1 minute National Secretary-General of the ANC Women’s League, Nokuthula Nqaba says GBV should be declared as a national disaster. Speaking during a Women’s League march in Cape Town, Nqaba said gender-based violence and femicide is a pandemic and nothing is being done in terms of an action plan. “What then stops government to declare…
[File photo] City of Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya. 1 minute The City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality has told residents to brace themselves for new tariff hikes which will be implemented soon. This as the city struggles to increase its revenue collection. Briefing the media in Pretoria yesterday, Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya said: “Alongside our…
1 minute Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast on Thursday. Questions have arisen as to whether Ayanda Letoni would be called as a witness in the kidnapping and human trafficking trial of Joshlin Smith….
Former Vhavenda King, Prince Toni Mphephu Ramabulana testifies in the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo on April 3, 2025. 1 minute Princess Masindi Mphephu’s lawyer Allan Dodson will start cross-examining former Vhavenda king, Prince Toni Mphephu Ramabulana, when the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo continues to hear the case of the battle for the throne…
The National Prosecuting Authority Head Office in Pretoria. 1 minute Gender activist Lisa Vetten has described the acquittal of televangelist Timothy Omotoso and two others as a complete humiliation for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The high court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape acquitted Omotoso, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho yesterday after finding them…
[File Image]: Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike, in the northern Gaza. 5 minutes Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population….
Electricity substation 1 minute Johannesburg City Power has strongly condemned the criminal acts of vandalism after a suspected cable thief was fatally electrocuted at the Houtkoppen substation last night. The incident left several areas which are supplied by the substation without power while the body was removed. However, the utility added that power has been…
Meriting township 2 minutes Meriting is surrounded by mines, yet its residents remain trapped in a cycle of poverty and neglect. A place that should be thriving with development opportunities instead finds itself battling deteriorating infrastructure, water shortages and high unemployment. This is what a resident had to say, “There’s no development at Meriting, like…
File Photo: Runners competing in the 2 Oceans Marathon 1 minute The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management has advised the public to take precaution against the expected increase in temperatures in various parts of the province. Spokesperson, Sonica Lategan says people who are participating in this weekend’s Two Oceans Marathon should take extra…
[File photo] A farmer holds a dagga plant. 1 minute Three foreign nationals have been arrested in Atlantis on the West Coast for cultivating dagga on a farm and for the illegal possession of a shotgun and ammunition. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says the suspects had a substantial amount of dried out dagga concealed…
