Community members attend Gauteng Education Department’s School Safety Imbizo in Ratanda on March 1, 2025. 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department is holding its final School Safety Imbizo in Ratanda in the Sedibeng region. It is a platform on which parents, learners, education activists and police share ideas on how best to improve safety in…
Slanghoek Valley vegetation fire on February 28, 2025. 1 minute A fire that started in the Slanghoek Valley in the Boland yesterday has been contained. Cape Winelands District Municipality spokesperson Anesca Roodt says teams were deployed to fight the fire that ignited behind a farm school. The blaze quickly spread through dense vegetation towards Goudini….
Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) seen outside one of the organisation’s offices. 2 minutes Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane is among the mourners at the funeral service of one of the 14 South African soldiers killed in the DRC, which is underway in Langkloof. Staff Sergeant William Cola’s body arrived in…
Anti-bullying campaign at Knysna Secondary School in the Western Cape on February 18, 2025. 2 minutes Education Activist Hendrick Makaneta says the Basic Education Department needs to implement the anti-bullying policy that was introduced in 2015. This comes after the department’s Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, revealed that over 500 cases of bullying have been reported in…
About 100 students squatting with their belongings in the multipurpose hall at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) campus in Cape Town on February 12, 2025. 1 minute The Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) says it has placed all eligible students in residences or temporary accommodation. Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane gave…
US Embassy in Pretoria 2 minutes A senior US official in South Africa has resigned with immediate effect, citing opposition to US President Donald Trump’s policies and disagreement with the White House’s approach to South Africa. The relationship between South Africa and the United States of America started to show cracks under the former US…
Mpox vials 1 minute The Department of Health (DOH) has urged the public not to panic, but to take precautions after three new Mpox cases were detected. The cases were confirmed in Ekurhuleni on Gauteng’s East Rand. They’ve been traced back to a patient who recently travelled to Uganda. The patient was diagnosed with a…
A motorists drives while it rains. 1 minute The Johannesburg Emergency Services has warned motorists to be vigilant on the roads following heavy downpours in the city and surrounding areas. EMS spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says the roads are wet and this could lead to serious collisions. He says motorists and pedestrians should avoid crossing low-lying…
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members during a handover ceremony and memorial service for 14 soldiers at the Air Force Base Swartkop in Pretoria on February 13, 2025. 1 minute The 42-year-old South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldier, Sergeant William Eddie Cola, will be buried in Louterwater in the Eastern Cape on Sunday….
[File Image] #FeesMustFall, and its demands for zero university fee increases, is in a second cycle of mass resistance in South Africa. 5 minutes Ten years after the tumultuous events of the “fees must fall” movement — universities across the country continue to be rocked by student protests related to fees. The objectives now are…
