A prison cell. 3 minutes The Department of Correctional Services says four of its warders at Goodwood Correctional Centre in Cape Town have been suspended pending an investigation into the death of an inmate. National Commissioner for the department, Makgothi Thobakgale, made the announcement during a media briefing held in Goodwood. Quinton Fortuin died in…
Coco Gauff of the US during a practice session REUTERS/Sandra Sanders 2 minutes Fourth-seed, Coco Gauff, of the United States and seventh-seed, Mirra Andreeva have advanced to the quarter-finals of the Madrid Masters tennis tournament in Spain. Gauff beat Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 16 to advance, while Andreeva dispatched…
Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. 2 minutes Action SA has submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) request for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) Report into Phala Phala farm saga. The party’s National Chairperson, Michael Beuamont says the application was submitted last week, to obtain the IPID’s report on the theft that…
Bodies of SAPS constables, 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda (male), 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys (female) and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge (female) were found in a river in Centurion. 3 minutes Families of the three police constables whose bodies were retrieved earlier this week from the Hennops River in Centurion say they will travel back to Pretoria…
Police divers at the Hennops River in Centurion. 1 minute Police have found parts of a vehicle at the Hennops River in Centurion, but it can not be confirmed yet if they belong to the VW Polo car that the three deceased police officers were traveling in. The bodies of the officers were retrieved from…
[File photo] uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party members 2 minutes The uMkhontho we Sizwe (MK Party)has secured its fourth municipal by-election victory in KwaZulu-Natal since the start of 2025, winning ward 18 of the Mandeni Municipality, on the North Coast. This marks the second time former President Jacob Zuma’s party has wrestled control from the African…
Boats at a harbour in Eastern Cape 2 minutes Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni- Abrahams says the ocean’s economy is South Africa’s next gold mine and it’s important that everyone, including those in the townships and villages benefit from it. We are committed to investing in oceans economy infrastructure, including the provision of boats…
A Cosatu May Day rally poster is seen in Mpumalanga ahead of Workers’ Day celebrations. 1 minute The National Allied Health and Workers’ Union (Nehawu) says it supports the decision of the South African Communist Party (SACP) decision to contest next year’s local government elections outside the tripartite alliance. Nehawu’s first Deputy Secretary-General, Mavuso December, was speaking…
City of Joburg EMS personnel are seen on site of a fire outbreak on the M1 South on 01 May 2025. 1 minute Emergency services are battling a fire along M1 south after the Smit Street in in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Preliminary investigations indicate that yet another incident of suspected cable theft and vandalism may have caused the fire….
Members of the ANC are seen at the party’s Sekhukhune 9th Regional Conference in Limpopo on 25 April 2025. 2 minutes There is uncertainty on whether the African National Congress (ANC) regional elective conferences scheduled to get underway this weekend in Limpopo will go ahead. The party’s Vhembe and Mopani regions are scheduled to elect regional leaders on Saturday…
