Person watering their garden 2 minutes Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has assured the public that the country will not run out of water. He says there are plans to build more dams. Ageing infrastructure and leaking pipes have been highlighted as contributing to the water challenges in the country. Mahlobo was addressing…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s walkabout at Stilfontein mine shaft on November 15, 2024. 1 minute The High Court in Pretoria is today expected to hear the main application over the stand-off between illegal miners and police at a mine in Stilfontein in the North West. The organisation, Society for the Protection of our Constitution, approached…
Miner at Stilfontein. 2 minutes Leader of residents that have volunteered to retrieve suspected illegal miners at shaft 11 in Stilfontein in the North West, says they have halted their operation. Thembile Botman says this is to allow mine rescue personnel to assess and clear the shaft. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu accompanied by Defence Deputy…
FILE | Kids standing outside a spaza shop 1 minute Operation Dudula says it is disappointed that there are some South Africans who are assisting foreign nationals to register their spaza shops under their identities. This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa mandated that spaza shop owners must register their businesses within 21 days to avoid…
SABC Building in Auckland Park 2 minutes Members of Parliament’s Communications and Digital Technologies Committee will this week get an opportunity to discuss matters around the withdrawal of the SABC Bill. The bill, among others, aims to address the funding model of the public broadcaster. Last week, Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew the bill saying it…
Construction cranes 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says there are links between the so-called construction mafia and other forms of organised crime. He was speaking at a national summit on crime at construction sites in Durban. The summit has heard that the problem began in KwaZulu-Natal and has spread to Gauteng, the Western Cape and the…
File picture: Springboks in action during a previous match. 2 minutes The Springboks are gearing up for their final test of the Autumn International series against Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday. The World Champions are undefeated, beating Scotland and England and will no doubt be looking to end the year on…
Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga receives the Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Study from HSRC in Pretoria on November 18, 2024. 2 minutes Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, says that the inaugural Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Study has given insight into how profound the problem is in South…
[File Photo] A pumpjack operates at the Vermilion Energy site in Trigueres, France, June 14, 2024. 3 minutes Oil prices gained about $2 a barrel on Monday after news of halted crude production at Norway’s Johan Sverdrup oilfield, which added to earlier gains stemming from escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war. Brent crude futures were up…
Pylons carry electricity from a sub-station of state power utility Eskom outside Cape Town in this picture taken March 20, 2016. 3 minutes Eskom’s proposed increase in electricity tariffs has been opposed by various stakeholders as well as members of the public. Nersa’s public hearings on Eskom’s proposed electricity tariff hike are under way in…
