Polish world number two Iga Swiatek 2 minutes Polish world number two Iga Swiatek has been given extra security after a spectator at the Miami Open verbally abused the five-times major champion during a practice session last weekend, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The man shouted personal insults about Swiatek’s family and had previously sent…
1 minute Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. The Investigating Officer, Captain Wesley Lombard, is testifying for the State. LIVE STREAM:
Crime graphic. 1 minute The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) will investigate a human trafficking case after 23 South Africans trafficked to Thailand were rescued and brought back home. The group has returned to the country from Myanmar with the assistance of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the Border Management…
EFF Leader Julius Malema 1 minute The Constitutional Court has refused AfriForum’s bid for leave to appeal the “Kill the boer” judgment, which found that the chant did not constitute Hate Speech. After the apex considered the application, it concluded that the application should be dismissed as it bears no reasonable prospects of success. In…
The Western Cape Minister of Finance, Deidré Baartman speaks at the Provincial Budget and Governance Forum in Swellendam on December 9, 2024. 1 minute The Western Cape Minister of Finance, Deidré Baartman, is expected to table the 2025/26 Provincial Budget this morning. The budget will be tabled amid significant fiscal constraints, as national finances remain…
Residents of KaMajika Village near Hazyview in Mpumalanga collect water from the Kambeni River. 2 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile will officially close the National Water and Sanitation Indaba at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Gauteng, today. President Cyril Ramaphosa who delivered the keynote address yesterday underscored government’s commitment to tackling South Africa’s water…
US Embassy in Pretoria 1 minute Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says the United States (US) is well within its rights to choose its ambassador to South Africa without consulting Pretoria. Ntshavheni was briefing the media in Pretoria today on the outcomes of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. US President Donald Trump has announced his nomination…
1 minute Stats SA says it has noted a drop in free basic services rendered in municipalities, compared to 10 years ago. According to its non-financial census of municipalities for the year ended 30 June 2023, only three provinces showed the highest proportion of households that benefited from free basic water services. They are the Western…
Ramaphosa at the Water Indaba 3 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the time for talking shop is over as government and stakeholders must find solutions to the country’s water crisis. Ramaphosa was speaking at the two-day National Water and Sanitation Indaba, taking place in Midrand, Gauteng. The Indaba is set to address the country’s…
Former US Ambassador to South Africa, Ebrahim Rasool. 1 minute The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) says it hasn’t received a formal communique from the United States of America regarding the deployment of a new US ambassador to South Africa. US President Donald Trump has nominated Brent Bozell III to be Washington’s ambassador…
