Dry taps. Kalafong Hospital in Pretoria West is experiencing low water pressure after a burst pipe near a railway station was repaired, affecting operations since Saturday. The Gauteng Health Department says the hospital is relying on backup water systems, including storage tanks and boreholes, to maintain essential services. Spokesperson Steve Mabona says the disruption has…
[FILE] Benches inside the court room. The case against prominent Mpumalanga taxi boss Joe “Ferrari” Sibanyoni and his two co-accused has been postponed to Friday for a formal bail application. Sibanyoni and his co-accused Daniel Masilela and Philemon Msiza, appeared in the Kwaggafontein Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The accused’s legal representatives have criticised the state,…
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza. Parliament has confirmed that National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza met with Chief Whips on Wednesday and presented proposals on the Impeachment Committee. This follows the tabling of the Section 89 report, that recommended that an Impeachment Committee should be established to look into a prima facie case against President Cyril…
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala Game Farm near Bela-Bela in Limpopo. Acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia says there has been no interference by the Ministry to classify the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s (IPID) Phala Phala report. He was speaking at a meeting of Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee, where both IPID and South African Police…
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi speaking at a government engagement. The Health Department says Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has sent his condolences to the bereaved family of the pedestrians who died after his official vehicle hit them on the N1 outside Bela Bela in Limpopo. A woman, with a child who was strapped on her back, were…
Minister Patricia De Lille addresses Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban. EDITORIAL NOTE: This story was updated to reflect 15 million and not 50 million international visitors as earlier reported. Tourism Minister Patricia De Lille says South Africa’s tourism industry is aiming to attract 15 million international visitors by 2030, as part of a broader strategy…
National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams. National Coloured Congress (NCC) MP Fadiel Adams did not consult the family of slain African National Congress (ANC) Youth League secretary general Sindiso Magaqa, when he took statements and recorded a cellphone video from the now self-confessed killer at Westville prison. This is according to a statement from the…
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza. National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza has tabled the Section 89 report that recommended that an Impeachment Committee be established, to look into a prima facie case against President Cyril Ramaphosa. The tabling is in line with the process that Didiza set out on Monday, on how she will implement last…
FILE | National Coloured Congress leader and MP Fadiel Adams. The bail hearing of National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader and MP Fadiel Adams has been delayed due to his late arrival at the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court, west of Durban. It’s believed the police vehicle transporting Adams to court got stuck in traffic. Adams has been…
Two of the accused in the Meyiwa murder trial. Villieria Police Station Commander, Colonel Silas Thoka, has told the High Court in Pretoria that he never saw any visible injuries on accused number one, Muzi Sibiya and accused number two Bongani Ntanzi, during their detention at the station in 2020. The third witness regarding one…
