SapsNC Multi-disciplinary high-density #OperationShanela #SaferFestiveSeason, conducted from 11 November 2024 until 17 November 2024 in the Northern Cape Province. 2 minutes The eThekwini Municipality has received over 200 applications to renew business licences for spaza shops, as part of a compliance initiative following reports of contaminated food sold at some outlets. The city estimates that…
[FILE IMAGE]: Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein, South Africa, November 15, 2024. 2 minutes…
Operation Dudula’s Nhlanhla ‘Lux’ Mohlauli leading a march. 1 minute Anti-immigrant group, Operation Dudula says it is heading to court to compel the government to shut down all shops until they are registered. All food handling facilities including spaza shops must be registered with municipalities by the 13th of next month or risk closure. More…
[FILE IMAGE]: Illustration of a crime scene. 1 minute The distraught family of a 25-year-old Kimberley shepherd, who was brutally killed in what is believed to be one of the increasing cases of stock theft in the Northern Cape, has called on the police to arrest his killers. Amogelang Abrahams was found by community members…
A sewerage treatment plant. 1 minute The police diving unit has retrieved the body of a 14-year-old boy who drowned in a sewage pan at Virginia in the Free State. Police Spokesperson Stephen Thakeng confirmed that the body has been retrieved. The boy, identified as Pule Semenya, is said to have drowned on Saturday while…
[FILE IMAGE]: A coffin during a funeral service. 1 minute Mourners at the funeral service of community activist, Professor Nomvula Mthethwa, have remembered her for steering them away from becoming juvenile delinquents. Sports administrator and neighbour, Archie Dyasi says that she, not only developed him intellectually but also, kept him and other youth off the…
A band, standing by Siyabonga Mnisi’s coffin, plays at his funeral in Soweto. 3 minutes Five-year-old, Siyabonga Mnisi, who died on Wednesday of a suspected food-borne illness has been laid to rest. Mourners gathered at his home in Diepkloof, Soweto to bid him farewell on Sunday. The Grade R learner from Dumezweni Primary School fell…
Cape fur seal basks on the rocks. 1 minute The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has raised concerns over the harassment of Cape fur seals. They say that incidents of brutality are on the rise ever since rabies was detected in the Cape fur seal population. The department says these include people allowing…
The late Breyten Breytenbach. 2 minutes Renowned South African poet, novelist, painter, and activist Breyten Breytenbach has died. Breytenbach passed on earlier today in Paris aged of 85. His family, in a statement released this afternoon, confirmed the news. According to the statement, the South African wordsmith passed on “with his wife Yolande by his…
People queue outside to upgrade their electricity metres 1 minute Eskom has urged customers whose metres have been bypassed or connected illegally to go to legal vendors and buy electricity before they come to Eskom offices. The power utility says this will help ease the burden of long queues and help Eskom speed up the…
