Chief Albert Luthuli was born near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in 1898. 1 minute A new witness is expected to take the stand today in the reopened inquest into the death of former ANC president Chief Albert Luthuli in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Luthuli died in Groutville in 1967 after a train reportedly hit…
A firefighter works at the scene of a deadly fire which occurred in the early hours of the morning in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 31, 2023. 1 minute The trial of a man accused of arson in the fire at the Usindiso building in the Johannesburg CBD is expected to resume this morning in the…
Unemployment graphic. 1 minute University of Johannesburg sociologist, Professor Trevor Ngwane, has criticised the government for failing to address rising unemployment, accusing it of prioritising profit over job creation. Ngwane was commenting on the latest unemployment figures released by Statistics South Africa, which show a slight increase in the official unemployment rate for the first…
1 minute The trial within a trial in the R255 million asbestos roof removal case resumes in the Bloemfontein High Court in the Free State. Live proceedings below:
A doctor at a hospital 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on the Director-General of Health to immediately intervene into the doctor shortage issues at Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape. The DA says since Monday, the Surgery Department at Livingstone Hospital has been forced to shut down for all outpatient…
Women on Farms Project in the streets marching to the offices of Philagro in Somerset West. Philagro is the registration holder of Dormex, a pesticide used on table and wine grapes on commercial farms in the Western Cape, South Africa. 1 minute Members of the advocacy group Women on Farms have called for improved working…
1 minute Electricity and Energy Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, updates the media in Pretoria on the status of South Africa’s electricity generation performance. Live proceedings below:
2 minutes Amajita coach Raymond Mdaka says his side gave it their all to qualify for the Under-20 World Cup in Chile later this year. Substitute striker Thabang Mahlangu steered the young South Africans to a 1-0 victory in extra time over the Democratic Republic of Congo in the Under-20 African Cup of Nations quarter-finals…
File image: Voting station in Johannesburg. 1 minute A by-election is taking place in Ward 9, Stellenbosch, in the Western Cape, today. This follows the resignation of the Ward Councillor. African National Congress (ANC) Alysa-Abby Kekana and the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) Isabelle de Taillefer will contest the by-election. There are 3232 registered voters in the…
1 minute A 41-year-old man is expected to appear in the Tonga Magistrate’s Court in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, for allegedly killing the mother of his two children with an axe. According to provincial police spokesperson Jabu Ndubane, the incident followed a heated argument between the man and the 31-year-old victim. Ndubane says, “According to information received,…
