Workers on site on a dilapidated waterway. 2 minutes Government says it’s introducing a new licence that will allow water entities to outsource the bolstering of water and sanitation services to private contractors. It made the announcement at the National Water and Sanitation Indaba at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand Johannesburg. The aim of the Indaba…
A nurse prepares a vaccine dosage. 2 minutes The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has expressed concern about the increasing number of respiratory diphtheria cases in the country. 40 cases of diphtheria have been confirmed including nine fatalities. This contagious and serious illness can be prevented through vaccination. Symptoms typically include a sore throat,…
Postbank black card 1 minute The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has urged grant beneficiaries who have not yet switched from the gold card to the Postbank black card to urgently do so. This follows two extensions of the deadline which will now be on April 30. So far, 1.3 million of the country’s 2.6 million beneficiaries…
Former SAA Board member Yakhe Kwinana appears at the East London Magistrates Court in the Eastern Cape on 26 March 2025. 2 minutes Another investigating officer, who testified in the bail application of former SAA Board Member Ntombiyakhe Kwinana, has detailed how they struggled to locate Kwinana when they wanted to question her. Sergeant Motlalepule…
1 minute Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. The Investigating Officer, Captain Wesley Lombard, is testifying for the State. LIVE STREAM:
Crime graphic. 1 minute The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) will investigate a human trafficking case after 23 South Africans trafficked to Thailand were rescued and brought back home. The group has returned to the country from Myanmar with the assistance of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) and the Border Management…
Residents of KaMajika Village near Hazyview in Mpumalanga collect water from the Kambeni River. 2 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile will officially close the National Water and Sanitation Indaba at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Gauteng, today. President Cyril Ramaphosa who delivered the keynote address yesterday underscored government’s commitment to tackling South Africa’s water…
1 minute Stats SA says it has noted a drop in free basic services rendered in municipalities, compared to 10 years ago. According to its non-financial census of municipalities for the year ended 30 June 2023, only three provinces showed the highest proportion of households that benefited from free basic water services. They are the Western…
Ramaphosa at the Water Indaba 3 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says that the time for talking shop is over as government and stakeholders must find solutions to the country’s water crisis. Ramaphosa was speaking at the two-day National Water and Sanitation Indaba, taking place in Midrand, Gauteng. The Indaba is set to address the country’s…
1 minute The final analogue switch-off set for 31 March 2025 will not go ahead as planned. This comes as the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria suspended the switch-off deadline and interdicted the Minister from implementing it pending a final determination on part B, which is the review of the lawfulness of the decision to…
