Cricket ball 1 minute Teenage spinner AM Ghazanfar took 5-33 as Afghanistan defeated hosts Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third and final one-day international on Saturday to claim the series 2-0 after the opening game was washed out by rain. After electing to field first, Afghanistan took advantage of Zimbabwe’s brittle batting line-up to…
The scene of a crash in Botlokwa outside Polokwane in Limpopo (22 December 2024). 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has expressed his concern about the high number of road deaths in the Eastern Cape. The total is just shy of the 90 mark since the start of the festive season. Mchunu and the National…
Young learners in the Eastern Cape during a Child Protection Week activity (June 2019). 2 minutes More resources will be required to include Grade R as a compulsory grade for schooling. This is according to the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube. She briefed the media in parliament yesterday on the implementation of the Basic…
File image: US dollars. 4 minutes Wall Street surged on Friday and the dollar softened as cooler-than-expected inflation data helped investors look past the possibility of a government shutdown and fresh tariff threats from US President-elect Donald Trump. All three major US stock indexes jumped more than 1%, gold surged and benchmark US Treasury yields…
File image: The Border Management Authority (BMA) guards. 2 minutes The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it is ready to deal with an influx of people crossing into Mozambique through the Mananga Border Port of Entry between Eswatini and South Africa. The BMA has engaged with its Eswatini counterparts to discuss their preparedness for the…
FILE: Mseki Primary School in Gugulethu, Cape Town 1 minute There will be public consultations in the development of the new norms of standards for the implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. This is according to the Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube. She briefed the media in Parliament earlier on the…
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) dribbles the ball up the court against the Sacramento Kings in the second quarter at the Golden 1 Center. 2 minutes Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James broke Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s long standing NBA record for most minutes played in regular season history when he clocked his 57 447th…
File photo: President Cyril Ramaphosa holds up the signed Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the full implementation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act. During a signing ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria in September, Ramaphosa announced a three-month delay in the implementation of two contested…
Makhelwane Festival Orlando West, Soweto 1 minute People who are in attended the Makhelwane Festival in Orlando West, in Soweto, experienced the finest street food, while also getting an opportunity to support locally owned businesses. The three-day festival is a fun celebration that brings people in different parts of Soweto together. Today marked a decade…
Traffic waiting to cross between South Africa and Mozambique at the Lebombo border post (22 December 2024) 2 minutes There are high traffic volumes at the Lebombo Border Post in Mpumalanga as Mozambican nationals head back home for Christmas. All lanes leading to the border have been affected and road officials are managing the situation….
