Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. 2 minutes Lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda is expected to be back on the stand when the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria today. Last week, Gininda told the court that in several witness statements, the accused, Muzi Sibiya and Bongani Ntanzi, were named as possible suspects in Meyiwa’s murder Meyiwa was murdered in Vosloorus on…
The eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality officials inspect spaza shops on November 15, 2024. 4 minutes Members of Operation Dudula are expected to picket in Soweto today against the registration of foreign-owned spaza shops. This follows President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that all spaza shops will be given 21 days in which to register their businesses with their…
The High Court in Cape Town. 1 minute The trial of alleged underworld gang bosses Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, André Naude and several others is expected to resume in the High Court in Cape Town today. Last week, Naude was unable to attend court proceedings because he was admitted to hospital. Earlier this month, the matter was delayed following the murder…
A guard stands behind bars. 2 minutes A 22-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping two girls aged three and four years old at Mafukani outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. Social Development spokesperson Joshua Kwapa says the mother of one of the girls saw the man taking the children to a bush near their home….
Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, unveil newly built flushing toilets at the Deda Primary School in KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, says she wants to eradicate pit toilets at schools by next year. She was speaking at an event where 22 low-cost flush toilets…
Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa. 2 minutes Gauteng Agriculture and Rural Development MEC, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, has sent a clear message of zero tolerance for the abuse of public funds. Yesterday, Ramokgopa announced the launch of an internal investigation into the R36-million fresh produce project. The aim was to set up 16 container…
A picture of houses in Langa in Cape Town taken on 29 October 2016. 2 minutes A documentary aimed at recording the history of community centres in Cape Town’s townships including Gugulethu, Manenberg and Langa has been launched. It is the brainchild of the Heritage Education and Research Project (HERP), an initiative which kicked off…
Food confiscated during a raid at a Northern Cape spaza shop. 2 minutes The Food and Allied Workers’ Union (FAWU) has criticised health inspectors in Cape Town for what it terms neglecting the health and safety of people living in townships. This follows the arrests of six suspects in Mfuleni last week. This is in…
1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria today. Live stream:
Indian indentured workers arrive in South Africa on November 16, 1860. 1 minute The eThekwini Municipality and the KwaZulu-Natal government have confirmed that about R4.4 million has been set aside for the construction of a monument in honour of indentured Indian labourers. The labourers arrived on Durban’s South Beach in 1860 to work in the…
