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 The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) has defined the Stilfontein saga,…
Rescue operations are under way to retrieve illegal miners in Stilfontein. 1 minute Police have confirmed that a cage has been lowered down shaft 11 in Stilfontein, North West, to verify reports by community volunteers that there are no illegal miners remaining underground. Police say the total number of illegal miners retrieved is sitting at…
Shaft 11 in Stilfontein. 1 minute Police say a cage will be lowered underground at shaft 11 in Stilfontein this morning to verify reports by community volunteers that there are no longer any illegal miners underground. The volunteers reported that there are no illegal miners underground, apart from some human remains that they could not…
Rescue teams and SAPS in Stilfontein. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says officials must be given time to wrap up rescue operations at the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, instead of being judged without facts. Mchunu’s comments follow a statement from the South African Federation of Trade Unions, which described…
Members of police force and emergency services gather outside shaft 11 as they conduct rescue operations. 1 minute Police say they are facing a mammoth task of having to identify the bodies of illegal miners who died underground in shaft 11 at the Stilfontein mine. 78 bodies of illegal miners were retrieved since the rescue…
[File photo]: Bullets, a gun and police tape pictured. 2 minutes A Limpopo police officer has been shot and wounded at Mashishing village outside Burgersfort in Limpopo. The officer has been taken to hospital. Police Spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says the off-duty officer was ambushed by five armed men while parking his bakkie. Mashaba says the…
An empty classroom 1 minute There’s growing anger and frustration among parents queuing outside the Ekurhuleni North District office in Benoni for their children to be placed in schools. Some of the parents say they’ve been going to the district office since Monday. However, they’ve not received a positive response. One parent, Lisakhe Qulu, says…
The Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant project in Pretoria. 1 minute City of Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya and her mayoral committee are expected to visit the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant today. This comes just days after her visit to Hammanskraal last week where she declared that the water being supplied by the Magalies Klipdrift…
File image: A classroom with desks. 2 minutes Advocacy group, Section27, has called on government to build more schools in an effort to resolve learner placement issues. This comes as many Gauteng parents queue at education district offices this morning hoping to secure school placements for their children. Since the inception of the online school…
Doc Shebeleza’s children during his memorial service at the SABC premises in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 2 minutes The late Kwaito legend Victor “Doc Shebeleza” Bogopane has been described as a man of integrity, who continuously worked towards the upliftment of his peers in the Kwaito music industry. During an emotional memorial service at the SABC’s…
