A worker shows the mouth of a cow at a cattle shop 1 minute Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni says government is monitoring with caution, interventions by the Department of Agriculture following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in some parts of the country. The department says a number of livestock in Gauteng,…
Floods in Eastern Cape. 1 minute Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has just confirmed on the SABC News channel that the death toll from the Eastern Cape floods now stands at 78. The search for more missing people will continue at first light tomorrow by various rescue teams. Hlabisa has announced…
Likhona Fose in school uniform 1 minute Gauteng police say they are only aware of one person arrested for the murder of 14-year-old Likhona Fose. This follows claims by Johannesburg Community Safety MMC Dr. Mgcini Tshwaku last night that a Pakistani spaza shop owner has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder. Tshwaku said…
SCA building 1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment that has overturned the Free State High Court decision to acquit the eight accused in the Nulane fraud and corruption case. The bench has ordered that seven of the eight accused be retried for the same offences…
Floods in Eastern Cape. 1 minute The death toll in the devastating floods that hit the Eastern Cape is set to rise. It currently stands at 67, but the SABC has been reliably informed that five more bodies were retrieved downstream from the Deoligny Bridge just before darkness fell. That will put the number of…
Graphic for SAPS investigations. 1 minute Gauteng police are offering a R60 000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect wanted in the murder of IFP Member of Parliament Khethamabala Sithole. He was gunned down at a meeting in Katlehong in eastern Johannesburg last month. Two people initially arrested for…
1 minute Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has urged the government to relocate residents living in low-lying areas to safer, more suitable dwellings. His call comes in the wake of recent floods in the Eastern Cape, which have claimed 57 lives and displaced hundreds more. Search and rescue operations are ongoing…
Graphic for SAPS investigations. 1 minute Gauteng police are offering a R60 000 reward for information that could lead to the arrest of a suspect wanted in the murder of IFP member of Parliament Khethamabala Sithole. He was gunned down at a meeting in Katlehong in eastern Johannesburg last month. Two people initially arrested for…
The five accused of murdering rapper AKA and his chef friend Tibz appear before the Durban High Court on 12 June 2025. 1 minute The case of five men accused of the murder of South African rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane, has been adjourned to the 24th of July. The state says it…
CoGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa 1 minute The death toll from the storm that hit the Eastern Cape this week has risen to 57. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has announced this figure while assessing the damage in the Mthatha area. Hlabisa says it is catastrophic to witness people dying this way….
