1 minute A 24-year-old male suspect and a 35-year-old woman have been arrested in Cape Town in separate incidents for the alleged possession of illegal firearms and ammunition. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says police in the Manenberg area were conducting stop-and-search patrols when they spotted three men approaching. Swartbooi says officers followed them and located…
SASSA Black cards 1 minute Social grant recipients have been warned that the yellow SASSA cards will stop functioning after the March 20th deadline. Beneficiaries have until Thursday this week to swap their yellow SASSA cards with the new black Postbank cards. Postbank CEO Nikki Mbengashe says they will continue to issue the new black…
State witness in Joshlin Smith’s case, Lorentia Lombaard, seen testifying at the case. 2 minutes Kelly Smith’s sister, Mickeyla Daniels, a police officer based in Upington in the Northern Cape, has taken to the witness stand in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay. During her testimony Daniels says a week after Joshlin’s…
The invasive alien plant, believed to be from South America, was first recorded at Hartbeespoort Dam in 2011. 2 minutes The Water and Sanitation Department has released Weevil insects to help eradicate the invasive alien water plant in the Hartebeespoort dam water system. The insects were brought in from America as part of a collaboration…
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. 2 minutes The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has confirmed its investigation into allegations surrounding KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Ipid says the probe is in connection with Mkhwanazi’s alleged interference with the arrest of a senior Correctional Services official in Richards Bay in 2023. The Independent Police…
Joshlin Smith’s mother Kelly appearing in court last year. 1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial is expected to resume in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha on the Cape West Coast today. Shocking testimony emerged last week, including that the child’s mother allegedly sold her for R20 000. Kelly…
North West Province road sign. 1 minute The North West Housing Corporation (NWHC) says it will continue with the province’s mega and smart city projects, despite the North West Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements’ instruction to halt the projects. North West Housing Corporation CEO Sello Mogodiri says as an entity of the provincial government,…
Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane delivering his first State of the province address for the seventh administration at the Eastern Cape provincial legislature in Bhisho. 2 minutes Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has sent his condolences to the family of former MEC in the Department of Community Safety and Liaison, Dennis Neer, following his passing….
Andrew Mehlape appears in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court, March 17, 2025. 1 minute The case against a man who allegedly killed his stepdaughter has been postponed to next Monday at the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court, outside Polokwane in Limpopo. Forty-eight-year-old Andrew Mehlape allegedly stabbed to death 14-year-old Rebotile Moloto on Friday morning while she was walking…
Painting image. 2 minutes The Basic Education department says there’s a need to ensure all children access quality early childhood development. Statistics suggest that over 1.3 million children are not enrolled in any form of the early childhood development programme, leaving them without the foundational literacy and numeracy skills required to succeed in school. It…
