Cricket ball hits the stumps 1 minute Opener Brian Bennett hit his second fifty of the match to set up Zimbabwe’s thrilling three-wicket victory in the opening test against Bangladesh in Sylhet on Wednesday. Chasing 174 for victory, Zimbabwe got off to a strong start with Bennett (54) and Ben Curran (44) adding 95 for…
Healthcare worker prepares a vaccination 1 minute The North West Health Department says it has embarked on a campaign to trace children who may have missed immunisation. It says this is as part of the Africa Vaccination Week between the 24th and 30th of this month. The department’s spokesperson Tebogo Lekgethwane says the aim of…
Economic Freedom Fighter MP Sinawo Thambo. 3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on Parliament to withdraw the 2025 Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals adopted nearly four weeks ago. The party is also calling for the resignation of Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. This follows an announcement by the Finance Ministry that the 0.5…
1 minute The re-opened inquest into the death of former ANC’s president Chief Albert Luthuli continues in the Pietermaritzburg High Court. The inquest is looking into the circumstances surrounding Luthuli’s death who was a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Luthuli died in July 1967, reportedly after he was struck by a goods train. Live proceedings |Inquest…
Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana delivers the keynote address at the (Financial Sector Conduct Authority) FSCA Industry Conference in Johannesburg on March 20, 2025. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is adamant that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana should resign, accusing him of posing a threat to the country’s economic stability. This comes after the reversal…
[File image] A man in handcuffs. 1 minute Two brothers arrested for the possession of rifles and ammunition in Ezakheni, KwaZulu-Natal, are expected to appear in court today. Police say the siblings are also suspected to be linked to a string of taxi-related murders in the area. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says, “The suspects were…
Forensic personnel load bodies of victims after the deaths of patrons found inside the Enyobeni Tavern, in Scenery Park, outside East London in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, June 26, 2022. 1 minute The Enyobeni Tavern tragedy inquest in the East London Regional Court sitting in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape will continue today….
SA police ‘arrest’ banner. 1 minute A scholar transport driver has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old learner in the Mafefe area outside Lebowakgomo in Limpopo. Police say the learner was allegedly sexually assaulted between January and March this year. The alleged incidents came to light when the child told her guardian. The incident…
Emergency services and JMPD at the scene of the Usindiso building fire in Johannesburg on August 31, 2023 1 minute The Usindiso building fire trial is expected to continue today in the High Court in Johannesburg sitting in Palm Ridge. Yesterday, the court heard that drugs did not seem to impair alleged arsonist, Sithembiso Mdlalose…
Tembisa Hospital fire on April 19. 2025. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has questioned the effectiveness of personnel at the Tembisa Hospital on the East Rand in preventing incidents such as fires. The DA is calling for a swift investigation into the two recent fires at the hospital in Olifantsfontein, Johannesburg. The…
