Damage to a building 1 minute The Mpumalanga Department of Education is monitoring exams in the Mkhondo Local Municipality after a severe storm damaged school infrastructure on Sunday night. The storm affected power lines, residential buildings and schools in the area, with damage reported at three schools, impacting eight classrooms, a kitchen and a hostel….
Vendor selling on the street 2 minutes Civil society organisation Kopanang Africa Against Xenophobia (KAAX) has voiced opposition to the government’s decision to halt food sales around school premises. The measure was implemented after numerous foodborne illness cases affected hundreds of students in several provinces. KAAX claims the suspension will worsen unemployment for black women,…
The High Court in Cape Town. 1 minute The trial of alleged underworld gang bosses Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, André Naude and 13 others is expected to resume in the High Court in Cape Town today. The matter was postponed last week after co-accused, Mark Lifman, was murdered in George. Lifman was gunned down in a…
3 minutes The community of Soul City Informal Settlement are seeking answers after a 13-year-old boy was allegedly shot in the leg by police on Saturday afternoon. The community near Kagiso on Gauteng’s West allege police officers often come to take bribes from foreign national spaza shop owners. However, on Saturday, they decided to take…
Person watering their garden 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says they want to bring in the law enforcement agencies to assist in reducing water consumption. This comes after Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina announced that Johannesburg Water will be throttling distribution between 9pm and 4am from Thursday until the water system has fully…
Police tape at the scene of a crime. 1 minute Eastern Cape MEC for Community Safety Xolile Nqatha has praised the police following the fatal shooting of two cash-in-transit (CIT) robbery suspects on the N2 near Tsolo. According to police spokesperson Siphokazi Mawisa, the suspects were allegedly en route to commit CIT robberies in the Eastern Cape,…
FILE | Johannesburg Water workers fixing leaks and vandalised valves in Yeoville on February 21, 2024. 1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says the City of Johannesburg will increase the number of repair and maintenance teams with an estimated turnaround time of 24 to 48 hours in an effort to improve the response…
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba briefs the media after inspecting spaza shops in KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba says the government must urgently intervene and shut down all spaza shops owned by foreign nationals to prevent any further deaths after at least 23 people died since the start of last month. This was after…
[FILE IMAGE]: man holding an umbrella under heavy skies. 2 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal Co-operative Governance Department has advised residents to exercise caution due to potential thunderstorms, heavy rains and hail. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has issued a Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms, heavy rains and hail in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal. Department…
Two children fell into a construction hole. 1 minute Vaal Central Water (VCW) in the Free State has sent its condolences to the families of two children who fell into a construction hole and drowned at the weekend in Thabong, Welkom. The water utility reports that a group of children including the two aged 10…
