Students attending school. 1 minute The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has announced that applications for Grades One and Eight for the 2026 academic year will open on Tuesday next week. Provincial Education Minister David Maynier confirmed that the application period will close on 15 March 2025. Maynier urged parents to submit all required supporting…
Pensioners wait to be served at a Postbank. 1 minute Postbank CEO, Nikki Mbengashe, says they are confident that they will hit the one million mark of grant beneficiaries migrating from the Sassa gold card to the Postbank black card, within the next week. Senior officials from Postbank are appearing before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on…
Pensioners wait to be served at a Postbank. 1 minute Postbank CEO, Nikki Mbengashe, says they are confident that they will hit the one million mark of grant beneficiaries migrating from the Sassa gold card to the Postbank black card, within the next week. Senior officials from Postbank are appearing before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on…
A bus that was involved in the Free State crash. 2 minutes Free State MEC for Health, Menyatso Mahlatsi, has visited five survivors of the crash that occurred on the N6 between Smithfield and Reddersburg at Pelonomi hospital in Bloemfontein. The collision claimed 10 lives, seven women, two men and a two-year old. 22 of…
Information Regulator in South Africa seeks to help the public get access to important public information. 1 minute The Information Regulator has announced that it’s fully supporting the Minister of Justice, Mmamoloko Kubayi’s decision on halting the publication of the National Register of Sex Offenders (NRSO). The department last week delayed the publication of the…
Joint media briefing by MEC Wessels Morweng and Major General Patrick Asaneng on the 2024/25 safer festive season campaign report. 1 minute The North West province has recorded a 3,9% decrease of crime in the third quarter of the 2024/25 financial year. Provincial MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management, Wessels Morweng accompanied by Acting…
Used blister packets that contained HIV medication. 2 minutes The National Health Department says that it has put measures in place to ensure that patients receiving TB and HIV treatment do not default. This follows United States’ abrupt foreign aid cuts which affected some Non-Governmental Organisations. The department also says that it will this week…
Alcoholic beverages on a bar table. 1 minute The Eastern Cape Liquor Board has introduced new regulations to ensure compliance and responsible trading. They mandate liquor license applicants to comply with municipal zoning approvals. The license holders must also be physically present on the premises during trading hours and all liquor outlets must implement a…
1 minute Executive Mayor of Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West, Khumalo Molefe has admitted that the municipality has failed the residents of the area. This follows a protest over water challenges. Tensions are running high in areas around Zeerust. This as residents vow to continue blocking the N4 highway linking South…
Cocaine worth millions seized at OR Tambo International Airport. 1 minute Police have arrested another drug mule at the OR Tambo International Airport. The 55-year-old Nigerian national arrived at the airport from Brazil. A few weeks ago, police arrested two South African nationals at the same airport for drug trafficking. They seized cocaine with an…
