Heavy Rainfall Impact at Umlazi Area. 2 minutes Emergency service teams have recovered the bodies of three people who were washed away in Lamontville, Durban, following heavy overnight rains. Three others are still missing. Search and rescue teams have been responding since the early hours of the morning to calls for help from areas in…
An Eskom logo is seen at the entrance of its head offices in Sunninghill, Sandton. 2 minutes Eskom has announced that load shedding will be suspended from 5am on Wednesday morning. The power utility says this is as a result successful recovery of generation capacity and significant progress in replenishing emergency reserves. On Sunday, Eskom…
Arnold Terblanche, who is facing a murder charge and conspiracy to commit murder seen in court, sitting in the dock. 1 minute The defence in the trial of slain Gqeberha woman, Vicki Terblanche, has wrapped up its cross examination of murder accused, Reinhardt Leach in the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape. Leach, who…
VBS branch. 2 minutes Former chairperson of the now defunct VBS Mutual Bank, Tshifhiwa Matodzi has testified that they had a strategy to give gratifications and bribes to politicians who convinced municipalities to invest with the bank. Matodzi is testifying in the corruption trial related to VBS looting at the Special Commercial Crimes Court in…
[FILE IMAGE} Gender-based violence portrayal. 2 minutes Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela is expected to visit Tlharihani TVET college, in Mamaila, Limpopo. Four students were raped at the residence at the college on Saturday. The suspect found eight students at the residence and raped four of them at gunpoint. He also…
Members of the Rastafarian community participate in SAHRC’s roundtable. 1 minute The South African Human Rights Commission has raised concern over the marginalisation, discrimination and criminalisation of the Rastafari community, despite 30 years of democracy. The commission is holding a round table discussion at Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg with the community. The…
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Head office in Auckland Park, Johannesburg on January 26, 2025. 2 minutes The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has raised concerns that slow policy reforms threaten its long-term financial stability. Members of Parliament met with SABC management, staff, and industry stakeholders at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Auckland Park, Johannesburg,…
Prison cells 2 minutes A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Madadeni Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal for raping a neighbour’s child. This after he was released from prison on parole where he was also serving a sentence for rape. He raped the 14-year-old girl repeatedly between October 2022 and October 2023 when…
Tlharihani TVET college classroom building 2 minutes Residents of Mamaila, outside Giyani in Limpopo, have expressed frustration at a spate of rapes and robberies in their village. On Saturday, four students at the local college Tlharihani TVET were raped and robbed at their on-campus accommodation. The community says nine women have been raped in the…
Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivering his State of the Province Address earlier this week. 1 minute The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries says while Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s proposal to introduce Swahili and Mandarin as subjects in public schools is progressive, it should not be the primary focus. Lesufi’s proposal to teach…
