George Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape. 1 minute Two men accused of killing alleged underworld kingpin, Mark Lifman, are expected to appear in the George Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape today. Fifty seven-year-old Lifman was gunned down at the Garden Route Mall more than a week ago. He had been scheduled to appear…
SABC Television Centre building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 2 minutes Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) has expressed concern about what appears to be a conflict in the government of national unity regarding the SABC Bill when urgent measures need to be taken to ameliorate the financial position of the public broadcaster. MMA Director, William Bird says…
File Photo: A spaza shop in South Africa. 3 minutes Residents of KwaMashu, north of Durban, are calling for the closure of local spaza shops after teachers at a school in the area discovered capsules inside a sealed packet of chips bought by children. Several cases of food contamination have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal since…
File Image: A mine site 2 minutes Communities in Carletonville, west of Gauteng, say the dust from mine dumps is impacting their health. They say the situation has been like this for many years without any intervention from authorities. Health experts warn that living near mine dumps increases the risk of respiratory diseases., Yolanda Kolwana…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu speaking at a government event. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the South African Police Service (SAPS) is dealing decisively with the rotten apples in its ranks. The Minister was answering oral questions in the National Assembly in Parliament on Wednesday. Mchunu says they have noted a new trend where…
A student during an examination. 2 minutes The Department of Basic Education says R220 million of the R3,6 billion spent on running matric exams goes to printing costs. The department has sought to clarify this after a City Press article accused the department of using private printing companies to print exam papers. According to the…
A man is pictured refilling his water bottles from a water tanker. 5 minutes Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has called on South Africans to change their behaviour regarding water usage. She was speaking in the National Assembly, making a statement on water security in the country. Several municipalities across the country are struggling…
Snack hamper. 3 minutes Civil society organisation, AfriForum, says the Gauteng Education Department’s ban on the sale of food at schools is too drastic as it will negatively affect learners or expose them to greater danger. The decision was made in response to the startling rise in food contamination incidents affecting pupils across various schools…
1 minute Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa reports that municipal debt to Eskom has surged by R12 billion in the past three months, reaching a staggering total of over R90 billion. The City of Johannesburg is among many municipalities that owe Eskom billions of rands in unpaid electricity bills. Eskom has issued a warning to Johannesburg,…
[FILE IMAGE]: A drop of water falls from a tap. 2 minutes Johannesburg Water has called off a planned illegal water disconnection operation shortly after it began this morning in Phumla-Mqashi informal settlement at Lenasia after four vehicles were damaged by protesting residents. The residents pelted the utility’s vehicles with stones. The operation was part…
