[File image] 1 minute The Free State Department of Education says there is no difference between the curriculum taught at special needs schools and mainstream schools, and that teachers undergo annual training. This comes in response to allegations by the Free State Deaf Association that some educators at schools for the deaf in the province…
[File photo] Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute A 31-year-old female police officer has been found dead in Langa on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Novela Potelwa, says the officer was discovered in her vehicle close to a primary school with gunshot wounds. Potelwa says the officer left her home in Kraaifontein last…
Bodies of SAPS constables, 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda (male), 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys (female) and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge (female) were found in a river in Centurion. 2 minutes A collective memorial service for the three Free State police constables whose bodies were recovered from the Hennops River in Centurion, Pretoria, will be held on…
VW Polo retrieved from the Hennops River 1 minute Police divers have retrieved the back part of the VW Polo in which the three constables were travelling and their bodies later found in the Hennops River. The part had been missing when the crew retrieved the rest of the vehicle on Thursday. The vehicle is…
Hotel signage 2 minutes The streets of Mbombela are alive with activity as preparations continue for tonight’s 25th edition of the Metro FM Music Awards, taking place at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga. The awards celebrate and recognise the country’s musical talents, with this year’s theme being “Crowning Greatness.” This is the third and final…
Joshlin Smith was reported missing from her home in Saldanha Bay in February 2024. 1 minute The police in the Western Cape say the Joshlin Smith case is not closed. This after Judge Nathan Erasmus on Friday ruled that Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith and her co-accused her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis and their friend, Steveno van…
News cameras at an event 3 minutes This year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) commemorates World Press Freedom Day under the theme “Reporting in the Brave New World: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Press Freedom and the Media,” putting focus on the overwhelming influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on journalism…
[File Image]: Three children walk on a street. 2 minutes Non-profit organisation, Save the Children South Africa says societal ills such as poverty have created an opportunity for vulnerable children to be used as a commodity. This comes after the Western Cape High Court delivered its verdict in the case relating to the disappearance of…
A mosquito. 1 minute Mpumalanga’s Health Department says it recorded lower numbers of malaria cases this financial year, with three people dying in the Lowveld region. The three victims contracted the disease in Bushbuckridge, City of Mbombela, and Nkomazi, respectively. The department has embarked on an awareness campaign to educate communities about the symptoms of…
Kelly Smith appears at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on April 23, 2025. 1 minute A female suspect has been taken in for questioning after a fire burned down the Middelpos home of Kelly Smith. Smith was yesterday convicted alongside her co-accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, for the kidnapping…
