3 minutes The government plans to test five million South Africans annually for Tuberculosis to curb new infections and reduce TB-related deaths. TB remains one of the leading causes of death globally, despite being curable. In South Africa, it is the top cause of mortality in men. In 2023 alone, 270,000 new TB cases were…
1 minute The Easter holiday season sees high road traffic volumes as many travellers head to religious and holiday destinations across the country, with major corridors reaching peak levels. The Easter Road Safety awareness campaign focusses on promoting safer road usage during this busy period. Its goal is to ensure smooth traffic flow and prevent…
A car steering wheel. 1 minute The Western Cape Mobility Department says it has issued 200 speeding fines between the tenth and the 16th of this month across the province. Minister Isaac Sileku says the highest recorded speed reached 160 kilometres per hour in a 120 kilometre per hour zone. Sileku says speeding has continued…
Ashwin Trikamjee 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the family of Ashwin Trikamjee, who passed away at the age of 80 in a Johannesburg hospital on this morning. Trikamjee was the president of the South African Hindu Maha Sabha and the National Religious Leaders’ Forum. Ramaphosa described him as “an outstanding…
Ismail Sha studies with a rechargeable lantern for his final examination during one of the frequent power outages, called load-shedding, from South Africa’s struggling power utility Eskom, because of ageing coal-fired power stations, in Cape Town, South Africa, October 25, 2022. 1 minute Residents of Rabie Ridge in northern Johannesburg have barricaded roads with rocks…
A worker shows the mouth of a cow 3 minutes Small-scale farmers from the Nkombose area in Mtubatuba on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast are appealing to the government to dispatch extension officers to areas impacted by foot and mouth disease. This week, Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen announced the extension of the boundaries of the…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. 1 minute Former Municipal Manager of the Doctor JS Moroka Municipality in Mpumalanga, Thami Khubeka, will either serve two years in jail or pay a R50 000 fine. The Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Mbombela handed down his sentence yesterday. It had found Khubeka guilty of contravening the Finance Management Act. …
1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina hosts a group of high-level delegates at the Preparatory Meeting for the African Union-Africa Water Investment Programme (AU-AIP) Water Investment Summit 2025. The meeting will take place on the sidelines of the International Water Association (IWA) Congress in Cape Town. LIVE STREAM:
Handcuffs used to effect an arrest. 1 minute Gauteng police have arrested more than 1 000 suspects in Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg overnight in a police operation dubbed Shanela. Amongst those arrested are suspects wanted for gender-based violence, drug dealing and possession of unlicensed firearms. Twelve illegal immigrants were also arrested during a roadblock on…
Test tubes labelled “Mpox virus positive” are seen in this illustration taken August 20, 2024. 1 minute Three more cases of Mpox have been confirmed in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. This brings the number of cases to 31 since the outbreak started in May last year. Mpox symptoms include a rash that may last between two and…
