Ashwin Trikamjee 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the family of Ashwin Trikamjee, who passed away at the age of 80 in a Johannesburg hospital on this morning. Trikamjee was the president of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha and the National Religious Leaders’ Forum. Ramaphosa described him as “an outstanding…
Ismail Sha studies with a rechargeable lantern for his final examination during one of the frequent power outages, called load-shedding, from South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom, because of ageing coal-fired power stations, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 25, 2022. 1 minute Residents of Rabie Ridge in northern Johannesburg have barricaded roads with rocks…
A worker shows the mouth of a cow 3 minutes Small-scale farmers from the Nkombose area in Mtubatuba on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast are appealing to the government to dispatch extension officers to areas impacted by foot and mouth disease. This week, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announced the extension of the boundaries of the…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. 1 minute Former Municipal Manager of the Doctor JS Moroka Municipality in Mpumalanga, Thami Khubeka, will either serve two years in jail or pay a R50 000 fine. The Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mbombela handed down his sentence yesterday. It had found Khubeka guilty of contravening the Finance Management Act. …
1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina hosts a group of high-level delegates at the Preparatory Meeting for the African Union-Africa Water Investment Programme (AU-AIP) Water Investment Summit 2025. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the International Water Association (IWA) Congress in Cape Town. LIVE STREAM:
Handcuffs used to effect an arrest. 1 minute Gauteng police have arrested more than 1 000 suspects in Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg overnight in a police operation dubbed Shanela. Amongst those arrested are suspects wanted for gender-based violence, drug dealing and possession of unlicensed firearms. Twelve illegal immigrants were also arrested during a roadblock on…
Test tubes labelled “Mpox virus positive” are seen in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. 1 minute Three more cases of Mpox have been confirmed in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This brings the number of cases to 31 since the outbreak started in May last year. Mpox symptoms include a rash that may last between two and…
1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continues today in the High Court in Saldanha on the Cape West Coast. The child’s mother, Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn face charges of kidnapping and human trafficking, following the disappearance of Joshlin (7), a year ago. LIVE STREAM:
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy conducts a special visit to assess progress on the R573 Moloto Corridor Road Project from Limpopo to Gauteng. 1 minute Transport Minister Barbara Creecy is expected to launch the 2025 Easter Road Safety campaign in Pretoria later this morning. The campaign aims to manage high traffic volumes and reduce fatal crashes,…
Malusi Booi Is pictured during a media briefing in Cape Town on 12 February 2023. 1 minute The case of former City of Cape Town Member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, and his co-accused is set to proceed in the local Magistrate’s Court today. The group’s charges include money laundering, racketeering and…
