[File Image]: Roadblock in the Western Cape. 1 minute The Limpopo Department of Transport has raised alarm over a surge in attacks on motorists who stop to assist hitchhikers. The department says there is a growing number of cases where groups posing as taxi patrollers commit acts of violence, vandalism and extortion. Transport MEC Susani…
FILE | Students at WSU campus. 1 minute The Walter Sisulu University (WSU) student who was gunned down during a protest three days ago will be buried this morning in his home village of Masakala outside Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. Sisonke Mbolekwa’s killing has sparked a debate about the safety of students at institutions…
Miriam Makeba 4 minutes The University of South Africa’s Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs, in partnership with the Miriam Makeba Foundation, celebrated the life and legacy of the late global music icon and activist, Miriam Makeba. The institution hosted the Third Annual Miriam Makeba Memorial Lecture in Pretoria on Thursday. First…
Ouma Katrina Esau is the last remaining fluent speaker of the N!UU language 1 minute Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has called for living legends to receive tangible benefits from their contributions. Speaking at an event in Upington honouring 92-year-old Ouma Katrina Esau, the world’s last fluent speaker of the critically endangered…
Deputy minister of Police, Mr Cassel Mathale addressing community members in Eldorado Park 2 minutes Deputy police minister Cassel Mathale has urged communities to work closely with police, as this will go a long way in combating and defeating crime. Mathale and Deputy National Commissioners of Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, among others, led…
Classroom 1 minute Some schools across the country continue to be breeding ground for rapists. Police crime statistics for the period October to December last year reveal that of the more than 11 000 reported rape cases, 74 happened at schools. This has brought to the fore questions regarding the safety of learners in schools….
Director of Luthuli Museum Brian Xaba 2 minutes The Director of the Luthuli Museum, Brian Xaba, has told the Pietermaritzburg High Court that they have provided investigators with sufficient material about the life and death of former African National Congress (ANC) President Chief Albert Luthuli. Xaba was testifying before the reopened inquest into Luthuli’s death. Luthuli…
[File Photo]A child running from a dark room 2 minutes Parents of learners at Pitlochry Primary School in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, have demanded answers following reports of sexual misconduct involving a teacher at the school. Concerned parents have called for the immediate suspension of the teacher, who has been removed from teaching pending the outcome of…
Barry Bateman is the spokesperson for Afriforum Private Prosecution Unit 2 minutes Civil society organisation AfriForum says that it accepts the apology from Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, after receiving a letter from him apologising for erroneously naming the Principal of Bergview College in Matatiele as a suspect in the rape of a 7-year-old girl at the school….
Mangaung Correctional Centre. 2 minutes The four Mangaung Correctional Centre warders accused of the assault and murder of inmate Mpho Mkhumbeni have been released on bail. This after the accused Mojalefa Maarman, Cedric Motshabi, Lebogang Martins and Boitumelo Mooi all submitted that, among others, they are not a flight risk and will not tamper with…
