[File photo] A boy walks past a mural of Nelson Mandela adorning the liberation leader’s former home in Johannesburg’s Alexandra township 1 minute The Southern Africa Network for Immigrants and Refugees (SANIR) has issued an urgent call for action regarding the growing crisis of stateless and undocumented children in South Africa. With the Africa Children’s…
[File image] Mpox vials 2 minutes South Africans have been urged to be more vigilant as the new variant of Mpox is said to be highly contagious. Unlike the first variant, which was said to be spread mainly through sexual contact, skin-to-skin contact and sharing of items such as bedding and clothing, clade 1B can…
File Photo: A pitbull dog can be seen in a yard. 1 minute Northern Cape police are investigating a case of negligence against the owner of a pit bull that attacked a 10-year-old girl. Reatlegile Pitsoemang lost an eye and suffered a skull fracture in the attack. She is scheduled for reconstructive surgery at the…
[File photo] 2 minutes The National Men’s Forum will lead what it calls a mass shutdown in Matatiele this weekend, to demand accountability from law enforcement amid rising cases of violence, rape, and abuse of women and children. This follows the reported rape of a seven- year old girl at a school in the area,…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu 1 minute DNA sampling in the case of the seven-year-old Eastern Cape minor who was allegedly sexually abused at her school’s premises has been conducted. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says there are three people of interest in the investigation. Mchunu made the announcement in Pretoria where he was briefing the media…
Cannabis based products 1 minute Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has admitted that he didn’t consult when he gazetted regulations last month, banning the manufacture, sale and import of food products with cannabis and hemp. The Presidency later reversed the decision. The minister insists that as a medical doctor, his initial decision was rational, considering the…
Taxis at a taxi rank in Gauteng 1 minute The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in Gauteng has expressed sadness over the recent wave of violence targeting the taxi industry, which has claimed lives in Mabopane, Hartebeespoort, Johannesburg, Sedibeng and Ekurhuleni. SANTACO has reaffirmed its commitment to prioritizing the safety and well-being of its…
Protestors in Clairwood 1 minute Protestors and members of the Clairwood Ratepayers and Residents Association have handed over a memorandum to eThekwini Municipal officials objecting to the city re-zoning the area as a logistics park. The new re-zoning laws will adversely affect three historically religious sites, a church, mosque and temple. Clairwood played a significant…
Pit toilets at a school in South Africa. 2 minutes Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says the remaining pit latrines that are yet to be done away with could be entirely removed by June this year. Gwarube was visiting schools in Limpopo’s Vhembe district to monitor progress in constructing safe latrines. The President’s SAVE programme…
Pikitup workers 1 minute Waste management company in Johannesburg, Pikitup says employees have resumed waste collection duties, following a two-day stoppage over the suspension of transport services from home to work for safety reasons. According to the Pikitup spokesperson Muzi Mkhwanazi, 10 out of 12 Pikitup depots are actively serving the residents of the city…
