Person with a knife 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Education has confirmed that a grade eight learner stabbed an educator at Hoërskool Die Burger, in Randburg this morning. The police and parents were informed and the learner has been apprehended. Department Spokesperson Steve Mabona says the educator received immediate medical attention and was rushed…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and other attendees at the IAWJ Conference 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says Gender-Based Violence (GBV) contributes to social issues such as poverty and inequality. Ramaphosa gave the keynote address at the 17th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Women Judges in Cape Town. Approximately 900 judges, magistrates, legal professionals and…
File image: Rainfall on the road. 3 minutes Meteorologist, Azwi Tuwani says persistent rainfalls experienced in South Africa this month are being driven by the La Niña effect. Earlier, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a warning of severe thunderstorms for Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo. La Niña is when too much rainfall is experienced…
SAPS vehicles and police tape. 2 minutes Four suspects wanted for cases of murder in the vicinity of Inanda were shot dead in a shootout with police on the M4 Highway in Umlazi, south of Durban, yesterday afternoon. KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says police had gathered intelligence regarding the whereabouts of the wanted suspects,…
City Power has returned to a residential building on Twist Street that was found to have illegally reconnected itself to the electricity network. 1 minute Johannesburg’s City Power says its own internal investigation has revealed that some of the illegal electricity connections are implemented by its employees and contractors. The power utility says it dismissed…
AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot miniature in this illustration. 4 minutes Proper Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure, including access to high-speed internet, computational resources and data storage capabilities are some of the challenges hindering some G20 countries, participating and benefiting from the advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Conversations on Day 3 of the G20 Working Group…
[File photo] Outside the Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria. 1 minute The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court is expected to deliver judgment today in the bail application of the 41-year-old man accused of the assault at the Zanzou nightclub. The Congolese national was arrested last month when videos surfaced showing young men at the Pretoria nightclub being sexually…
Joburg EMS fire-fighter. 1 minute A fire has broken out at a factory building in the Johannesburg CBD. Johannesburg Emergency Services spokesperson, Nana Radebe-Kgiba says they received a call at about 10pm about a building on fire. Radebe-Kgiba says, “On arrival we found that the two-story building was in fact on fire. The fire had already…
A body of a deceased person in a mortuary. 2 minutes One of the families of the three people whose corpses were stolen from a funeral parlour in Kuruman, in the Northern Cape in March, say they will never find closure, until their loved one, Diteko Batswadi is found and buried. It’s been over three…
Outside the Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria. 1 minute Police arrested a 41-year-old man in Yeoville, Johannesburg, in connection with the incident at the Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria. Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officers were on patrol in Yeoville when they identified the suspect from videos circulating on social media. After verifying his identity, they arrested…
