Girls walk to school in South Africa’s poor Eastern Cape province. 2 minutes Communities living in farming areas of Mpumalanga and Limpopo have expressed concerns about the future of their children’s education. They accuse the Department of Basic Education of neglecting their schools, unlike in urban and township areas where officials regularly visit during school…
File image: South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicles in Stilfontein, North West. 1 minute North West police have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of a body at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein. This is one of the shafts that illegal miners used to emerge from underground between November and December last year, at the…
Terrorisms accused Ziyadh Hoorzook appears in court. 2 minutes The Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) has expressed optimism that the terror financing case against Ziyadh Hoorzook will not hold up in court. This follows Hoorzook’s release on R30 000 bail by the Lichtenburg Magistrate’s Court in the North West yesterday. Hoorzook, 35, was arrested at his…
2 minutes The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says the question of withdrawing soldiers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be discussed politically. Kenya’s President William Ruto, as chairperson of the East African Community, has invited the Presidents of Rwanda and the DRC to a meeting in Kenya to discuss the situation…
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mamoloko Kubayi 2 minutes Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi has announced a list of convicted sexual offenders and Gender-based violence (GBV) perpetrators will be made public by the end of February. The minister addressed the Kgalema Motlanthe Foundation’s 365 Days Against GBV Awareness Campaign in Soweto on Tuesday….
Bicycles at a school. 2 minutes Cycling to and from school will not only contribute to learners’ fitness and health, but it will help them to arrive early. This is according to Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela. She was handing out bicycles to scores of learners at the Lesedi Secondary and Boshkop…
Scores of Putco buses were torched in Mpumalanga. 2 minutes Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has expressed great concern about the torching of over 50 Putco buses in the Nkangala District in Mpumalanga last night. A group of unknown armed suspects targeted several depots in the province, and two employees were injured. National Department of…
A road has been barricaded with rocks and burning tyres during a service delivery protest. 1 minute The Mbashe Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape has urged motorists to drive with caution on the N2 through Dutywa. A service delivery protest blocked traffic for most of the morning. Residents of informal settlements are alleged to…
University of Mpumalanga 1 minute The University of Mpumalanga in Mbombela has reached its capacity for student intake for the 2025 academic year. The Deputy Registrar Nokukhanya Shongwe says the university already has over 15 000 students on its waiting list, which will be looked at after registrations are done. More than 200 000 students…
[FILE] Members of the SANDF take part in a training exercise in the bush. 2 minutes Four more South African soldiers have been killed in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), bringing the total number of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members killed in the region to 13 in less than a week….
