[FILE IMAGE} Gender-based violence portrayal. 2 minutes Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela is expected to visit Tlharihani TVET college, in Mamaila, Limpopo. Four students were raped at the residence at the college on Saturday. The suspect found eight students at the residence and raped four of them at gunpoint. He also…
Members of the Rastafarian community participate in SAHRC’s roundtable. 1 minute The South African Human Rights Commission has raised concern over the marginalisation, discrimination and criminalisation of the Rastafari community, despite 30 years of democracy. The commission is holding a round table discussion at Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg with the community. The…
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Head office in Auckland Park, Johannesburg on January 26, 2025. 2 minutes The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has raised concerns that slow policy reforms threaten its long-term financial stability. Members of Parliament met with SABC management, staff, and industry stakeholders at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Auckland Park, Johannesburg,…
Prison cells 2 minutes A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Madadeni Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal for raping a neighbour’s child. This after he was released from prison on parole where he was also serving a sentence for rape. He raped the 14-year-old girl repeatedly between October 2022 and October 2023 when…
Tlharihani TVET college classroom building 2 minutes Residents of Mamaila, outside Giyani in Limpopo, have expressed frustration at a spate of rapes and robberies in their village. On Saturday, four students at the local college Tlharihani TVET were raped and robbed at their on-campus accommodation. The community says nine women have been raped in the…
Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivering his State of the Province Address earlier this week. 1 minute The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries says while Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s proposal to introduce Swahili and Mandarin as subjects in public schools is progressive, it should not be the primary focus. Lesufi’s proposal to teach…
2 minutes Residents of Zeerust in the North West who recently staged a protest blocking key entrances to the town over ongoing water shortages, say they remain frustrated. The demonstrations which lasted several days have since ended. The residents say despite the presence of boreholes and reservoirs capable of supplying water to all residents, government…
Sergeant Makhosonke and Sergeant Nduva both attached to K9 Search and Rescue Unit successfully retrieved the bodies of the young victims. 2 minutes The bodies of two 12-year-old boys who drowned in a dam in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape on Sunday have been found. The Lusikisiki SAPS K9 Search and Rescue Unit search party…
The Rights of Rastafari Roundtable is underway in Johannesburg. The Roundtable comes after the Commission received systematic nature of complaints on human rights violations from the Rastafari community. 1 minute The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will convene its first Rights of Rastafari Roundtable in Johannesburg this morning. The discussion aims to address concerns…
[File image] SAPS murder case graphic. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the killing of traditional leaders in some parts of the country. He has described it as an ‘affront to the nation’. Addressing Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders in Parliament on the official opening of the National House of Traditional and Khoi-San Leaders on…
