A classroom 2 minutes Solidarity, AfriForum and the Solidarity Support Centre for Schools have initiated legal action against the promulgation of the BELA Act. The organisations say President Cyril Ramaphosa acted irrationally and was in breach of various agreements as well as a recommendation by the Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube by promulgating the…
University of Venda campus 2 minutes The registration of first time students has started at the University of Venda in Limpopo. The institution says the online registration process is running smoothly. The university has received more than 100 000 applications but can only admit just over 3 500. University Spokesperson Takalani Dzaga says they are…
Matric class of 2024 top achievers take a picture with Minister Siviwe Gwarube and Department of Basic Education officials. 1 minute The HAWKS have confirmed the arrest of a 21-year-old suspect in the online leakage of the 2024 matric results. The Basic Education Department lodged a complaint that matric results were being sold for about…
Rescue operations at Stilfontein. 2 minutes The Consul General of Zimbabwe in South Africa, Arial Phiri says they will work hand in hand with the South African Police Service to identify their citizens from the 78 bodies, retrieved in Stilfontein. Phiri said this during a media briefing at shaft 11. Phiri was accompanied by acting…
Chairs seen submerged in water at Grobler’s Bridge Border Post in Limpopo. 3 minutes The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it is not yet clear when operations will resume at the flooded Grobler’s Bridge Border Post outside Lephalale in Limpopo. The BMA temporarily suspended operations three days ago, due to high water levels. Trucks are…
Complainant Andiswa Mengo (L) and her interpreter. 2 minutes Warning: This report contains details of a graphic nature and may be upsetting to viewers. The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge saw the complainant, Andiswa Mengo, reduced to tears during her testimony that the top judge allegedly…
Hawks vehicle 1 minute A second suspect has been arrested by the Hawks in connection with the murder of Sergeant Ntombi Mbanjwa. Mbanjwa was shot at her residence in Umzikhulu in the south of Durban last year. Her police fiance’, Sergeant Ntokozo Mngqithi, has been arrested in connection with her murder. “Hawks members from Port…
1 minute Two men accused of the murder of alleged underworld boss Mark Lifman have appeared in the George Magistrate’s court in the Western Cape for their bail applications. It is alleged that the accused shot and killed Lifman in the parking lot of the Garden Route Mall in November last year. They were arrested…
People wearing masks. 1 minute Concerns about Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have increased since the outbreak in China in December 2024. Many people are questioning whether it could lead to another pandemic, similar to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. According to the World Health Organisation, there is usually a rise in acute respiratory infections during winter…
Specialised equipment being used to bring illegal miners to the surface in Stilfontein 2 minutes North West Acting Police Commissioner Patrick Asaneng has confirmed that all the illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein have been successfully evacuated. On Monday, police in the province along with mine rescue services, entered the third and final…
