Music festival under way. 2 minutes The organizers of the annual Diamonds and Dorings music festival are excited that the event is slowly living up to its expectations. Hundreds of music lovers descended on the Oval Cricket Ground in Kimberley for this reimagined festival experience. Music lovers at the annual Diamonds and Dorings Music Festival…
MK Party SG Floyd Shivambu addressing the media 2 minutes uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party Secretary General Floyd Shivambu has thanked the Malawian self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri for hosting him in that country. Shivambu’s visit to Bushiri in Malawi got people talking that he visited a fugitive who is wanted in South Africa to answer to…
A soccer ball. 2 minutes The deplorable state of sporting facilities in rural areas in the Eastern Cape has come under the spotlight as various community-hosted sports tournaments over the Easter weekend. Some tournament organisers have called on authorities or a Good Samaritan to step in and assist them in upgrading these facilities. They believe…
1 minute Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has commended the swift response of the Ekurhuleni Emergency Management Team and firefighters following a fire that broke out in the Accident and Emergency Unit of Tembisa Hospital last night. A total of 74 patients were safely evacuated to another unit at the hospital. No casualties were reported….
Person having a whiskey 1 minute One more drink could be the difference between life and death during the Easter long weekend. That’s the view of Aware.org. The awareness organisation is promoting responsible drinking. Chief executive Mokebe Thulo has this message for the public. “Life can change in a split second and that is the…
[File image] Recovered firearm 2 minutes The City of Cape Town says a total of 22 firearms have been recovered by the city’s law enforcement and metro police officers in the past two weeks. The City’s Safety and Security spokesperson, Ruth Solomons, says in the latest incident, law enforcement officers were doing patrols in Hanover…
Hundreds of South Africans tie the knot in Easter mass wedding 2 minutes More than 1,500 couples got married during a mass wedding at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) at Kanana City, outside Heidelberg in Gauteng. This record number of wedded couples is believed to surpass, by far, the mass weddings in the same…
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne 2 minutes Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has said he was surprised by the Premier League club’s decision not to offer him a contract extension, describing it as a business-driven move. The 33-year-old Belgian, whose deal expires in June, announced on social media this month that he will be…
Vehicles on a road in Limpopo 2 minutes Thousands of members of the Zion Christian Church and Saint Engenas ZCC started leaving Moria outside Polokwane on Sunday afternoon. This follows the annual Easter sermons delivered by the bishops of both churches. The pilgrimage to Moria is a significant event on the churches’ calendars, drawing worshippers…
Car in crash accident 1 minute The Gauteng Traffic Police says the province has recorded 14 fatal crashes since the start of the Easter long weekend, claiming the lives of 15 road users, nine of them pedestrians. Gauteng Traffic spokesperson Obed Sibasa says traffic volumes are expected to increase on Sunday afternoon and into Monday,…
