Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivers the State of the Province Address in Pretoria. 3 minutes Political analyst Dr Dale McKinley says Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s State of the Province Address (SOPA) lacked the required interventions to address the challenges facing the province. He says the challenges include crime. McKinley says the province should not have…
A bridge along R507 in Ottosdal has been submerged in water after the heavy rains. 1 minute Residents of Klipvoor village in the Madibeng Local Municipality, outside Brits in the North West, are appealing to government to fast-track the fixing of roads and bridges in their area. This, after recent heavy rains in more than…
File image: Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says he is vindicated now that the state has dropped all charges against him. The Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto has provisionally withdrawn Gwamanda’s case as the state failed to present the charge sheet. It was alleged that Gwamanda and a…
The fire, situated in the Suurvlakte area, split into 2 lines and 1 on the Wolseley side of the Obiqua Mountain and another on the Wellington side. 1 minute Firefighting teams are still working to contain multiple fires in the Witzenberg area of the Western Cape, more than a week after they began. According to…
The UN says five South African soldiers are facing allegations of sexual misconduct in the DRC for the abuse of four adults and a minor between 2014 and 2016. 1 minute The group of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who were critically injured in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are back in…
Gauteng Deputy Provincial Commissioner, Major General Fred Kekana briefing the media 1 minute Gauteng police say they are on the hunt for more suspects linked to the cash-in-transit heist in Laudium, west of Pretoria on Monday evening. Six suspects were killed in a shootout with police, while a 22-year-old suspect was arrested at the scene….
Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) seen outside one of the organisation’s offices. 2 minutes The South African National Defence Union (SANDU) has backed comments made by SANDF Lieutenant General Peter Ntshavheni Maphaha over the weekend. Maphaha accused the government of running a “Mickey Mouse” defence force. This comes after 14 SANDF…
Graves are pictured at a section of the Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg. 4 minutes Various religious groups and the Commission for Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission (CRL) say cremation should not be forced on families. This comes after the City of Johannesburg announced that it was running out of burial space. The Metro has encouraged residents…
Judge John Hlophe during the JSC hearings. 1 minute Advocate Jamie Ismail, representing the Democratic Alliance (DA), has argued in the Western Cape High Court that Parliament should have recognised former Western Cape Judge President Dr John Hlophe as unsuitable for designation to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Ismail contends that Parliament should not have…
Police arrest suspects aged between 31 and 39 and recover endangered plants worth approximately R500 000-00 on 24 February 2025 after intercepting a truck. 1 minute Police in the Namakwa region of the Northern Cape have arrested three suspects for the illegal possession of endangered plants valued at approximately R500,000. Acting on a tip-off, officers…
