Ambulances seen parked outside the department of Health. 1 minute Free State Emergency Medical Services says work during the festive season can be difficult and challenging. The area experiences heavy traffic at this time of year when people transit through it to their holiday destinations. The unit’s personnel say they are on standby and ready…
A street vendor balances a box on her head as she makes a sale at Markets of Warwick in the Durban CBD, Durban, South Africa. 2 minutes The eThekwini municipality in KwaZulu-Natal says it believes it has exceeded projections for spending this festive season as thousands of holidaymakers are visiting various parts of Durban. The…
(FILE IMAGE]: Secondary school student who is seven-months pregnant, holds a doll inside her home. 1 minute The number of teenagers giving birth on Christmas Day in Limpopo has decreased from 50 last year to 31 this year. A total of 172 babies were born on Christmas Day across various hospitals in the province, with…
(FILE IMAGE]: Secondary school student who is seven-months pregnant, holds a doll inside her home. 1 minute The number of teenagers giving birth on Christmas Day in Limpopo has decreased from 50 last year to 31 this year. A total of 172 babies were born on Christmas Day across various hospitals in the province, with…
South Africa’s Temba Bavuma in action. 2 minutes South African fast bowler Corbin Bosch took a wicket with his first ball in test cricket as Pakistan were left reeling on 88 for four at lunch on the opening day of the first test at Centurion on Thursday. The 30-year-debutant claimed the wicket of Pakistan captain…
1 minute Another person has succumbed to injuries from a fire at the Vrygrond informal settlement near Muizenberg in Cape Town. The ward councillor in the Vrygrond area, Mandy Marr, says 16 structures were destroyed in the blaze, which broke out at around 4 o’clock this morning. She says it is the fourth fire in…
For years the people of Hammanskraal and surrounding areas have been without clean drinkable water. 4 minutes Some residents in Hammanskraal, Tshwane, could soon see clean, potable water come out of their taps following the launch of phase one of the Magalies Klipdrift plant last month. However, others remain doubtful as they still can’t access…
Murder case graphic with a magnifying glass. 1 minute One man was killed and another seriously injured after they were attacked for allegedly being involved in cattle theft by a mob in Verena, Mpumalanga. 26 cattle, six goats, and a donkey were reportedly stolen from a certain farm near Verena. A shepherd was allegedly attacked…
Buses at a bus depot. 2 minutes It was a bleak Christmas for over 1 100 employees of the NTI bus company who had not been paid for five months. Workers union SAWU YA BASHUMI spent the day on Wednesday chanting in Mahikeng in support of all workers, who have been camping in the Mmabatho…
An NSRI rescue boat at sea. 2 minutes A 36-year-old man has drowned at Fish Hoek Beach on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) Spokesperson Craig Lambinon, says that teams had been activated after reports that a man had disappeared under water after jumping from rocks. He says that lifeguards had…
