[File photo] Firefighters work at the scene of a deadly blaze at Usindiso building. 2 minutes The case of alleged arsonist Sthembiso Mdlalose, who stands accused of deliberately setting the hijacked Usindiso building on fire that claimed 76 lives in 2023, has been postponed to Wednesday after one of the two witnesses who were expected…
MEC of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen (Left) and Western Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen Thembisile Patekile (Right) presenting the 2nd quarter of 2022/2023 crime statistics for the Province last year in November. 3 minutes Western Cape Police Commissioner, Thembisile Patekile, says gang-related murders remain high despite several alleged gang leaders being in…
John Humphrey East Africa Trade & Investment Forum in Central London. 1 minute The UK’s Senior Trade Commissioner for Africa, John Humphrey, says their experience in managing public-private partnerships for infrastructure development could help create guidelines for private sector collaboration in South Africa. He was speaking during the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa conference…
[FILE IMEGE]: Public Works and infrastructure minister, Sihle Zikalala. 1 minute Deputy Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure, Sihle Zikalala, says the department will be tabling a new policy before Cabinet in the coming months to increase contracts for locals. He was speaking during the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium in Cape Town. Zikalala says the…
The official national dish 3 minutes Though things have changed and modern food has taken over, residents in Mahikeng, North West often treat themselves to a palatable dish prepared in Setswana. Who would miss a well-prepared plate of widely loved ”Tshotlo” or shredded meat, ”Tlhakwana” otherwise known as cow heel or pork trotter, and staple…
[FILE IMAGE] An image illustrates a victim of sexual assault clutching their hand, as a result of feeling intense pain. 2 minutes The police captain accused of raping a female trainee has now been charged in a second sexual assault case. The officer, who works as a police instructor, allegedly raped a 20-year-old trainee at…
Khoisan people trying to make fire. 3 minutes Applications for the recognition of KhoiSan Traditional leaders will close on Thursday this week, with threats to take the matter to court already being made. Khoi and San leaders claim the requirements for recognition are unfair compared to those of other cultural communities, like the amaXhosa and…
Suspects accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa at the High Court in Pretoria. 2 minutes A witness from the Legal Practice Council (LPC), Philani Stanley Sambo, has confirmed that Ntokozo Mjiyako was a practising attorney when accused No.: 2, Bongani Ntanzi, allegedly confessed to the murder of Senzo Meyiwa. Ntanzi is said to have made two…
SANDF soldiers. 1 minute The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed a news report claiming that SANDF members withdrawing from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are required to surrender their weapons while transiting through Rwanda. It says the article must be condemned in the strongest possible terms as nothing but hearsay. In…
Chief Albert Luthuli was born near Bulawayo in Zimbabwe in 1898. 2 minutes The daughter of the late ANC leader, Inkosi Albert Luthuli has told the Pietermaritzburg High Court that the family believes that her father was hit at the back of his head with a steel object. Doctor Albertina Luthuli, a medical doctor, is…
