Police seen in Diepkloof 1 minute Johannesburg Human Settlements MMC Mlungisi Mabaso says they want to know how a portion of the Diepkloof Hostel in Soweto ended up in private hands. This after hostel residents embarked on a violent protest over the land and the dilapidated state of the hostel. Two people died following the…
FILE | A building on fire 1 minute The father of one of the four toddlers who died in a house fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg, wants the woman who was looking after the children to face the full might of the law. Mdumise Ncube lost his 7-month-old baby Precious. The toddler was left in the…
Graphic depicting an assault 2 minutes Seven girl learners have appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court charged with common assault. This after being arrested for allegedly assaulting another learner over the weekend. A video emerged showing the alleged assault incident. The incident is said to have happened at a house in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on Saturday…
A woman crosses a flooded street in Philippi. 1 minute Disaster Risk management officials in the Western Cape are on alert ahead of a series of cold fronts due to make landfall in the province this week. The weather service has issued a level 2 weather warning with expected high waves, rain and strong winds…
Main entrance of the Tembisa Hospital after a fire broke out. 1 minute The case against a man accused of allegedly starting the fire last month which destroyed sections of Tembisa Hospital will continue on Friday. 48-year-old Thembinkosi Manqunyana appeared in the Tembisa Magistrate’s Court on Monday facing a charge of arson and malicious damage…
A graphic depicting child pornography 1 minute The Blue Downs Magistrate’s Court has today sentenced a man from Kraaifontein in the Western Cape to 12 years direct imprisonment for downloading and distributing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says the convict has entered a plea and…
Forensic Pathologists examine the scene where two people are alleged to have died during service delivery protests, sparked by ongoing frustrations over poor service delivery, in Diepkloof 2 minutes Two people have died and another sustained injury following protest by hostel residents in Diepkloof, Soweto on Monday. Residents blockaded the highways and Chris Hani Road…
FILE: The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) members during NEC meeting. 1 minute SASCO in Tshwane has given Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane seven days to respond to their memorandum of demands or face intensified protest action. Students marched to the Minister’s office in Pretoria over NSFAS related issues, including the defunding of students…
A piece of arid land 2 minutes Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development Mzwanele Nyhontso has officially handed over more than 2 000 hectares of land to the community of KwaMathonsi near KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast in settling a land claim. The community said in their land claim that they were dispossessed…
FILE | Fire engines at a scene of a blaze 1 minute Four toddlers between the ages of one and two have died following a house fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg. The cause of the fire is not yet known. A fire incident was reported in Mayfair, Johannesburg, this morning, resulting in four fatalities. The cause…
