[File Image] Over 1000 underprivileged children have taken to the skies this week as part of the 10th anniversary of The Children’s Flight, a life-changing initiative giving many of them their first-ever experience in a helicopter. The annual event took place at Wonderboom National Airport in Pretoria through a partnership between the City of Tshwane…
EFF leader Julius Malema The Economic Freedom Fighters will today celebrate its 12th anniversary at the Khayelitsha Rugby Stadium in the Cape Flats, Cape Town. The celebrations come at a time where the party has faced a leadership shake-up where some top officials have resigned from the organization. The EFF’s programme is expected to begin…
Passangers stand in line to board their flights with thier luggage. The South African Cabin Crew Association has demanded accountability from Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), following a serious security breach at OR Tambo International Airport in which a passenger boarded a flight to Ethiopia with two training hand grenades in their checked luggage. The…
Ginger informal settlement Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) together with the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Department of Home Affairs, were out in their numbers at the Ginger informal settlement in Sandton, where they conducted a raid early on Friday morning, in an attempt to root out crime. The operation was led by Johannesburg…
Tiffany Meek. As the bail application of Tiffany Meek, Jayden-Lee Meek‘s mother unfolds in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court, questions are being raised about the thoroughness of the investigation and whether all possible leads have been explored. With public scrutiny intensifying, both the prosecution and defence face mounting pressure to present compelling evidence that could sway…
South African police officers at work. The South African Policing Union (SAPU) is allegedly blaming political interference in the appointment of a provincial police commissioner in North West. The Union’s allegations come as the South African Police Service (SAPS) is in the spotlight in recent weeks. This follows revelations by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant…
FILE: Firefighters work at Parliament The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) says it anticipates that the rebuilding of Parliament will be completed by the end of next year. The bank briefed the Joint Standing Committee on Financial Management of Parliament on progress made in rebuilding the damaged structures. The bank was commissioned to do…
FILE | Pupils using scholar transport. The North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management has put aside more than R1 billion for transport operations. When presenting the R2.4 billion budget for the 2025/2026 financial year at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng, MEC Wessels Morweng said half of that budget will be allocated to…
The High Court in Johannesburg. Pre-school teacher Amber Lee Hughes has confessed to drowning her ex-boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter. Hughes appeared in the Johannesburg High Court facing two counts of rape and one count of murder. She told the court through her lawyer that she was suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder at the time of the…
Early Childhood Development centre Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has launched the Bana Pele Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres registration across the country. The intention is to get all ECD centres across the country registered. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has previously announced that the government has allocated R10 billion towards early childhood development. In an…
