SANDF member Pieter Strydom, a 34-year-old father of three from Kimberley, who died in Goma in the DRC. 1 minute One of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be buried in Kimberley in the Northern Cape on Friday next week. Pieter Strydom will…
SASSA office in Wynberg, Western Cape 2 minutes SASSA grants beneficiaries in Cape Town, who have been queuing for hours at a time, have expressed their frustration about the delays they’ve been experiencing in trying to change over their cards to the Postbank black cards. Beneficiaries across South Africa have now been given a reprieve,…
Enoch Ndou in the High Court in Thohoyandou as judgment was being delivered by Judge Thogomelani Tshidada (14 February 2025). 1 minute The family of a man who has been convicted of killing seven of his family members has welcomed the verdict of the High Court in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. The court, which was sitting in…
SANCO members marching 2 minutes The South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) in North West has called on the provincial government to improve service delivery and reduce the high rate of unemployment. SANCO recently marched to the provincial government offices in Mahikeng to hand over a memorandum of demands. The state of the roads in the…
File image: A patient during a morning break inside a hospital specialising in mental health care. 1 minute A psychiatrist says social media is one of the major contributors to mental illness, especially in children. Dr Gagu Matsebula says social media exposes children to a lot of dangerous content, and has advised parents to discuss…
RDP homes 1 minute Limpopo’s Human Settlements MEC Basikopo Makamu has expressed unhappiness over the lack of progress in the construction of residential units at Marapong Village in Modimolle. There has been delays in the completion of 500 residential units. The project, which is supposed to be completed in April this year, is still lagging…
Johannesburg Water reservoir 1 minute The CEO of the South African Water Chamber, Benoit Le Roy has expressed concern that minor incidents in the water sector are escalating into major issues that the country is not well equipped to deal with. This following a power failure at the Emfuleni substation, which provides electricity to Rand…
Crime scene remnants. 1 minute A female Limpopo police officer has been arrested in connection with the deaths of her son and his partner in Mokomene-Mashaha village in Botlokwa. Provincial police spokesperson, Malesela Ledwaba says the 25-year-old man was found lying with bullet wounds. His teenage partner later died in hospital. The cause of the…
Kidnapping 1 minute The police in the Eastern Cape are searching for the two foreign nationals who were kidnapped this morning in the Nelson Mandela Bay Region. SAPS have pleaded with community members to come forward with the information to curb the rate of kidnappings in the region. Last year, the man alleged to be…
No to bullying in school sign. 3 minutes A mother of a grade 10 pupil, who was allegedly bullied by a fellow pupil at Sutherland High School in Centurion, is pinning her hopes on the justice system. She has opened a case of intimidation and harassment against the alleged bully and his mother. The mother…
