(File Image) Members of the South African Police Service salute while on parade. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the goal is to raise more than R6.6 million for the SAPS Education Trust, which supports the education of children whose parents were officers killed in the line of duty. Last year, the Trust funded…
Initiates walking. 2 minutes Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has committed to deploy more resources in the Eastern Cape to prevent the death of initiates in the province. Hlabisa made the commitment during a meeting with provincial traditional leaders in East London. More than 370 initiates in the Eastern Cape have…
South African National Defence Force members. 2 minutes Deputy Defence Minister General Bantu Holomisa has urged government to allocate more funding to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for troops deployed abroad. This call comes as Defence Minister Angie Motshekga visits the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to assess the operational conditions and welfare…
Police officer wearing a bullet vest. 1 minute The Bellville South police have requested the help of the public to identify a man who was hit and killed by a train in Bellville, Cape Town. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says the incident happened on Wednesday. He says the man was declared dead on the scene….
1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of sexual harassment against Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court continues. Live proceedings below:
A doctor wearing a stethoscope. 1 minute The unemployment of qualified doctors has become a serious concern as over 1 500 of them remain jobless in South Africa. A group of unemployed doctors in KwaZulu-Natal have now taken a stand, as they prepare to march from the UNISA Pietermaritzburg campus on Monday morning to highlight…
Shares of Netflix soared 13%. 3 minutes Shares of Netflix soared 13% to an all-time high on Wednesday after the streaming giant’s big bet on sports helped add a record 18.9 million subscribers in the holiday quarter, ballooning its already sizeable advantage over other players. The company also unveiled price hikes on Tuesday in markets…
Struggle veteran Major-General Keith Mokoape. 1 minute Struggle veteran Major-General Keith Mokoape will be buried in Midrand, Johannesburg today. The former ANC armed wing’s uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) intelligence chief died last weekend. Major-General Mokoape led MK major operations across southern Africa, serving in leadership positions in Botswana, Mozambique and Swaziland. In 2018, Major-General Mokoape…
File image: Former SARA leader Colleen Makhubele with MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. 1 minute Former South African Rainbow Alliance (SARA) leader Colleen Makhubele and Bapedi Crown Prince Adil Nchabeleng will be sworn in as members of Parliament for uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party on Tuesday next week. The MK Party’s seats in the house became…
A lecture room at a campus 3 minutes The Civil Organization, Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), wants private student accommodation to be managed by tertiary academic institutions like before. This comes after a string of concerns relating to the delays in NSFAS funding, affecting students and financially crippling service providers. The Private Student Housing Association is…
