The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 2 minutes After years of waiting, Amazon has finally launched its Kuiper internet satellites. The tech giant launched its first 27 satellites into low-Earth orbit from Florida on Monday, kicking off deployment of a broadband-from-space…
The Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala , together with MEC Sempe Elizabeth Mokua, officially handed over completed Welisizwe Bridges in Kraaipan outside Mahikeng. 2 minutes Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Sihle Zikalala says the process of handing over more than 200 Welisizwe Rural Bridges is unfolding. Zikalala, together with…
SAPS search and rescue bakkie can be seen in the above illustration. 2 minutes A fifth body has been found at the Hennops River in Centurion, Pretoria. The police’s search and rescue team was searching for the three police constables who went missing last week Wednesday, when they uncovered two more bodies a few kilometres…
Nozizwe KaMabaso-Mhlongo, testifying before the reopened inquest into Luthuli’s death on April 29, 2025. 3 minutes The daughter of a man who used to work at the shop of the former ANC president, Chief Albert Luthuli, has told the Pietermaritzburg High Court that her family used to be harassed by Apartheid-era police due to their…
Tax-related material on a desk. 1 minute The Umkhonto weSizwe party says the Western Cape High Court’s decision to suspend the VAT increase only addresses a symptom of a deeper crisis that includes aggressive austerity, restrictive monetary policies and a privatization agenda that the party says is being brutally imposed on South Africans. The MKP…
The former teacher who allegedly raped a 13-year old learner at a primary school outside Polokwane in Limpopo, has been denied bail on April 29, 2025. 2 minutes The former teacher who allegedly raped a 13-year-old learner at a primary school outside Polokwane in Limpopo, has been denied bail. The accused, whom SABC News cannot…
Scene from the George building collapse. 2 minutes Next week marks a year since the tragic George building collapse in the Western Cape in which 34 people lost their lives, while 28 others were left injured and some maimed for life. A year later, most survivors and the victim’s families all echo the same thing…
[FILE IMAGE]: Rescue teams at a drowning incident. 1 minute Three bodies have been retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion. However, the identification process is still ongoing. A fourth body was found in the area in the bushes. They are three males and one female body. This as police are searching for three police…
[FILE IMAGE] 2 minutes The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has welcomed a court order suspending the planned 0.5% Value Added Tax (VAT) increase that was set to take effect on 1 May 2025. The suspension comes after the Western Cape High Court set aside Parliament’s approval of the fiscal framework enabling the hike. SARS…
1 minute The trial into the kidnapping and trafficking of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith under way at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Live stream below:
