File image Two construction workers have been killed after a truck lost control on the N3 before the Marianhill Toll Plaza in KwaZulu-Natal. The Road Traffic Inspectorate has confirmed the crash. The Inspectorate says the truck crashed into workers who were on the side of the road and veered down an embankment. Paramedic Garrith Jamieson…
File Photo: Operation Dudula members during a march. Anti-immigrant group, Operation Dudula, is expected to hold what it calls a peaceful protest on Nasrec road, in the south of Johannesburg, on Saturday. [ON AIR] Operation Dudula will hold a peaceful protest in Johannesburg, South Africa during the #G20 Leaders’ Summit this weekend to highlight concerns…
King Protea floral arrangement display at G20 Leaders’ Summit in Nasrec Expo Centre. As the G20 Leaders’ Summit gets underway at Nasrec Expo Centre, in Soweto, the star of the Summit is South Africa’s national flower, the King Protea. Bouquets of the King Protea, accompanied by fynbos and flora, took days of planning and arrangement….
People walk in front a G20 banner, as the country prepares to host the G20 Summit on November 22-23, in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 18, 2025. The Gauteng government says it’s confident that the decisions of the delegates of the G20 Leaders’ Summit will impact ordinary people. President Cyril Ramaphosa will officially open the two-day…
Mountain fires The Garden Route Environmental Forum says it’s concerned about a lack of government funding for fighting invasive plants. Several wildfires have raged in mountainous areas in recent weeks. The forum’s spokesperson, Cobus Meiring, says when there is low rainfall, invasive species thrive and fire dangers increase. This was seen with previous fire disasters…
A woman raises her hand, calling for an end to GBV. Various women’s rights organisations will on Friday stage a national shutdown in protest against alarming levels of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country. The shutdown, led by Women for Change, urges South Africans to show solidarity by changing their profile pictures to purple. National…
Powerlines. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says over the past year, through the G20, South Africa has advanced the action plan for clean cooking, supported by off-grid energy solutions. Ramaphosa was speaking at the final pledging event of ‘Scaling Up Renewables for Africa’, in Sandton, Johannesburg. The pledge comes at the back of a year-long…
City of Joburg employee at an electrical meter. Johannesburg City Power has warned against the intimidation and harassment of its technicians. This after a video went viral of a group of people in Turfontein, Johannesburg alleging that technicians were soliciting bribes from them. The power utility says the allegations are unfounded as the team was…
Motorists in traffic amid inclements weather conditions. Johannesburg Emergency Services are urging motorists to exercise caution whilst driving this evening following a Level 1 Alert for severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. Motorists travelling around the Nasrec expo centre, south of Johannesburg, are also advised to use alternate routes due to a hard lockdown that’s currently…
The South African Police Service is gearing up for the festive season with a new cohort of 3,560 newly-trained constables. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has strengthened its frontline policing capacity with the deployment of nearly 3,560 newly trained constables across the country ahead of the busy festive season. The large-scale passing out parades…
