George Airport 1 minute Flights are expected to be disrupted at George Airport in the Western Cape today due to severe inclement weather conditions. The Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) says the unsafe conditions include strong winds. They could affect a particular runway that is currently under maintenance. Earlier this month, flights had to…
Corrugated asbestos cement roofing. 3 minutes The North West Legislature’s Committee on Education says it’s flabbergasted that there are still schools with asbestos infrastructure in the province. It is now over 14 years since the South African government banned the use of asbestos. This was after it was scientifically proven that it causes a chronic…
The Hillbrow Magistrates Court. 1 minute Twenty-eight Ethiopian nationals are this morning expected to appear in the Hillbrow Magistrate’s Court for contravening the Immigration Act. The group was discovered earlier this month at a home in Sandringham and the Hawks in Gauteng have taken over the investigation On January 9, authorities responded to a tip-off…
The High Court in Pretoria. 1 minute A couple convicted of murdering a former partner and committing fraud is set to be sentenced in the High Court in Pretoria today. Sibusiso and Lerato Mahlangu were found guilty of the premeditated murder of Lerato’s former partner, Sibusiso Sithebe. They were also convicted on a charge of…
[FILE] The Black Spitting Cobra is one of Africa’s most private and shy snakes. 2 minutes Northern Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Koliswa Otola has commended Captain Joanita Becker from the Air Wing unit for ensuring the safety of the community and her SAPS colleagues. Captain Becker successfully caught a venomous Cape cobra and a puff…
1 minute A group of unemployed doctors in KwaZulu-Natal is preparing to march from the UNISA Pietermaritzburg campus this morning. The doctors are seeking to highlight their plight and demand urgent government action. The state’s failure to employ qualified doctors has become a serious concern. Over 1 500 of them are jobless in South Africa. One of the conveners, Dr. Mxolisi Xulu says, “Our Minister (of Health) said…
Security company Reaction Unit South Africa’s vehicles seen were the bodies were found. 1 minute The bail application of 12 suspects, who are accused of hacking to death five people in Inanda in Durban, earlier this month, is expected to take place at the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court today. They were arrested just hours after the…
An illegal miner 2 minutes Eleven people have been arrested at the Nuttabooi informal settlement in Kleinzee, in the Northern Cape, during Operation Vala Umgodi. Police say nine suspects were arrested for being in the country illegally, while the other two were arrested for illegal mining. Two other people were fined for selling liquor without…
File image: A court gavel, handcuffs and law books. 1 minute Three individuals accused of kidnapping a 51-year-old businessman and demanding a R15 million ransom are set to appear in the Louis Trichardt Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The victim, who was abducted in October 2024, was found unharmed at a house in Nkuzana village on…
File image, Electricity Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addresses the media. 3 minutes Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramakgopa says bringing down the cost of electricity is a pressing priority for the government. Ramakgopa was speaking on the sidelines of the African National Congress (ANC) National Lekgotla taking place in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Amongst the issues the…
