The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services reports that there has been good progress with containment in some areas, while in other areas flare-ups. 2 minutes Firefighters in the Cape Winelands District Municipality have had a busy night trying to put out fires in different parts of the municipality. Fire spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto, says the…
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa briefs media on the current causes of load shedding on 23 February 2025. 2 minutes Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says a combination of setbacks experienced by power utility Eskom, including a failure of certain units as well as aggressive maintenance in preparation for winter, is the reason for the resumption of…
Over 50 firefighters are responding to a fire in Newlands, Table Mountain National Park, reported at 3:40 AM. 1 minute SANParks has deployed more than 50 ground firefighters and aerial resources to combat an active fire in the Newlands area of Table Mountain National Park above Kirstenbosch. Reports of the fire outbreak were received in…
Staff Sergeant Ishmael Molahlehi’s coffin is covered in the South African flag during his funeral service in Thaba Nchu in the Free State. 1 minute The funeral service for 53-year-old Staff Sergeant Ishmael Molahlehi is underway at Thaba Nchu in the Free State. Molahlehi is one of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF)…
Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi’s coffin draped in the South African flag during his funeral service at Ga-Sekororo outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. 2 minutes Limpopo’s Cooperative Governance MEC, Basikopo Makamu, has paid tribute to the youngest of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 28-year-old Rifleman…
VBS branch 1 minute Disgruntled VBS Mutual Bank depositors have expressed outrage at the news that municipalities who deposited money in the collapsed bank, would be the first to be reimbursed. This follows the recovery of R670 million by the liquidators of the collapsed bank. The recovery of the money by liquidators had brought hope…
1 minute Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa briefs the media following the implementation of load shedding, which has since been escalated to Stage 6. Live proceedings below:
Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi’s portrait is pictured during his funeral service at Ga-Sekororo in Limpopo. 2 minutes Hundreds of mourners have converged at Ga-Sekororo outside Tzaneen in Limpopo, where the funeral service for the deceased, Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi, is under way. The mood at the proceedings is somber. Rifleman Moagi is one of the…
A candle burns in a house on the Cape Flats, due to South Africa’s struggling power utility company Eskom, implementing regular power cuts – called ‘load-shedding’, in Cape Town, South Africa February 11, 2023. 1 minute South Africans have woken up to darkness after Eskom implemented Stage 6 load shedding in the early hours of…
FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. 2 minutes Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa says a commission of inquiry will be established to look into the deaths of initiates in the Eastern Cape. 📍Happening Today | Mthatha, Eastern Cape| The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, is today leading…
