Empty classroom 2 minutes Around 600 learners at the Hendrik Kanise Combined School in Alicedale in the Eastern Cape were prevented from attending classes after angry parents blocked the school gates this week. The parents say the dilapidated school poses a danger to their children. School Governing Chairperson Body Mxoleli Mshweshwe says they have reached…
File Image: Court gavel and a cone. 1 minute A Northern Cape woman has started serving her prison sentence for defrauding two municipalities of over R900 000 in 2021. The Kimberley Specialized Commercial Crimes Court found Simangele Sangweni guilty of fraud, forgery and money laundering and sentenced them to 10 years in jail. Sangweni submitted…
Due to the rapid increase of inflows into the #VaalDam, a fifth sluice gate has been opened at 10h00 this morning to manage water levels that have increased overnight as a result of the ongoing rainfall in the Vaal River catchment. 1 minute The Vaal River Corridor Tourism Association has warned that floods in the…
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) study group on international relations and cooperation says it will soon write to National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza to request her to summon nine MPs who recently visited Israel. The nine are members of the Democratic Alliance, Patriotic Alliance and African Christian Democratic…
Royal AM players during a match. 2 minutes The Premier Soccer League’s (PSL) Board of Governors has ratified the recommendation by the League’s executive committee to cancel Royal AM’s membership with immediate effect. Representatives of all 31 professional teams, minus the affected Royal AM came together at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg to deliberate…
Stolen copper cables 1 minute The Gauteng government has called law enforcement officers to work with Johannesburg’s city power to fight cable theft. The power utility says it spends about R1 billion annually on replacing its vandalised infrastructure. It says it’s concerned about the way law enforcement officers are handling the escalating incidents of cable…
The logo of Thales is seen on a company building in Brest, France, March 14, 2022. 1 minute French arms manufacturer Thales says it is unable to conduct a defence in the corruption case of former President Jacob Zuma. The High Court in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal will hear the case on the 24th of this…
ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula during a media briefing. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has echoed party Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s sentiments, that the Democratic Alliance (DA) should not preside over a budget that they did not vote for. Mbalula briefed the media at Luthuli House in Johannesburg yesterday on the outcomes…
[File image] Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa speaking at a government event. 2 minutes Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa says a full report regarding the continued use of poisonous organophosphates by some spaza shop operators and farmers will soon be sent to parliament to declare the substance illegal. It is alleged that many…
People work in a chicken processing plant. 1 minute University of Johannesburg’s Director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies David Monyae says the newly imposed tariffs on South Africa by the United States points to the death of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). US President Donald Trump last week imposed a 31% duty…
