Taps. 1 minute Johannesburg Water will start implementing water throttling from 9 o’clock tonight until 4 AM on Friday. This is part of measures taken to improve water levels at reservoirs. Johannesburg has seen increasing water supply disruptions due to illegal water connections, ageing infrastructure, poor maintenance and leakages. Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina…
Protea players Temba Bavuma and Lungi Ngidi. 1 minute South Africa seamer Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the home test summer with a groin injury, missing series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, while captain Temba Bavuma will have a fitness test on Monday to assess his availability. Ngidi is expected to return to…
Actors Pulane Rampoana, Zizana ‘Zizi’ Peteni and Katlego ‘Kaygee’ Letsholonyana on stage during rehearsals for Lala Ngenxeba/Of Love and Revolution. 3 minutes To mark the hundredth anniversary of Robert Magaliso Sobukwe’s birth, the Market Theatre, in collaboration with the City of Johannesburg and Arts Alive, has commissioned a play celebrating Sobukwe’s life and legacy. The…
The late Executive protection officer at the University of Fort Hare, Mboneli Vesele 1 minute Eastern Cape police have issued warrants of arrest for three suspects linked to the murder of the bodyguard of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare. Mboneli Vesele was killed while sitting in his vehicle outside the Vice-Chancellor’s…
1 minute The North West Education Department says it has deployed armed security personnel to the Meriti Secondary School in Meriting near Rustenburg after two learners were stabbed. The department says a gang of four former learners attacked one of the learners. When the learner ran towards the school for protection, the group followed and stabbed a second learner. Both learners have been taken to hospital. They will be allowed…
Western Cape police have arrested two suspects and seized abalone valued at approximately R7 million. 1 minute Western Cape police have arrested two suspects and seized abalone valued at approximately R7 million during an operation in Wellington. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says officers received information that a truck loaded with abalone was destined for Gauteng….
Suspect arrested while allegedly selling dagga to school children. 1 minute Police officers involved in social crime prevention have arrested a 29-year-old man outside a school in Lamontville, south of Durban, for allegedly selling dagga to children. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says the operation was planned following a tip-off from the public. “During the…
1 minute The South African Police Union (SAPU) in Limpopo has condemned an attack on a police officer at Maake police station near Tzaneen, allegedly carried out by disgruntled residents. According to SAPU, residents had visited the station to report a case but were advised to seek medical attention first due to the complainant’s injuries….
Former Joburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes Al Jama-ah in Gauteng says it has yet to receive an apology from City of Johannesburg Speaker Nobuhle Mthembu following her remarks on the party’s councillor and former Mayor, Kabelo Gwamanda. In a letter written to Mthembu earlier this week, Gwamanda’s legal team argued that the remarks on his alleged involvement in a…
Turkey’s Trade Minister Omer Bolat addresses the audience during a signing ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, April 29, 2024. 2 minutes Turkey was offered partner country status by the BRICS group of nations, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said, as Ankara continues what it calls its efforts to balance its Eastern and Western ties. Turkey, a NATO…
