Portal for online applications The Department of Education in Gauteng says its online application system is effective amid claims by some parents that the system is not working and should be discontinued. Some frustrated parents continued to queue outside the Gauteng Department of Education’s offices in Ekurhuleni North, seeking school placements for their children. Approximately…
People crossing a river in heavy rain Heavy rains continue batter parts of Limpopo with President Cyril Ramaphosa arriving in the province to assess damages and visit victims of the floods. Mozambique is also experiencing floods, which is not uncommon for the country during this rainy period. GALLERY : Credit : Tumelo Machoga, Avhapfani Munyai…
Egypt coach Hossam Hassan reacts during a match Egypt coach Hossam Hassan hailed the quality on display at the Africa Cup of Nations as his side readied to play in Wednesday’s semi-final, calling the month-long event in Morocco a “ferocious tournament”. The 59-year-old former striker should know better than most, winning three tournaments as a…
Firefighters. The Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Services on Gauteng’s East Rand says a fire at a Germiston rubber recycling company has been contained. It was discovered that about 15 000 litres of diesel had been stored in plastic tanks that had caught fire during delivery. Due to runoff of diesel, the fire spread via storm…
Khomotso Phahlane arriving at Ad Hoc Committee sitting in Parliament Former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane says some of the journalists in the country were used by former IPID boss Robert McBride and Private Investigator Paul O’Sullivan to discredit him. Phahlane is testifying before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption…
Inside of a home destroyed by flooding in Limpopo Limpopo’s Human Settlements MEC Basikopo Makamu says seven people have lost their lives in weather and flood-related incidents since November last year. Five were killed in the Waterberg District. A boy was swept away in the Mutale River outside Musina earlier this week and a four-year-old at Mbaula village outside Giyani last night. Makamu visited the flood-stricken…
Former Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane appearing before the Ad Hoc Committee. Former acting National Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane has commended KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for the allegations he made. Phahlane was speaking at Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee hearings in Cape Town. He says Mkhwanazi had made similar allegations of…
Murder accused Victor Majola The Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court has dismissed the application to use video footage in the bail matter that shows the murder of Warrick Stock, also known as DJ Warras. The defence argued that the video would clarify if the accused, Victor Majola, was at the crime scene. Majola is facing charges of…
Nine room house in Mbaula Village totally destroyed by flooding in Limpopo President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday afternoon visit flood-stricken parts of Limpopo, to assess the extent of the damage and the response of government. The Presidency says via a statement that Ramaphosa’s thoughts are with families who have lost loved ones, people…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has weighed in on the future of the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU)in KwaZulu-Natal. The National Freedom Party (NFP), which has been described as a kingmaker pulled out of the GPU, subsequently threatening the stability of the multi-party pact in the province. But Mbalula…
