[File photo:] Farm workers tending to crops. 2 minutes Land Reform and Rural Development minister, Mzwanele Nyhontso, has met with the residents of Qumanco in Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape over the Ncorha Dairy Scheme which residents allege is being mismanaged. They say they are also not benefiting as land owners. The area operates under…
Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka addresses a two-day conference aimed at promoting good governance in public institutions in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg. 1 minute Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka says South Africa has one of the best accountability and transparency mechanisms in the world. She is addressing a two-day conference aimed at promoting good governance in…
A guard stands behind bars. 2 minutes A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping two girls aged three and four years old at Mafukani outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. Social Development spokesperson Joshua Kwapa says the mother of one of the girls saw the man taking the children to a bush near their home….
Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, unveil newly built flushing toilets at the Deda Primary School in KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, says she wants to eradicate pit toilets at schools by next year. She was speaking at an event where 22 low-cost flush toilets…
Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa. 2 minutes Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, has sent a clear message of zero tolerance for the abuse of public funds. Yesterday, Ramokgopa announced the launch of an internal investigation into the R36-million fresh produce project. The aim was to set up 16 container…
A picture of houses in Langa in Cape Town taken on 29 October 2016. 2 minutes A documentary aimed at recording the history of community centres in Cape Town’s townships including Gugulethu, Manenberg and Langa has been launched. It is the brainchild of the Heritage Education and Research Project (HERP), an initiative which kicked off…
Food confiscated during a raid at a Northern Cape spaza shop. 2 minutes The Food and Allied Workers’ Union (FAWU) has criticised health inspectors in Cape Town for what it terms neglecting the health and safety of people living in townships. This follows the arrests of six suspects in Mfuleni last week. This is in…
1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria today. Live stream:
1860NIC Congress logo and it leader, Thanasagren Rubbanathan Moodley. 1 minute Politician Thanasagren Rubbanathan Moodley says his new party aims to represent the voice of Indians in South Africa. This comes after he secured the highest number of votes at 12 500 for an independent candidate in the country in this year’s general elections. Also known…
Indian indentured workers arrive in South Africa on November 16, 1860. 1 minute The eThekwini Municipality and the KwaZulu-Natal government have confirmed that about R4.4 million has been set aside for the construction of a monument in honour of indentured Indian labourers. The labourers arrived on Durban’s South Beach in 1860 to work in the…
