University of the Witwatersrand. 1 minute Wits University students who are on a hunger strike have made an impassioned plea to the institution’s management to allow them to register despite their historic debt. DEMONSTRATION ON CAMPUS TODAY Dear Colleagues Several senior representatives of management, labour, and students, presented before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher…
Inanda police station 3 minutes The Inanda Community Policing Forum (CPFs) says the situation in the township remains dire as they are now being targeted by criminal gangs. One of the challenges they say is the lack of resources that’s left them vulnerable to criminal attacks. Inanda, situated north of the city, is one of…
A payloader seen clearing a dumpsite 3 minutes Free State municipalities are still failing to keep their heads above water over electricity debt and poor service delivery. Fifteen towns in the province, which owe Eskom about R3,8 billion, might face a dark Easter weekend if they fail to meet their payment arrangements. During last year’s…
Secondary school learners 3 minutes Schooling has been disrupted by torrential rains in some areas in the North West province. Learning was halted at several schools due to flooding and collapsed infrastructure while some learners did not report to school due to inaccessible roads that affected scholar transport. Torrential rain has been falling in many…
Five accused drug lords appearing in the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. 1 minute Five accused drug lords have briefly appeared in the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The accused, Frederick Botha, Simphiwe Khumalo and three Mexican nationals, Ruben Vidal Rodriguez, Gutierrez Lopez Alejandro and Gonzalez Jorge Partida were arrested in connection with the drug bust…
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is prevented by washing hands often with soap and water. 1 minute Some parents are concerned that their children run the risk of getting infected at schools where learners have already been diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth disease in KwaZulu-Natal. Yesterday, the provincial Health Department said 168 cases had been reported. They expressed concern over…
A motorists drives while it rains. 1 minute Residents of the Denver shelter in the Johannesburg inner City have expressed concern about flooding in the area. This comes after the South African Weather Service issued a warning for severe thunderstorms in Johannesburg. It has been raining in different parts of the city since Sunday. Many…
Pig farmer Zachariah Olivier and his co-accused Rudolf De Wet and William Musora in court. 2 minutes The murder trial against three men accused of disposing the remains of two women inside a pigsty at a farm in Sebayeng has been set for trial in August in the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo. Pig farmer…
Murder accused Reinhardt Leach. 1 minute The trial of Reinhardt Leach, accused of the 2021 murder of Vicky Terblanche, continued on Tuesday in the Gqeberha High Court. The state alleges Leach was hired by Vicky’s estranged husband, Arnold Terblanche, to murder her amid a R5-million divorce settlement. Arnold has pleaded not guilty and will be…
City Power official attacked at Alexandra Service Centre. 2 minutes City Power in Johannesburg says it has suspended its services in Alexandra Township until further notice. The power utility says it will not respond to any outage calls because some community members attacked workers on Tuesday. It has since opened a case with police. City…
