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1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday. Live proceedings below:

Newborn babies in hospital cribs. 1 minute Eastern Cape police and the provincial health department are searching for two women suspected of abducting two newborn babies from Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha on Monday night. Provincial health spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo has confirmed that the women gained access to the hospital’s maternity section under suspicious circumstances….

FILE: Grey clouds. 1 minute Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has urged the public to exercise extreme caution following a surge in fire incidents and a severe cold front sweeping across parts of South Africa. The warning comes after a tragic house fire in Mayfair, Johannesburg, on Monday claimed the lives of…

[FILE] The artists are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to sign the bill that allows them to earn royalty rights and other essential benefits. 2 minutes Several organisations, including Section 27, Blind SA, and the Information Association of South Africa, are expected to make submissions at the Constitutional Court, calling for the Copyright Amendment Bill…

Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital. 2 minutes The Public Servants’ Association (PSA) has raised concerns over poor infrastructure, governance, and working conditions at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Umlazi, Durban. The union says the situation highlights that the health department is not ready to implement the National Health Insurance (NHI) system. This follows the recent death…

File image: Seismograph of an earth tremor. 1 minute An earth tremor has reportedly being felt in parts of Midrand in the north of Johannesburg and in Ekurhuleni. Ekurhuleni Emergency Services says it has not yet received reports of any incidents of damage to properties. The Council for Geosciences is yet to issue a formal…

Moroadi Cholota is former PA of then Free State premier, Ace Magashule 1 minute The trial-within-a-trial in the R255 million asbestos roof removal corruption case is expected to resume in the Free State High court in Bloemfontein tomorrow morning. Judge Phillip Loubser adjourned proceedings last week to allow the prosecution to bring its next witness….

Police crime scene tape. 1 minute Police in the Northern Cape have arrested four men on drug and immigration charges during Operation Vala Umgodi in Postmasburg. The suspects include two foreign nationals and two South Africans. This operation focused on curbing criminal activities in and around the Postmasburg landfill site, which has reportedly also been…

Arrest for assault graphic 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Education says the arrest of seven girls accused of assaulting a girl learner from Bedfordview High School should serve as a deterrent to other bullies. The learners from Bedfordview High, Kensington High School, Queens High School and Phoenix College, were arrested after a video showing…

Tanker delivers water to residents amidst water outage. 2 minutes Efforts to stabilise the water crisis caused by infrastructure problems in Knysna in the Western Cape is still under way as most of the town has been without water for almost three weeks now. Pumps to the main reservoirs broke down, leading to the water…