1 minute Women activists say society needs to come up with proactive and preventative measures to curb the scourge of gender-based violence. This was part of a dialogue at the International Women’s Day commemoration hosted by the Eastern Cape government in Bhisho yesterday. One of the delegates at the dialogue, Wendy Kiviet, has called on…
KZN floods 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Cooperative Governance Thulasizwe Buthelezi, has welcomed the declaration of a National State of Disaster in the province. Twenty-two people have died this year after severe weather that caused 3.1 billion rand in damages. COGTA spokesperson Senzelwe Mzila says the declaration will enable the province to access necessary resources…
Cape Town cycle tour underway. 2 minutes The organisers of the Cape Town Cycle Tour Expo say there will be doctors and nurses traveling the route in ambulances to ensure the safety of cyclists in today’s race. Approximately 28 000 cyclists will hit the streets of the city to participate in the race. Cape Town…
[File photo] 3 minutes More than 50 people were arrested on Saturday morning following a joint police operation in the Johannesburg CBD. Operation NomakanjaniManje Namhlanje is aimed at targeting undocumented foreigners, as well as general crime prevention. Amongst those arrested are suspects found in possession of drugs, suspected stolen copper cables, and undocumented foreign nationals….
Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke 1 minute Adopted at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains a landmark global agreement, outlining 12 critical areas to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls worldwide. As 2025 marks its 30th anniversary, the call to accelerate efforts toward dismantling legal,…
SAPS to destroy confiscated drugs 1 minute The South African Police Service (SAPS) is working in partnership with other countries in South America, Europe, and Australia to remove drugs off the streets. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says a number of operations with these countries have yielded good results in getting drugs off the…
Traffic officer checking if the vehicle is roadworthy. 2 minutes Johannesburg motorists say it’s unfair to be expected to pay unknown speeding fines at a roadblock, when stopped by the city’s Metro Police. The JMPD is experiencing a backlog of issuing Camera generated speeding fines to motorists who have infringed the road speed limit. JMPD…
JMPD officer checking a motorist driving licence. 2 minutes The South African Post Office says the delays in dispatching traffic infringement notices is due to a historical debt by the City of Johannesburg (COJ). Johannesburg Metro Police Department is experiencing a backlog in issuing camera-generated speeding fines to motorists who have infringed the road speed…
Proposed Governance Regulations for the NHI Fund have been published. 1 minute The Western Cape Health Department says they’re not supporting the National Health Insurance (NHI) as it is ill-defined, impractical and unaffordable and will not address the needs of the province. Western Cape Health Minister, Mireille Wenger, says they do support the expanding of…
Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa 1 minute The Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has said that they are hoping to end the imposed Stage 3 rolling blackouts by Monday. He was giving an update on the status of the country’s grid, alongside the management of power utility Eskom in Pretoria. Ramokgopa has…
