FILE | Person walks in a flooded area Disruptive rainfall leading to the flooding of roads is expected over the City of Cape Town, Cape Winelands, West Coast and Overberg Districts of the Western Cape today. Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management centre says it has received reports on a few incidents in the past 24…
A sign cautioning of an accident. Five people died on Saturday when a bakkie and a sedan collided near the J.G. Strydom tunnel outside The Oaks in the Mopani district, in Limpopo. A male driver and four female passengers died on the spot, while one person was taken to hospital. Transport spokesperson Tshifhiwa Dali says…
A lantern lit during a loadshedding. Eskom has urged the public to avoid illegal connections, warning that these overload the system and trigger widespread power interruptions. The power utility says that to keep the electricity supply stable this winter, customers must buy electricity only from accredited vendors. Eskom spokesperson Daphne Mokwena says that system overload…
Acting Executive Mayor Kenny Kunene and MMC for Community Development, Tebogo Nkokou in Randburg a crackdown operation. More than a dozen illegal immigrants have been arrested following a crackdown operation by the City of Johannesburg in Randburg led by the Acting Executive Mayor Kenny Kunene. The operation is part of the City’s high impact service…
Graphic depicting a fatal shooting A 24-year-old man has been gunned down in Manenberg on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says the deceased was walking on Gonubie Road when two people approached him and opened fire. He says the man collapsed and died. No one has been arrested. Van Wyk says police…
The IDO held an international dance contest at the Sun City’s super bowl The International Dance Organisation (IDO) says it plans to create opportunities to nurture the talent of dancers in Africa. IDO held an international dance contest at Sun City’s Super Bowl, in the North West, yesterday. Twenty-three-year-old Clarishca Viljoen from Alberton, in Johannesburg,…
Rain droplets. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) is warning that a cold front has made landfall sweeping through the Western and Eastern Cape. The two provinces will be seeing scattered thundershowers and rain into the weekend. A yellow level warning four has been issued for the Eastern Cape with predictions of snowfall in high-lying…
Stop GBV The Gauteng Portfolio Committee on Community Safety has made an impassioned plea to victims of crime, particularly gender-based violence, not to withdraw cases against their perpetrators. It says the growing trend could undermine efforts to fight gender-based violence and hold perpetrators accountable. The committee raised the issue during its oversight visit to the…
Learners seen in class. The Basic Education Department has conceded that it has seen a regression in learners’ comprehension skills in the past four years. This follows its confirmation that it will not make coding and robotics compulsory subjects in schools, citing systemic challenges. The department says a decrease in the number of learners who…
KwaZulu-Natal Special Operational Briefing KwaZulu-Natal Special Operational Briefing led by Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal, Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi.
