2 minutes The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for some parts of the country. It says the extreme weather conditions will start this weekend and continue into next week. Strong winds are forecast in KwaZulu-Natal with temperatures in Gauteng remaining low with cloudy conditions. The western mountainous areas of KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern…
2 minutes Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen says South Africa will this week receive vaccines from Botswana as the countries accelerate the fight against the Foot and Mouth Disease. Steenhuisen says the vaccines were procured for R72 million and will be rolled out as part of a mass vaccination programme set to start in KwaZulu-Natal. The…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile launch the Clean Cities and Towns campaign at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown. 1 minute Deputy President Paul Mashatile launches the Clean Cities and Towns campaign at Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown.
Grade 11 learner from the Martie du Plessis Special Needs School, Kamogelo Baukudi. 2 minutes Police have launched a search for a 19-year-old Grade 11 learner from the Martie du Plessis Special Needs School in Fichardtpark, Bloemfontein. This comes as kidnapping cases have reached alarming levels in the country. Two men impersonating police allegedly kidnapped…
Minister of Higher Education and Training Dr Nobuhle Nkabane 2 minutes The Presidency says Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane must account for her conduct in Parliament last week to President Cyril Ramaphosa. She appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education to explain her Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) Board appointments which had drawn…
National Director of Public Prosecution Advocate Shamila Batohi briefing media on progress made in the Venda Building Society Mutual Bank investigations. 2 minutes National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi, has highlighted salary dispensation as one of the challenges causing setbacks in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Batohi says this has led to the NPA…
[FILE] Members of the SANDF take part in a training exercise in the bush. 2 minutes Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga says the process to withdraw the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a work in progress. Motshekga says despite the delay in the operation,…
Likhona Fose in school uniform 2 minutes Mayor of Johannesburg Dada Morero has slammed the brutal murder of 14-year-old Likhona Fose. Her mutilated body was found in Durban Deep, in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg. Morero says there is no wealth acquired from ritual killing, adding that justice needs to prevail. He further urged parents to…
Fearful residents declined to speak about gangsterism. 1 minute A church leader in Westbury in Johannesburg has highlighted the need for stakeholders in the criminal justice system to restore the trust of residents. Pastor Mello du Plessis’ comment comes in the wake of an incident in which residents attacked members of a police anti-gang unit…
Judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial 1 minute The conduct of court officials in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has again come under the spotlight at the High Court in Pretoria. Presiding Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng raised concerns regarding court etiquette and decorum. This follows an altercation between defence counsel Charles Mnisi and state witness Brigadier…
