FILE | A child plays in water after heavy rains 1 minute The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre says persistent rainfall has caused localised flooding in several areas, including Masiphumelele, Khayelitsha and Du Noon. City of Cape Town spokesperson Sonica Lategan says officials have assessed the situation and no residents have been…
2 minutes Eastern Cape Police have arrested two women aged 25 and 26 in connection with the abduction of two infants at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. The babies are two days and four days old. They were allegedly stolen from the maternity ward on Tuesday night.] In the video below, one…
The asbestos roof removal trial-within-a-trial at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on May 7, 2025. 1 minute The investigating officer in the R 255 million asbestos roof removal case has testified in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein that at no point was Moroadi Cholota pressed to implicate former Free State premier,…
Men sift through the rubble after floods in KZN. 2 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) says it has systems in place to respond to any incidents following a weather warning of damaging winds in parts of the province. The South African Weather Service issued the warning as a cold…
Judge Sachs suggests Expropriation Act be adopted by Parliament, which would permit expropriation. 2 minutes AfriForum has filed a legal challenge against the recently signed Expropriation Act 13 of 2024 with the High Court in Pretoria. The organisation is seeking a declaration that the legislation is unconstitutional. President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Expropriation Act into…
1 minute Springbok winger Cornal Hendricks will be laid to rest this Sunday in Wellington, Boland, following his sudden passing last Wednesday at age 37. The former rugby star suffered a fatal heart attack, having battled a heart condition since 2015. Hendricks made his Test debut in 2014, earning 12 caps for South Africa and…
A view of the Oval Office during a press conference between President Cyril Ramaphosa and US President Donald Trump. 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has responded to being the centre of attraction at the South Africa– US meeting at the Oval Office on Thursday night. Following a moment of surprise on…
US President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 21, 2025 1 minute International Relations and Diplomacy expert Dr. Oscar van Heerden has commended President Cyril Ramaphosa for not allowing the conversation with US President Donald Trump to degenerate into an…
US President Donald Trump welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 21, 2025. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has told President Donald Trump that Washington remains an important partner of South Africa in a range of fields including trade. Ramaphosa and Trump, have broken the ice, with…
2 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile has urged business leaders to double the volume of trade between South Africa and France. The call came at the opening of an investment conference in the French capital. With President Ramaphosa in Washington seeking to repair relations with the Trump administration, the Deputy President’s trip is a chance…
