Capetonians collect water at the Newlands Spring during a water outage. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa will today address the National Water and Sanitation Indaba in Midrand, Gauteng. The gathering is expected to highlight government’s commitment to tackling South Africa’s water security challenges. The Presidency says the Water and Sanitation Indaba will assess the progress…
Signage seen at an Ithala Bank branch. 1 minute The MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal, Reverend Musa Zondi says a regulatory technicality should not stand in the way of saving iThala from collapse. Zondi took part in a debate in the National Council of Provinces. Founded in 1958, the aim…
File image: RDP house in the Free State. 1 minute Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements says it is not satisfied with the way the Free State government is spending its housing infrastructure funding. Part of the funding has been spent on houses for military veterans. The committee says it suspects corruption in some housing…
The Mineral Resources Department earlier announced an increase of R1,21 cents a litre for petrol with diesel increasing by R1, 48 cents a litre. 2 minutes Companies in the fuel industry that are selling contaminated diesel or petrol must be shut down by the government, according to the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Mineral…
File image: Police conduct anti-human trafficking operation. 2 minutes Gauteng police are investigating a suspected human trafficking case after 32 foreign nationals escaped from a house where they were held captive in Lombardy East, Johannesburg. Neighbours were alerted to the scene after hearing strange noises of people banging on doors and breaking windows. They then…
A mourner wearing a t-shirt bearing Chesnay Keppler’s face at her memorial service. 1 minute A 42-year-old Eldorado Park police officer accused of the murder of his 22-year-old Gauteng crime warden girlfriend, Chesnay Keppler, is expected back in the Protea Magistrate’s Court today for a bail hearing. Mandla Buthelezi is accused of shooting and killing Keppler…
1 minute Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile answers field questions for oral reply in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Parliament, Cape Town. LIVE STREAM:
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson. 2 minutes Lobby group Black Forum South Africa has threatened to take Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson to court if he proceeds with the appointment of five new board members to the Independent Development Trust (IDT). The forum says the appointment of the five was flawed and has demanded that…
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and Premier Phophi Ramathuba at the construction site of the Limpopo Theatre. 2 minutes Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has conducted an oversight visit at the construction site of the Limpopo Theatre, at the Bakone Malapa Open-Air Museum in Polokwane. Macpherson and Public Works MECs from…
Former SAA Board member Yakhe Kwinana appears at the East London Magistrates Court in the Eastern Cape on 26 March 2025. 2 minutes The Buffalo City Metro in the Eastern Cape has expressed its intention of purchasing land which is allegedly owned by former SAA Board member Yakhe Kwinana. The land in question is situated…
