Ekapa Mine in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The Minerals Council South Africa is deploying a senior management team to support Ekapa Mine in Kimberley. This follows a mud rush incident that has left five mineworkers trapped underground. In a statement released on Wednesday, the council says the deployed officials will focus on offering support…
Steve Biko Academic Hospital entrance. Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria is currently experiencing temporary delays in surgical services after its heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems malfunctioned. The Gauteng Department of Health says the failure has affected theatre operations but contingency measures, including the use of external theatres and on-site contractors, have been put in place to…
Baggage reclaim and transfers terminals seen at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Four of the 19 men recruited to go and fight in a war between Russia and Ukraine have landed at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. They left the country last year under the pretext that they are going for…
Moroadi Cholota at the High Court in Bloemfontein. Moroadi Cholota’s legal representatives say they are shocked by the Free State High Court decision to dismiss her bid challenging the court’s jurisdiction to try her. The court dismissed four grounds Cholota mounted against the state, finding that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that it did not misrepresent facts when it requested…
Gauteng Education officials visit Grade 5 learner, Neo Mokgoatsane’s family in Tembisa. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane has vowed to find out what happened to the deceased Grade 5 learner, Neo Mokgoatsane, from Reagile Primary School in Tembisa. Reagile reportedly died on Monday 16 February after a goalpost fell on him while he was playing…
The Western Cape High Court. The defense counsel of alleged underworld crime boss, Jerome Booysen, has pointed out iin the evidence given by a state witness Mr X before becoming a section 204 witness. Booysen’s lawyer Advocate Amanda Nel has continued with her cross-examination of Mr X in the Western Cape High Court. Booysen and…
Severe storms to batter the KZN province. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says a severe thunderstorm accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds and excessive lightning is expected to hit areas in the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal. Weather forecaster Wiseman Dlamini says areas likely to be affected include uThukela, uMzinyathi, Amajuba and others. Dlamini is…
Representatives from WaterCan take to the streets of Melville in Johannesburg protesting against prolonged water shortages The People’s Water Forum has accused government of ignoring Johannesburg’s deepening water crisis. The forum addressed a media briefing at Constitution Hill Wednesday morning. It revealed it has been reaching out to the City of Johannesburg, the Gauteng government,…
Tiffany Meek appeared at the Johannesburg High Court on the 18th of February 2026. The High Court in Johannesburg, sitting at the Palm Ridge Court in Ekurhuleni, has postponed the matter of murder accused Tiffany Meek to the 10th of next month. This is to allow the state to submit further particulars and review a…
An official inspects a scholar transport bus during a safety blitz at Thapama Secondary School in Taung, North West on 04 February 2026. The North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management, MEC Wessels Morweng, says they will terminate the services of a scholar transport provider whose bus was involved in a crash yesterday….
