[FILE IMAGE]: A coffin during a funeral service. 1 minute Mourners at the funeral service of community activist, Professor Nomvula Mthethwa, have remembered her for steering them away from becoming juvenile delinquents. Sports administrator and neighbour, Archie Dyasi says that she, not only developed him intellectually but also, kept him and other youth off the…
A band, standing by Siyabonga Mnisi’s coffin, plays at his funeral in Soweto. 3 minutes Five-year-old, Siyabonga Mnisi, who died on Wednesday of a suspected food-borne illness has been laid to rest. Mourners gathered at his home in Diepkloof, Soweto to bid him farewell on Sunday. The Grade R learner from Dumezweni Primary School fell…
Cape fur seal basks on the rocks. 1 minute The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has raised concerns over the harassment of Cape fur seals. They say that incidents of brutality are on the rise ever since rabies was detected in the Cape fur seal population. The department says these include people allowing…
The late Breyten Breytenbach. 2 minutes Renowned South African poet, novelist, painter, and activist Breyten Breytenbach has died. Breytenbach passed on earlier today in Paris aged of 85. His family, in a statement released this afternoon, confirmed the news. According to the statement, the South African wordsmith passed on “with his wife Yolande by his…
People queue outside to upgrade their electricity metres 1 minute Eskom has urged customers whose metres have been bypassed or connected illegally to go to legal vendors and buy electricity before they come to Eskom offices. The power utility says this will help ease the burden of long queues and help Eskom speed up the…
People waiting to recode their prepaid meters ahead of the deadline. 2 minutes Security has been beefed up outside various Eskom offices in Soweto. This after reports of some criminal syndicates allegedly selling electricity tokens to customers queuing outside Eskom office to have their metres re-configured ahead of tonight’s deadline. There are also reports of people…
A prepaid electricity meter 3 minutes Eskom has given prepaid customers 20:15 (quarter-past eight) tonight as the deadline for upgrading their electricity meters, failing which they will not be able to recharge. The power utility says most prepaid electricity customers had re-coded their meters by June, 2024. Eskom has given reprieve to zero-buyers who will…
Casket bearing the body of 5-year-old Siyabonga Mnisi who died from suspected food poisoning after allegedly buying snacks from a spaza shop in Diepkloof, Soweto. 2 minutes International Relations Minister, Ronald Lamola has called on South Africans to allow authorities to deal with the issue of foreign-owned spaza shops. Owners of food outlets, including spaza…
Suspected gold bearing material and gold processing equipment seized by the police in the Free State in weekly operations to curb illegal mining. (23 November 2024) 1 minute A 42-year-old man has been arrested during an anti-illegal mining operation in the Phomolong informal settlement near Welkom in the Free State. Police say they recovered suspected…
An aerial view of the Stilfontein mine. 2 minutes Residents of Stilfontein near Klerksdorp in the North West have expressed frustration over a lack of communication from authorities as the second phase of the operation to bring illegal miners to the surface continues. Yesterday a crane was used to lower a camera underground a mine…
