Snow in the Eastern Cape 2 minutes The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has issued level five and six warnings for parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal for Tuesday. It issued an Orange level 6 warning for disruptive snow over the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Enoch Mgijima and Matatiele Local Municipalities of the Eastern…
Police at a crime scene. 2 minutes Police in Mpumalanga have expressed concern about the recent killings of officers in the province. This follows the killing of two police officers in separate incidents in the space of two weeks. The first incident was that of the fatal shooting of Constable Khulani Shabangu during a robbery…
FILE | A child plays in water after heavy rains 1 minute The weather warning for disruptive rain issued by Weather SA for large parts of the Eastern Cape has been downgraded from level 5 to level 2. The advisory indicates that the level of rain can still lead to localised flooding and damage to…
Teacher uses sign language at a deaf students’ school 1 minute The Free State Deaf Association has pleaded with the provincial Department of Community Safety and Transport, to invest in more resources to help people living with disabilities have easy access to transport. The issue was discussed during the department’s launch of the transport hand…
Lebombo Border post 1 minute South Africa and Mozambique are discussing challenges experienced at the ports of entry in Komartipoort, Mpumalanga. Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner, Dr Michael Masiapato says a lot has been done to improve the processing of cargo trucks at the Lebombo Border Post. He was speaking at the three-day bilateral meeting…
SA Police Service badge. 2 minutes A police captain accused of raping a trainee has been granted bail of R8 000 by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. It is alleged that the 59-year-old officer threatened to serve the 20-year-old with a misconduct letter for failing to salute him if she did not sleep with him. The…
An Eskom customer service centre 2 minutes Residents at Siyandhani near Giyani in Limpopo have closed the Eskom customer service offices to protest against load reduction. The residents are calling for answers for the implementation of load reduction in their area. They allege that Eskom implemented load reduction without warning, despite promising to do assessments…
Computers connected to the internet 1 minute According to Communication and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi, South Africa is taking steps to ensure that the 23 million people who are not connected to the internet get connected. Malatsi was speaking at the G20 meeting of member states in Polokwane in Limpopo. Malatsi says it is…
Traffic seen on a snow-covered road 2 minutes The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued an alert level 2 weather warning of disruptive snows for areas in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. A number of other alerts are currently active across the province including a level 4 warning for damaging winds and strong waves along…
The aircraft went missing yesterday. 2 minutes Authorities in KwaZulu-Natal have recovered the aircraft that went missing on Sunday afternoon. The bodies of three of the occupants including the pilot have been recovered. The aircraft left Durban’s Virginia Airport at around 3pm destined for Ladysmith in the midlands of the province but did not reach…
