People wearing masks. 1 minute Concerns about Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have increased since the outbreak in China in December 2024. Many people are questioning whether it could lead to another pandemic, similar to the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020. According to the World Health Organisation, there is usually a rise in acute respiratory infections during winter…
Specialised equipment being used to bring illegal miners to the surface in Stilfontein 2 minutes North West Acting Police Commissioner Patrick Asaneng has confirmed that all the illegal miners at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein have been successfully evacuated. On Monday, police in the province along with mine rescue services, entered the third and final…
The Rooiwal Water Treatment Plant in Pretoria. 1 minute The fourth and last phase of the Magalies Water Klipdrift Package Plant project will ensure that all areas supplied by the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant will have clean drinkable water. City of Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya says it is expected to be completed by the end…
An empty classroom. 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department says the mobile classes provided to assist with the placement of learners at Hoërskool Akasia, north of Pretoria, are of good quality. Angry parents yesterday barricaded roads and burned tyres demanding that their children be placed as they stay in close proximity to the school. Although…
King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana 1 minute David Mphephu has testified that Princess Masindi Mphephu’s mother, Fulufhelo, was never identified as the future ‘dzekiso’ wife to Princess Masindi’s father Dimabanyika Mphephu Ramabulana. This after Masindi’s lawyer Advocate Allan Dodson had argued that the father of the former king, Patrick “Ramaano” Mphephu, had identified Fulufhelo, as the…
School uniform shop. 2 minutes A Kimberley-based man has embarked on a school uniform drive around the city. Greg Nyongane says every year during his birthday month in January he dedicates his life to making a change within society, putting smiles on learners’ faces. He says he will be donating a total of 300 school…
Members of the South African police, patrol as they guard the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025. 2 minutes The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) has defined the Stilfontein saga,…
Rescue operations are under way to retrieve illegal miners in Stilfontein. 1 minute Police have confirmed that a cage has been lowered down shaft 11 in Stilfontein, North West, to verify reports by community volunteers that there are no illegal miners remaining underground. Police say the total number of illegal miners retrieved is sitting at…
Shaft 11 in Stilfontein. 1 minute Police say a cage will be lowered underground at shaft 11 in Stilfontein this morning to verify reports by community volunteers that there are no longer any illegal miners underground. The volunteers reported that there are no illegal miners underground, apart from some human remains that they could not…
Rescue teams and SAPS in Stilfontein. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says officials must be given time to wrap up rescue operations at the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, instead of being judged without facts. Mchunu’s comments follow a statement from the South African Federation of Trade Unions, which described…
