1 minute The final analogue switch-off set for 31 March 2025 will not go ahead as planned. This comes as the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria suspended the switch-off deadline and interdicted the Minister from implementing it pending a final determination on part B, which is the review of the lawfulness of the decision to…
Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza delivering the State of the City Address. 2 minutes Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has condemned the recent protest action by the City’s metro police officers, describing it as shameless. Ekurhuleni Metro Police went on strike, disrupting traffic on various major roads in the city last week. They were demanding increased salaries and…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says farm murders are committed by people known to the farmers. 1 minute Cabinet is investigating the violations of South African law related to the misinformation campaigns conducted by the labour unions Solidarity and AfriForum and their allies. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced this while briefing the media on the…
Residents of Phumla Mqashi informal settlement near Lenasia South in Johannesburg fetch water from a truck. 2 minutes Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says the water challenges faced by several municipalities across the country are not an issue of water supply but a result of infrastructure damages. Majodina was speaking ahead of the two-day…
Capetonians collect water at the Newlands Spring during a water outage. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa will today address the National Water and Sanitation Indaba in Midrand, Gauteng. The gathering is expected to highlight government’s commitment to tackling South Africa’s water security challenges. The Presidency says the Water and Sanitation Indaba will assess the progress…
File image: Police conduct anti-human trafficking operation. 2 minutes Gauteng police are investigating a suspected human trafficking case after 32 foreign nationals escaped from a house where they were held captive in Lombardy East, Johannesburg. Neighbours were alerted to the scene after hearing strange noises of people banging on doors and breaking windows. They then…
A mourner wearing a t-shirt bearing Chesnay Keppler’s face at her memorial service. 1 minute A 42-year-old Eldorado Park police officer accused of the murder of his 22-year-old Gauteng crime warden girlfriend, Chesnay Keppler, is expected back in the Protea Magistrate’s Court today for a bail hearing. Mandla Buthelezi is accused of shooting and killing Keppler…
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and Premier Phophi Ramathuba at the construction site of the Limpopo Theatre. 2 minutes Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has conducted an oversight visit at the construction site of the Limpopo Theatre, at the Bakone Malapa Open-Air Museum in Polokwane. Macpherson and Public Works MECs from…
Former SAA Board member Yakhe Kwinana appears at the East London Magistrates Court in the Eastern Cape on 26 March 2025. 2 minutes The Buffalo City Metro in the Eastern Cape has expressed its intention of purchasing land which is allegedly owned by former SAA Board member Yakhe Kwinana. The land in question is situated…
Drops of water running from a tap. 1 minute Access to clean drinking water is still a major challenge in the Eastern Cape. In some areas, dams have been built but taps are still dry. One of the projects that aims to eradicate water scarcity is the construction of the Umzimvubu dam in the OR…
