Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe 2 minutes The Department of Higher Education and Training says it is in talks with the South African Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Student Association to meet some of their demands. The association represents the interests of TVET students nationwide. It cites the withholding…
SANDF Aeroplane 1 minute A second plane has landed in the country with more injured South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers evacuated from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Three of the critically injured ones arrived in the country last night. Last month, 14 South African soldiers were killed in fighting between…
[File image] 1 minute The South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) says it will immediately mobilise its members across the country to find the 1.1 million people living with HIV who are currently not on treatment. This follows the launch of the new HIV treatment campaign, which aims to get the missing patients on treatment…
{File photo] A view shows desks in a classroom ready for pupils to return. 2 minutes A number of parents in Polokwane and the surrounding areas in Limpopo have raised concerns about the delay by schools in admitting learners for the 2025 school year. Over 30 learners remain at home without schooling. Although the learners…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivers the State of the Province Address in Pretoria. 3 minutes Political analyst Dr Dale McKinley says Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s State of the Province Address (SOPA) lacked the required interventions to address the challenges facing the province. He says the challenges include crime. McKinley says the province should not have…
A bridge along R507 in Ottosdal has been submerged in water after the heavy rains. 1 minute Residents of Klipvoor village in the Madibeng Local Municipality, outside Brits in the North West, are appealing to government to fast-track the fixing of roads and bridges in their area. This, after recent heavy rains in more than…
File image: Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says he is vindicated now that the state has dropped all charges against him. The Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto has provisionally withdrawn Gwamanda’s case as the state failed to present the charge sheet. It was alleged that Gwamanda and a…
The fire, situated in the Suurvlakte area, split into 2 lines and 1 on the Wolseley side of the Obiqua Mountain and another on the Wellington side. 1 minute Firefighting teams are still working to contain multiple fires in the Witzenberg area of the Western Cape, more than a week after they began. According to…
The UN says five South African soldiers are facing allegations of sexual misconduct in the DRC for the abuse of four adults and a minor between 2014 and 2016. 1 minute The group of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who were critically injured in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are back in…
Gauteng Deputy Provincial Commissioner, Major General Fred Kekana briefing the media 1 minute Gauteng police say they are on the hunt for more suspects linked to the cash-in-transit heist in Laudium, west of Pretoria on Monday evening. Six suspects were killed in a shootout with police, while a 22-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene….
