File: Drugs seized by SAPS members. Save the Children South Africa is concerned about toddlers being coerced into using drugs in communities. A woman will appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court this week on charges of attempted murder and drug abuse. After a video went viral showing her offering her four-year-old son a smoke from…
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The African National Congress (ANC) says it is happy with the case made by the South African delegation led by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the United States in July. This is despite the team failing to convince the US administration to lower its proposed tariffs against Pretoria. The Donald Trump…
India’s Rishabh Pant in action. India dismissed Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope to take charge of the final test as England moved unconvincingly on to 164-3 at lunch on the fourth day at The Oval on Sunday. The touring side are a healthy 209 runs ahead with five sessions remaining and need seven more wickets…
The Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. The bail application of a Limpopo police officer and her co-accused, charged with killing nine people for insurance payouts, will resume at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court today. Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane and her daughter, Florah Shokane, have been charged with nine counts of murder and several other charges…
Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt for two armed men who attacked church congregants and robbed them of their belongings in Calcutta. It is alleged that the suspects who were wearing balaclavas, pounced on the church members during a service and robbed them of their wallets, handbags, cell phones, car keys and an undisclosed amount…
David Maynier addresses the education budget in a speech The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has condemned the burglary and vandalism in schools and labelled it as selfish. This follows reports of 57 incidents during the June/July school holiday period, despite subsidised security at high-risk schools. Provincial Education Minister, David Maynier says this is a…
Suspects in the murder of two women at a pig farm in Sebayeng, Limpopo appear in court. The murder trial against three men accused of disposing of the remains of two women inside a pigsty at a farm in Sebayeng is set to start on Monday at the Polokwane High Court. Pig farmer Zachariah Olivier,…
Potjie pots The Department of Electricity and Energy will launch a legacy project aligned to the G20 Clean Cooking Outcome, to accelerate investment in clean cooking in Africa. The department’s Energy Transition working group held its third technical meeting in Sun City, and touched on the implementation of Just Energy Transition programmes, which include clean…
The Buccaneers beat Polokwane City 2-0 Orlando Pirates became the first team to advance to the MTN 8 semi-final.The Buccaneers beat Polokwane City 2-0 in the quarterfinal match at the sold-out Orlando stadium in Soweto, on Saturday afternoon. Oswin Apollis scored the first goal, and then Patrick Maswanganyi converted from a spot kick. The draw…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the province has decided to reshuffle some heads of departments and remove others from their responsibilities. This following a series of issues related to under-expenditure and under-performance in various departments across the province. Lesufi says the decision also follows audit outcomes, which have revealed that some…
