A person dives from a springboard in front of beach-goers during a hot summer day at Sea Point swimming pool in Cape Town, South Africa. 1 minute As thousands of beachgoers flock to various Cape Peninsula beaches to enjoy themselves as part of New Year celebrations, the City of Cape Town says it is applying…
Dj plays music during a concert. 1 minute One of Durban’s biggest New Year’s Eve events, Fact Durban Rocks is ready to kick off at the Moses Mabhida Stadium’s People’s Park. DJ Tira – who has been organising the event since 2011 – says they are set to start the entertainment at 5 o’clock this…
1 minute Police have warned people of an increase in online scams targeting holiday makers of the Ilembe District, north of Durban. They say the scams range from fake accommodation bookings and guided tour packages – to stealing people’s personal information. The police’s cybercrime unit is investigating the cases that visitors to this area have…
File image: A thunderstorm. 2 minutes A freak storm has left a trail of destruction at Hlobo village in Ngqamakhwe in the Eastern Cape. Ten families have been badly affected, with four of them left destitute. The storm happened on Monday afternoon. The aftermath of a storm that only lasted a few minutes, left ten…
People at a border 1 minute Residents in villages along the Beitbridge Border outside Musina in Limpopo have voiced their concerns about the porous fence between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Some locals believe that a proper border fence could help curb undocumented foreign nationals and illicit goods from entering into the country. This as Deputy…
Police conduct New Year crime prevention operations in Northern Cape on January 1, 2025. 2 minutes Acting National Police Commissioner, Tebello Mosikili says law enforcement operations will be heightened throughout New Year’s Day to ensure that criminals are kept at bay. Mosikili was speaking during a multidisciplinary integrated Safer Festive Season Operation that took place…
Pregnant woman 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Health is investigating how a mother and her baby died at one of its health facilities over the weekend. The 32-year-old woman allegedly went to Westbury clinic after experiencing labour pains on Sunday. She died as well as her unborn baby. The community in Johannesburg is enraged…
Cape Malay Choir bands marching in the Bo-Kaap. 4 minutes Thousands of people welcomed the New Year by flocking to the streets of the Bo-Kaap in Cape Town to enjoy the festivities of the annual Cape Malay Choir Board Road March, or New Year’s eve parade. The President of the Cape Malay Choir Board, Zieyaad…
File image: Classroom. 1 minute The Special Action Committee for Education (SAC) says they are disappointed that their case against the Western Cape Department of Education has been struck off the court role. The committee applied for an urgent interdict to restrain the provincial department from cutting more than 2400 teaching posts. In August last…
The crash happened on the N4 Toll Road between Belfast and Wonderfontein. 1 minute Seven people have died during a head on collision involving two vehicles on the N4 toll road between Emakhazeni and Wonderfontein in Mpumalanga. It is alleged that one of the vehicles lost control and veered off its lane to collide with…
