Accused Percy Ridzana at the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court 2 minutes The Thohoyandou High Court in Limpopo has rejected the version of accused number two in the killing of South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) leaders. Percy Radzuma testified that when he appeared in court with Thabo Sibanze in 2021, he was not charged with the…
A test tube labelled “COVID-19 Test positive” is seen in this illustration picture taken, March 10, 2021. 3 minutes Three of South Africa’s largest private laboratories have denied allegations of excessive pricing for COVID-19 PCR tests. Lancet, Ampath and Pathcare private laboratories appeared before the Competition Tribunal in Pretoria on Wednesday. In 2021, the Competition…
Aerial view of mining in Stilfontein 2 minutes Save The Children has called for people who have taken minors to be part of illegal mining at a Stilfontein in the North West to be prosecuted. This after police confirmed that 14 minors were arrested for illegal mining, 13 from Mozambique and one from Zimbabwe. Gugu…
Teacher marking a question paper 2 minutes Marking of the 2024 National Senior Certificate Examination will begin on the 1st of December. Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube says scripts are now being moved to marking centres across the country. She says overall the administration of the exams has been successful, despite a number of…
[FILE IMAGE]: President Cyril Ramaphosa with his Phala Phala Game Reserve in the background. 3 minutes Legal counsel for President Cyril Ramaphosa has argued that the National Assembly was correct not to adopt the Section 89 independent panel report in the Phala Phala matter as it was fundamentally flawed. Advocate Geoff Budlender has been arguing…
A new hydrogen fuel cell truck. 2 minutes Renewable energy and the unintentional danger it poses were some of the topics discussed at the 9th BRICS Young Scientists Forum currently under way in Sochi, Russia. A game changer for the green hydrogen sector in South Africa is the storage units being constructed to keep the…
People queueing to collect water. 2 minutes Roads in and around Westbury and Coronationville in Johannesburg have been reopened following protest action this morning. Scores of disgruntled residents took to the streets to protest over water cuts in the areas for the past four years. They claim that they only get water between midnight and…
EFF leader Julius Malema addressing party supporters outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. 3 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says that he is confident that the party will win the Phala Phala farm theft case against President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. The EFF is challenging Parliament’s decision to…
FILE | Anti-GBV march 1 minute Some of the men taking part in the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence (GBV) march in Bloemfontein say it is time men took a firm stand against the scourge. They say adding their voice and activism to denounce violence and killing of women and children will make…
A customer keys in an electricity token. 2 minutes Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says most of the customers who did not come forward to upgrade their meter numbers by the end of the deadline, are people who have not been buying electricity. Ramokgopa was briefing the media in Cape Town on…
