FILE | A clinic in poor state 2 minutes The National Portfolio Committee on Health has expressed concern about KwaZulu-Natal’s healthcare facilities. The committee is currently in the province to conduct oversight visits to several healthcare facilities after receiving letters of complaints from members of the public. Residents at Gamalakhe near Port Shepstone where the…
Police seized crystal meth valued at R50 million 1 minute Eastern Cape Safety MEC Xolile Nqatha has applauded police for arresting a 35-year-old man driving a truck with drugs worth R50 million in Aliwal North yesterday. The suspect was arrested during an interprovincial Crime-Combat Operation involving police from four provinces. Upon searching the suspect, who…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu and Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi visit Soshanguve, north of Pretoria on March 26, 2025 to offer condolences to families. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has called for calm in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria. This followed the arrest of two suspects linked to the brutal murder of six community patrollers at…
Lourentia Lombaard in the dock 1 minute The presiding judge in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial, Judge Nathan Erasmus, has issued a stern warning to the state’s key witness, Lourentia Lombaard. Yesterday’s proceedings were adjourned early at the High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape, after Lombaard fell ill….
Armyworms feed on crops. 1 minute The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Affairs has confirmed that an outbreak of African Armyworms in the Free State. African armyworms cover large areas of grass, pasture, or very small maize and sorghum in dense swarms of worms. The department says 31 cases have been reported over…
Gambling machine. 1 minute Police have arrested two women in Manenberg on the Cape Flats for being in possession of illegal gambling machines in their houses, without the necessary operating licenses. Authorities raided the premises, which operate gambling machines without the necessary documentation. Police Spokesperson, Anelisiwe Manyana says the suspects aged 43 and 46 are…
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…
