Pelindaba outside Pretoria. 1 minute The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, (Necsa) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its first nuclear reactor SAFARI-1. This is the first nuclear research reactor on the African continent commissioned back in 1965. The reactor located at Pelindaba, outside Pretoria, currently produces nuclear medical isotopes used for cancer detection and…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says the cutting of USAID to South Africa has been a wake-up call. The president was speaking at the first day of nursing union Denosa’s 9th National Congress at Birchwood on Gauteng’s east rand. A key discussion of the meeting is the aftermath of the cutting of…
A prison fence. 1 minute A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to five life sentences by the Bloemfontein Regional Court in the Free State. He was found guilty of five counts of rape dating back to 2019. Police Spokesperson Mahlomola Kareli says Anthony Trevor Watson’s modus operandi involved meeting his victims under various pretenses and…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Premier Panyaza Lesufi seen visiting the families of the victims of the Soshanguve shooting. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says police resources have been increased in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, to fight crime. Mchunu is visiting the area following a shooting incident at the Marry Me informal settlement last…
State witness in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case, Lourentia Lombaard, takes an oath before testifying. 2 minutes The cross examination of the key state witness, Lourentia Lombaard, in the Joshlin Smith trial, is continuing in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Lombaard is being questioned by accused…
Policeman in courtroom 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal police have warned residents of KwaMashu in northern Durban against criminals impersonating officers. This follows incidents in which criminals used the same modus operandi to commit robberies in homes. In a recent case, men posing as police officers robbed a 36-year-old woman of cellphones and cash in her home…
Sassa signage board seen outside the head office. 3 minutes In another case of identity theft, a 63-year-old pensioner from Gugulethu is yet to enjoy a penny of his social grant from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). This, while someone else in Gauteng – who has all his birth details including names and…
Families who have lost their loved ones in the Soshanguve shooting seen during a meeting with Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. 2 minutes Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of six people at Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve are expected to appear before the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The suspects were…
[FILE IMAGE]: Border Management Authority (BMA) official checking a travellers documents. 2 minutes Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says a digitised system will strengthen efforts to combat fraud and corruption at South Africa’s borders. Schreiber and Special Investigating Unit Head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, launched the Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum in Pretoria, today. The…
Placards on a door calling for people to apply for jobs. 2 minutes Stats SA says the total number of formal sector jobs has increased by 12,000 in the last quarter of 2024. The increase brings the number of formally employed people to 10,6 million. Trade contributed the highest number jobs during the quarter followed…
