[File photo] Homeless person sleeping on a bench. 4 minutes Residents at the Durban CBD have started a campaign to remove homeless people and drug addicts from parks and other public areas. Albert Park and Warwick Junction are among the areas that have been occupied following a raid by authorities under a flyover to the…
ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri 2 minutes The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng says this weekend’s provincial Lekgotla marked a turning point in efforts to rebuild the party and restore public confidence. The two-day gathering, held in Fourways, north of Johannesburg, follows the disbandment of the Provincial Executive Committee and the appointment of a Provincial…
Potholes seen on the road. 1 minute Residents of Tobotshane in Butterworth, in the Eastern Cape, have taken it upon themselves to fix their roads. The residents are using bricks and cement to fix their streets to ensure they are not slippery when wet. They say they have waited for a long time for their…
Free State Premier, MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae speaks during prayer session against gender-based violence (gbv) and femicide at NG Kerk in Mofulatshepe in Smithfield on May 4, 2025. 1 minute Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae has given the assurance that government will ensure that the three police Constables whose bodies were retrieved from the Hennops River in…
Advocate Charles Mnisi who represents accused number 3 and 1 in the Senzo Meyiwa case. 1 minute Defence counsel Charles Mnisi says he will be ready to cross-examine the lead investigator in the Senzo Meyiwa trial on the 19th of this month. The High Court in Pretoria convened on Monday morning for Mnisi to update…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. 2 minutes National Police Spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, says more arrests are imminent in the case of missing journalist, Aserie Ndlovu, and his partner. This after the police arrested four suspects of interest in connection with the couple’s disappearance. The first suspect, who is understood to be the last person to be in…
Luthuli Museum in Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes A police crime scene expert, Brenden Burgess, has identified several inconsistencies in the evidence contained in the first inquest into the death of the late ANC President, inkosi Albert Luthuli. These inconsistencies include the direction the train was travelling in. He testified in the Pietermaritzburg High Court that…
File image: Delegates attend ANC Vhembe region’s special regional general council. 2 minutes Two separate urgent applications to interdict the Vhembe African National Congree (ANC) regional elective conference in Limpopo were struck off the roll by the Thohoyandou High Court. Some ANC members from various branches, along with members of the party’s Regional Task Team…
Baby formula in a spoon 2 minutes The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in South Africa has urged government to enforce stricter advertising regulations on the baby formula industry. This after the World Health Organisation and UNICEF launched a campaign, “Babies before Bottom Lines”, sounding the alarm on what they say is false…
[FILE IMAGE] A child lights a candle during load shedding. 2 minutes Eskom says no loadshedding can be expected this winter if unplanned losses remain below 13,000 Megawatts. The utility’s group CEO Dan Marokane gave the state of the system winter outlook at Megawatt Park. He says, at worst, Stage 2 will be implemented if…
