A car seen submerged in water during floods in Johannesburg. 3 minutes City Power Johannesburg is currently handling a high volume of outages reported following Wednesday night’s flooding in various parts of the city. Over 5 000 queries have been logged, with most related to power outages caused by heavy rains. The utility says the…
Court ‘fraud’ gavel 1 minute Four suspects are appearing at the Giyani Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo for fraud and money laundering amounting to R767 000. According to police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba, the suspects called the victims, pretending to be bank representatives, and offered to help them create bank profiles. They then allegedly withdrew or transferred…
The three accused in the murder case of Joslin Smith. 2 minutes A third witness, a Police Station Commander who is testifying at the Circuit High Court in Saldanha, on the Cape West Coast, says Joshlin Smith’s mother, Kelly, refused police accommodation because her boyfriend, accused number one, Jacquen Appolis, could not be accommodated with…
A District Development Model workshop under the banner: “All of Society” and “All of Government” has just kicked off at the Coega Conference Centre, Nelson Mandela Bay. 2 minutes The Eastern Cape government has highlighted the importance of planning in its efforts to improve its delivery of basic services. It is hosting a two-day District Development…
1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has highlighted the importance of collaborations among various levels of government to improve the delivery of basic services. He is addressing the Gauteng Legislature in Johannesburg ahead of a series of meetings with provincial government leaders. Poor infrastructure, job creation and resuscitation of weak municipalities in Gauteng are set to…
Limpopo Economic Development department 2 minutes The Limpopo Department of Economic Development says it has taken note of complaints from some owners of food outlets, including spaza shops. The owners say they missed last Friday’s deadline to register their businesses because municipal officials and traditional leaders have been charging high levies for recommendation letters. The…
A banner welcoming visitors to the City of Ekurhuleni offices. 1 minute The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Ekurhuleni is concerned that the city’s decision to reduce overtime and acting allowances by 50% could lead to the collapse of service delivery systems. The city has attributed its decision to budget constraints. The union…
University of Fort Hare’s main campus in the Eastern Cape. 2 minutes Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane has urged the University of Fort Hare to devise strategies to accommodate the unfunded students. The minister visited the Eastern Cape University, which has many unregistered students due to outstanding debts. Dr Nkabane also received…
COSATU General Secretary Solly Phetoe is leading a picket in support of Department of Health in NHI at the North Gauteng High court case 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and other organisations have gathered outside the High Court in Pretoria in support of the Health Department on day two of…
File image: Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in Sandton, Johannesburg 2 minutes Stocks on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) opened in the red following a weaker session in Asia, with investors taking cover as new United States (US) tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China took effect, threatening to escalate global trade tensions. The All Share index…
