The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services reports that there has been good progress with containment in some areas, while in other areas flare-ups. 2 minutes Firefighters in the Cape Winelands District Municipality have had a busy night trying to put out fires in different parts of the municipality. Fire spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto, says the…
Over 50 firefighters are responding to a fire in Newlands, Table Mountain National Park, reported at 3:40 AM. 1 minute SANParks has deployed more than 50 ground firefighters and aerial resources to combat an active fire in the Newlands area of Table Mountain National Park above Kirstenbosch. Reports of the fire outbreak were received in…
Staff Sergeant Ishmael Molahlehi’s coffin is covered in the South African flag during his funeral service in Thaba Nchu in the Free State. 1 minute The funeral service for 53-year-old Staff Sergeant Ishmael Molahlehi is underway at Thaba Nchu in the Free State. Molahlehi is one of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF)…
Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi’s coffin draped in the South African flag during his funeral service at Ga-Sekororo outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. 2 minutes Limpopo’s Cooperative Governance MEC, Basikopo Makamu, has paid tribute to the youngest of the 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. 28-year-old Rifleman…
VBS branch 1 minute Disgruntled VBS Mutual Bank depositors have expressed outrage at the news that municipalities who deposited money in the collapsed bank, would be the first to be reimbursed. This follows the recovery of R670 million by the liquidators of the collapsed bank. The recovery of the money by liquidators had brought hope…
Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi’s portrait is pictured during his funeral service at Ga-Sekororo in Limpopo. 2 minutes Hundreds of mourners have converged at Ga-Sekororo outside Tzaneen in Limpopo, where the funeral service for the deceased, Rifleman Calvin Louis Moagi, is under way. The mood at the proceedings is somber. Rifleman Moagi is one of the…
FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. 2 minutes Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa says a commission of inquiry will be established to look into the deaths of initiates in the Eastern Cape. 📍Happening Today | Mthatha, Eastern Cape| The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, is today leading…
Sign cordoning off an accident scene 1 minute Two people have lost their lives while three others sustained injuries when their vehicle lost control and crashed, causing an accident on the N2 near Van Stadens Bridge in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. The injured passengers were rushed to different hospitals around the area. Spokesperson for…
HIV medication 2 minutes The National Health Department has announced a contingency plan to ease the impact of the near collapse of US funded HIV/AIDs projects in the country. This follows US President Donald Trump’s order, temporarily halting aid to South Africa. Under this new plan, one of the key goals is to provide eligible…
House demolished by heavy rains 2 minutes The death toll from heavy rains and mudslides in KwaZulu-Natal this week, has increased to nine. The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance says as mop-up operations continue, two more bodies were recovered in KwaQololoqo in the Umzumbe area. It is believed that the two men were swept away…
