Acting Executive Mayor Kenny Kunene and MMC for Community Development, Tebogo Nkokou in Randburg a crackdown operation. More than a dozen illegal immigrants have been arrested following a crackdown operation by the City of Johannesburg in Randburg led by the Acting Executive Mayor Kenny Kunene. The operation is part of the City’s high impact service…
Graphic depicting a fatal shooting A 24-year-old man has been gunned down in Manenberg on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says the deceased was walking on Gonubie Road when two people approached him and opened fire. He says the man collapsed and died. No one has been arrested. Van Wyk says police…
The IDO held an international dance contest at the Sun City’s super bowl The International Dance Organisation (IDO) says it plans to create opportunities to nurture the talent of dancers in Africa. IDO held an international dance contest at Sun City’s Super Bowl, in the North West, yesterday. Twenty-three-year-old Clarishca Viljoen from Alberton, in Johannesburg,…
Rain droplets. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) is warning that a cold front has made landfall sweeping through the Western and Eastern Cape. The two provinces will be seeing scattered thundershowers and rain into the weekend. A yellow level warning four has been issued for the Eastern Cape with predictions of snowfall in high-lying…
Stop GBV The Gauteng Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has made an impassioned plea to victims of crime, particularly gender-based violence, not to withdraw cases against their perpetrators. It says the growing trend could undermine efforts to fight gender-based violence and hold perpetrators accountable. The committee raised the issue during its oversight visit to the…
Learners seen in class. The Basic Education Department has conceded that it has seen a regression in learners’ comprehension skills in the past four years. This follows its confirmation that it will not make coding and robotics compulsory subjects in schools, citing systemic challenges. The department says a decrease in the number of learners who…
KwaZulu-Natal Special Operational Briefing KwaZulu-Natal Special Operational Briefing led by Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
A person holds up a sign against shielding of rapists. Limpopo police are looking for a man suspected to have raped a baby in Lusaka village outside Tzaneen. The incident happened in the early hours of yesterday when the baby, who is one year and eight months old, was sleeping with two family members. The…
Family, friends and fellow musicians gathered to pay their last respects to world renowned trumpeter and flugelhornist, Fezile Feya Faku in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Faku passed away at the age of 63 while touring in Switzerland. Speaking on behalf of the family, Gift Ngqondi expressed mixed emotions as they are happy with the…
The North-West University proudly welcomes the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and distinguished guests for a landmark National Dialogue. The North West University in partnership with Strategic Dialogue Group (SDG) and the Thabo Mbeki Foundation held inaugural discussions, where challenges such as the high unemployment rate, poverty and inequality were in the spotlight. In his announcement, President…
