Entrance to Wits University campus in Johannesburg 2 minutes Hundreds of returning students at Wits University have gone on hunger strike until they are all registered. The strike, now in its second day, will continue until these returning postgraduate students have their demands met. It’s been a week since all South African Universities started the…
Prosperitus Secondary School in Eesterust, Pretoria where Gauteng Education MEC @matomekopano will host the #SchoolSafety Imbizo for the Tshwane region. 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department will today host an Imbizo in Pretoria to look into the safety of learners and educators at schools. It will be held at the Prosperitus Secondary School. MEC Matome…
Various stakeholders from across Tshwane raise school safety concerns with Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane at the #SchoolSafety Imbizo. 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department says it’s working closely with law enforcement officials to promote safety in all schools in the province. MEC Matome Chiloane says parents and School Governing Bodies’ members gathered in Eesterust…
Rand Water station in Roodepoort. 1 minute Rand Water has warned Gauteng municipalities that it will resort to restrictions if they fail to implement contingency conservation measures. It says the entire water system in the province will collapse if consumers don’t reduce their consumption. The bulk water supplier has called on the Tshwane and Johannesburg…
Hand foot and mouth disease on a child’s feet. 1 minute The number of cases of hand, foot and mouth disease in KwaZulu-Natal has risen to 117, according to the provincial health department. The cases have been found in 10 primary schools, as well as in daycare centres. The ages of the children with the…
SANDF member Pieter Strydom, a 34-year-old father of three from Kimberley, who died in Goma in the DRC. 1 minute One of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be buried in Kimberley in the Northern Cape on Friday next week. Pieter Strydom will…
SASSA office in Wynberg, Western Cape 2 minutes SASSA grants beneficiaries in Cape Town, who have been queuing for hours at a time, have expressed their frustration about the delays they’ve been experiencing in trying to change over their cards to the Postbank black cards. Beneficiaries across South Africa have now been given a reprieve,…
Enoch Ndou in the High Court in Thohoyandou as judgment was being delivered by Judge Thogomelani Tshidada (14 February 2025). 1 minute The family of a man who has been convicted of killing seven of his family members has welcomed the verdict of the High Court in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. The court, which was sitting in…
SANCO members marching 2 minutes The South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) in North West has called on the provincial government to improve service delivery and reduce the high rate of unemployment. SANCO recently marched to the provincial government offices in Mahikeng to hand over a memorandum of demands. The state of the roads in the…
File image: A patient during a morning break inside a hospital specialising in mental health care. 1 minute A psychiatrist says social media is one of the major contributors to mental illness, especially in children. Dr Gagu Matsebula says social media exposes children to a lot of dangerous content, and has advised parents to discuss…
