1 minute Cooperative Governance Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has announced plans to meet with labour unions this week to find solutions for continuing support for the Community Work Programme (CWP) participants aged 55 and older amid budget challenges. The announcement comes after Hlabisa extended contracts for these workers until the end of March. In August 2024,…
People queued outside education department offices in Gauteng on Wednesday morning, January 15, 2025. 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Education says it will determine the number of learners who will not return to schools in the province after a ten-day headcount period. Parents and guardians have been queuing at various centres in the province,…
File image: Medical equipment. 2 minutes Limpopo Police Commissioner Thembi Hadebe says a decision on whether to charge the man arrested in connection with the rape of two nurses will be made after an identity parade has been conducted. The accused, a parolee, has now been charged with alleged possession of an unlicenced firearm and…
Police conduct an operation in the Northern Cape. 1 minute The Northern Cape police have arrested 12 suspects during Operation Vala Umgodi over the past weekend. Four suspects were arrested on charges of illegal mining and trespassing in Kleinzee. #sapsNC The continuous intelligence driven disruptive ops conducted on Saturday, 18/01, by the multi-disciplinary teams of…
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal is currently conducting a hearing in Rosebank, Johannesburg on the complaint lodged by Andiswa Mengo, against Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court. 2 minutes WARNING: This story contains testimony of a sexually explicit nature and may upset sensitive listeners. The Judicial Conduct Tribunal has…
The three Radzuma siblings accused of killing Samwu leaders. 1 minute Thohoyandou High Court Judge Thogomelani Tshidada has spoken strongly against the defence lawyer for late arrival in court which led to the delay in the resumption of the murder trial. Advocate Ntsako Hlungwane was apparently double-booked in different courts on the same day. He is…
Members of the South African police, patrol as they guard the mine shaft where rescue operations are ongoing as attempts are made to rescue illegal miners who have been underground for months in Stilfontein, South Africa, January 14, 2025. 2 minutes Police in North West are on a manhunt for an alleged illegal mining kingpin,…
Mandrax bags confiscated by police in Western Cape. 1 minute Police officers of the flying squad have nabbed two suspects on the N1 highway in Cape Town, who had a consignment of mandrax tablets with an estimated street value of R1.5 million in their possession. Police spokesperson Joseph Witbooi says police were doing patrols when…
A Ithala Bank stand at an event. 2 minutes The Public Servants Association (PSA) has criticized the Prudential Authority’s decision to apply for Ithala’s provisional liquidation, calling it “reckless” and “devastating.” The PSA accuses the authority of disregarding Ithala’s role in supporting marginalised communities in KwaZulu-Natal. The Prudential Authority, responsible for the regulation of banks…
Suspect arrested on charge of money laundering. 1 minute A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrates Court today, on charges of money laundering and theft to the tune of over R3 million after he received money from a deceased person’s estate. He was arrested by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime…
