[FILE IMAGE] Spaza shop. 3 minutes Spaza shop owners in Gqeberha have begun the registration process to ensure they comply with the health and safety standards within the 21 days stipulated by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Since September, 890 incidents of food-borne illnesses have been reported nationwide, with Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal leading the field. Spaza owners…
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa briefs the media on the prepaid meter re-coding and the Integrated Resource Plan on November 20, 2024. 1 minute Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says there will be no extension for prepaid electricity consumers to re-code their meters should they fail to do it by November 24….
An abandoned mining trolley seen outside a disused shaft 1 minute Some residents in Tzaneen and surrounding areas in Limpopo say government must resuscitate old mines to create job opportunities and stop illegal mining. They were speaking after the task team established to fight illegal mining, Operation Vala Umgodi conducted a search at the old…
SARS offices 1 minute The South African Revenue Service (SARS) says it has successfully processed more than 1.9 million tax directives for pension fund withdrawals under the two-pot retirement system, to the tune of nearly R50-billion as of the 18th of November. In a statement, SARS says close to 170 000 applications were declined for…
A person next to a paraffin light during an electricity blackout. 2 minutes The Madibeng Local Municipality in Brits in the North West is facing a potential blackout. This is due to unpaid electricity and water bills totalling R129 million owed to the City of Tshwane as of October 31 this year. This debt has prompted Tshwane officials to…
The combat-readiness marrying up drill rehearsals build up to the exercise’s Distinguished Visitors Day capability demonstration taking place on Thursday 21 November 2024. 2 minutes The Office of the Auditor General (AG) has painted a bleak picture about the state of affairs at the Department of Defence and Military Veterans. The AG’s office briefed the…
The Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand on fire in this image captured on 17 November 2024. 1 minute The fire in the Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand Municipality in the Western Cape that broke out yesterday on the mountainside and spread towards Hawston has been contained. Overstrand…
1 minute Parliament’s Justice Portfolio Committee starts with the process to appoint the next deputy Public Protector today. The committee has shortlisted eight candidates for the position that has been vacant for almost a year. This is the second attempt to find a suitable candidate. In April this year, this process had to be abandoned…
Spain’s Rafael Nadal waves at fans during a tribute to his career Palacio de Deportes at the Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena in Malaga, Spain on 20 November 2024. 3 minutes Rafael Nadal said farewell to tennis and his fans saluted their retiring hero in a bittersweet and emotional ceremony at a sold-out Malaga arena…
File Image: Lily Mine was closed after part of it collapsed in 2016 leaving Solomon Nyirenda, Yvonne, Mnisi and Pretty Yende trapped underground. 1 minute Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says operations will resume at the Lily Mine in Mpumalanga. The mine made headlines in 2016 when the crown pillar between the roof of underground…
