announced the National Senior Certificate (NSC) matric results for inmates at the Johannesburg Correctional Centre. 171 inmates across 17 Correctional Service…
Police are still combing through evidence at the scene in Midrand where a suspect was arrested for child pornography related charges, January 17, 2025. 1 minute Police say a 35-year-old male suspect who was arrested earlier in Midrand, in Johannesburg was identified through an international law agency and effectively arrested in South Africa. Over 10…
Mobile classrooms seen at a school. 2 minutes The Gauteng education department says work has started to erect mobile classrooms on a vacant piece of land, as an interim measure to alleviate overcrowding in schools in Orchards, north of Pretoria. The mobile classrooms, which will include ablution facilities, are expected to be operational by June…
Shaft 11 in Stilfontein. 2 minutes The Benchmark Foundation says intricacies of illegal mining would not have been registered, if government prioritised the formalisation of artisanal mining. The views follow the deaths of 78 illegal miners at Shaft 11 in Stilfontein in the North West Province. The Vala Umgodi police operation commenced in August at…
Johannes Jacobs and Gert Bezuidenhout seen during their appearance at the George Magistrate’s Court. 2 minutes Two men accused of murdering underworld boss, Mark Lifman, have been denied bail in the George Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape. The two, 37 and 53-year-old men are accused of shooting Lifman down in the parking lot of…
1 minute Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane, has emphasised the government’s responsibility to ensure further educational opportunities for the province’s high-achieving matriculants. Speaking at the launch of the first Eastern Cape Aviation School in Port Alfred today, Mabuyane highlighted the importance of this new institution in providing accessible opportunities, particularly for students from disadvantaged backgrounds….
A hospital ward. 1 minute The Department of Health says the Witpoort Hospital outside Lephalale has been re-opened. The hospital had been temporarily closed due to threat of flooding following heavy rains and the collapse of a dam wall in the area. Patients have now been taken back after being relocated. Department Spokesperson Neil Shikwambana…
South African Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie. 1 minute Sports, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie has urged South African artists and musicians to protect their legacies by obtaining legal representation. McKenzie was speaking after visiting the families of the late musicians Winnie Khumalo and Victor “Doc Shebeleza” Bogopane. The two musicians,…
Rescue operations at Stilfontein. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s media briefing which was scheduled to take place in Pretoria today has been postponed to a date yet to be announced. He was due to focus on the completion of operations at a disused mine at Stilfontein in the North West. The court-ordered government-led operations…
