FILE | City of Tshwane’s Human Settlements MMC Aaron Maluleka. The Kleinfontein informal settlement, a self-declared Afrikaner-only community east of Pretoria, has accused the City of Tshwane of targeting it for removal. This follows the city’s urgent legal bid to halt all development on the land. The metro argues its action is based on long-standing…
The Alexandra Magistrates court in Johannesburg delivers bail judgment in the DJ Sumbody murder case. Katiso “KT” Molefe is accused of ordering a hit on the celebrity DJ, record producer and businessman Oupa Sefoka, also known as “DJ Sumbody”. LIVE STREAM:
Extinguished cigarettes in an ashtray of ash and cigarette butts. Stakeholders in the Health industry have been making submissions to the Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Control Bill in Parliament. The public hearings are taking place before the Portfolio Committee on Health. A consultant in sustainability and public health and a former director of…
President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at Haneda International Airport in Japan President Cyril Ramaphosa will participate in a number of plenary sessions at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Japan. The Summit takes place at a time of unprecedented threats to global peace and security, ongoing conflicts in some regions of the world,…
SANTACO’s Public Relations Officer, Mandla Hermanus Taxi association, South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) says they’ve learnt that there are divisions between e-hailing and meter taxi drivers. SANTACO has been criticised across the country following the brutal murder of e-hailing driver Mthokozisi Mvelase at Maponya Mall in Soweto last week. Police have not arrested anyone in…
Minister John Steenhuisen visits Dr Böhmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein Some learners at Dr Bohmer School of Skills in Bloemfontein have expressed their excitement over the visit by the Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen. Steenhuisen visited the school, which offers an agricultural programme for children with special educational needs. The pupils say they have…
File image by Omar Badsha, powerfully illustrates community resistance during the 1985 Inanda riots via SAHO Civil society groups in Phoenix, north of Durban, are calling for the institution of the commission of enquiry into the 1985 Inanda unrest that claimed three lives and displaced over 1 500 Indian families. The month of August marks…
Infrastructure damage caused by migrating elephants from Zimbabwe and Botswana. Farmers and residents at Niani, outside Musina, in Limpopo, are concerned that elephants migrating from Zimbabwe and Botswana are causing damage in the area. The elephants have been ravaging farms, ruining crops and infrastructure at farms along the Limpopo River over the past weeks. A…
An empty court room. The trial of six men accused of killing 18 people in Ngobozana village has been postponed by the Mthatha High Court, sitting in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. This is due to the absence of the lawyer for accused number three. The accused face a total of 29 charges, including 19…
Winning learners for their science projects in the Eskom Regional Science Fair in the Klein Karoo and Garden Route areas A total of 12 gold medals, five silver and 16 bronze medals have been awarded to learners from the Garden Route at Little Karoo at the Eskom Expo Eden Karoo Regional Science Fair. The science…
