Crime scene tape 2 minutes Gauteng police have appealed to communities not to take the law into their own hands. This is after a man was severely assaulted at Slovo Park informal settlement west of Johannesburg. He died from his injuries in hospital. It is believed the community accused him of setting a shack on…
[File image]: Accident road sign. 1 minute Five people have died and nine others have been injured when a minibus taxi overturned on the D4285 road at Matilu village, outside Marble Hall in Limpopo. Transport authorities say preliminary reports indicate that a mechanical fault might have been the cause of the crash. Limpopo Traffic MEC…
Justice for Cwecwe march in Johannesburg 3 minutes Over 100 people, including activists and students, marched across Johannesburg on Sunday calling for justice for a 7-year-old girl raped at her Eastern Cape school. The learner was allegedly molested at the school in Matatiele in October last year whilst waiting for her transport back home. The…
Newly inaugurated Animals in War memorial at the Voortrekker Monument 5 minutes Military and police force veterans as well as animal lovers turned out in their numbers at the inaugural animals in war parade at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria to honour the service and suffering of countless animals and birds during the country’s wars…
Minister Kubayi 2 minutes Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says it is incumbent upon all South Africans to protect institutions that uphold the rule of law, especially the NPA. This after she opened a case of fraud, impersonation and obstruction of justice, following a weekend newspaper report purporting she, Minister in the Presidency…
A general view of flood damaged homes in KwaNdengezi, Durban, South Africa. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma has announced that they have found land to build permanent houses for the 1 069 families displaced by floods in the province. This includes the 41 families who were displaced by the February floods in…
Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya seen drinking water in Hammanskraal after the city declared it the water safe for consumption. 1 minute Residents of Hammanskraal in northern Pretoria say have no hope of getting access to clean water. This is after the two-day Water and Sanitation Indaba which ended at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand…
Students are seen in a classroom as they receive lectures about prevention of sexual violence. 1 minute The Eastern Cape Education Department has deregistered a Matatiele-based school, following the refusal of its management to cooperate in an investigation into the rape of a seven-year-old learner. The incident happened in October last year. Education MEC Fundile Gade…
A person holds up a sign against shielding of rapists. 2 minutes Civil rights movement Not in My Name has called on the Basic Education Department to overhaul the way schools and officials handle the rape of learners. This follows public outrage at school officials’ lack of cooperation after the rape of a seven-year-old girl…
Recently a pupil from Limpopo committed suicide after a bullying incident at school 2 minutes The family of a Grade 12 learner from Kgabo Secondary School at Mokgokong Village, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, who committed suicide in October last year, has expressed outrage and frustration over the Department of Education’s continued silence on the matter….
