Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa 3 minutes Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramakgopa, says Africa needs to tackle illicit financial flows, as they reverse the continent’s development. She was speaking to members of the G20 Development Working Group, currently meeting in Durban to address…
Former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks 1 minute Hundreds of mourners gathered at the NG Kerk in Wellington, Boland, in the Western Cape, to pay their final respects to former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks. The 37-year-old passed away just over a week ago after suffering a heart attack. He had been diagnosed with a heart condition…
Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel 1 minute The Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel has finally been reopened after being two months behind schedule. The maintenance, repair and refurbishment work started in October last year and was initially scheduled to be completed within six months. The tunnel channels water from Lesotho to South Africa delivering about 700 million…
Crime Scene. 1 minute Police are investigating an incident in which a suspected petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Belhar on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg says the owner of the house is believed to be a relative of a police officer. ” Nobody was at home at the time of…
Jayden-Lee Meek who was murdered in Fleurhof 1 minute Gauteng police report that their investigation into the murder of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek is at an advanced stage. The grade five learner’s bruised body was discovered on the staircase of his family’s Fleurhof complex in Johannesburg. He was laid to rest at Westpark Cemetery on Saturday. …
File image: Black handcuff with keys. 1 minute Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Community Safety Minister Anroux Marais have cautiously welcomed a decline in the province’s murder rate. Winde announced a 4% reduction in murders during the fourth quarter of 2024–2025, following decreases of 7.7% in the third quarter and 8.7% in the second…
May 25 marks the creation of the Organisation of African Union known today as the African Union (AU) 1 minute Freedom Park, which is a national heritage site in Pretoria, is set to host Africa Day celebrations today. The theme is “Silencing the Guns, Let the Drums Roll”. The aim of the celebrations, which Freedom…
Fortune 40 project in Umjindi. 3 minutes A group of unemployed university undergraduates in Barberton, Mpumalanga, have turned to farming through the provincial government’s Fortune 40 programme. The Fortune 40 programme is initiated by the Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture to help graduates explore new career paths beyond their fields of study. While most participants lack…
Spring Bots Competition under way 3 minutes The Springbots South Africa Regional Robotics competition was in full swing at Lawson Brown High School in Gqeberha today. The competition comprised 20 teams made up of 100 learners. The teams participated in different competitions with their robots, including a drawing competition and other practical tasks. The competition…
A coffin seen at a funeral parlour. 2 minutes The two elderly women, who were shot and killed while asleep at their home in the Eastern Cape, have been laid to rest. The incident, which sent shockwaves across the province, happened at Upper Ncerha Village outside Alice. Neighbours were woken up by gunshots on the…
