Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) 2 minutes The Cape Independence Advocacy Group (CIAG) is taking its quest for a sovereign Western Cape to the global stage by seeking support from the United States. The group says that it has notified President Cyril Ramaphosa, the International Relations Minister, and the Western Cape Premier, of its plans…
Postbank employees assist social grant beneficiaries. 1 minute Today is the deadline for all beneficiaries of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) to switch from the agency’s gold card to the Postbank’s black card. The migration process has left some grant recipients frustrated. Long queues and under-staffing have plagued assistance centres across the country,…
The three accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial seen appearing before court. 1 minute The state’s star witness in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial, Lorentia Lombaard, says she is overwhelmed by all the media attention. She is being cross-examined in the High Court sitting in Saldhana Bay in the Western Cape….
3 minutes The government plans to test five million South Africans annually for Tuberculosis to curb new infections and reduce TB-related deaths. TB remains one of the leading causes of death globally, despite being curable. In South Africa, it is the top cause of mortality in men. In 2023 alone, 270,000 new TB cases were…
1 minute The Easter holiday season sees high road traffic volumes as many travellers head to religious and holiday destinations across the country, with major corridors reaching peak levels. The Easter Road Safety awareness campaign focusses on promoting safer road usage during this busy period. Its goal is to ensure smooth traffic flow and prevent…
A car steering wheel. 1 minute The Western Cape Mobility Department says it has issued 200 speeding fines between the tenth and the 16th of this month across the province. Minister Isaac Sileku says the highest recorded speed reached 160 kilometres per hour in a 120 kilometre per hour zone. Sileku says speeding has continued…
Ashwin Trikamjee 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the family of Ashwin Trikamjee, who passed away at the age of 80 in a Johannesburg hospital on this morning. Trikamjee was the president of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha and the National Religious Leaders’ Forum. Ramaphosa described him as “an outstanding…
Ismail Sha studies with a rechargeable lantern for his final examination during one of the frequent power outages, called load-shedding, from South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom, because of ageing coal-fired power stations, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 25, 2022. 1 minute Residents of Rabie Ridge in northern Johannesburg have barricaded roads with rocks…
A worker shows the mouth of a cow 3 minutes Small-scale farmers from the Nkombose area in Mtubatuba on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast are appealing to the government to dispatch extension officers to areas impacted by foot and mouth disease. This week, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announced the extension of the boundaries of the…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. 1 minute Former Municipal Manager of the Doctor JS Moroka Municipality in Mpumalanga, Thami Khubeka, will either serve two years in jail or pay a R50 000 fine. The Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mbombela handed down his sentence yesterday. It had found Khubeka guilty of contravening the Finance Management Act. …
