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1 minute The trial into the kidnapping and trafficking of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith under way at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Live stream below:

Burnt Riverlea High School classrooms 1 minute Gauteng police have opened a case of arson following a fire incident at Riverlea Secondary School in Johannesburg. The blaze ravaged about 11 classrooms on Saturday evening, before it was extinguished by firefighters. No injuries were reported and the exact cause of the fire is still subject to…

An empty Magistrate’s Court room 1 minute Two men suspected of the rape, kidnapping and killing of 43-year-old Motlalepule Kau, are expected to appear at the Ganyesa Magistrate’s Court in North West. The duo was arrested on Saturday, after police discovered Kau’s body burried in a shallow grave in the bushes between Tlakgameng and Kudunkgwane…

Tokai fires 1 minute Firefighters from multiple agencies are continuing to battle the fire raging on Table Mountain, even as aerial firebombing efforts had to be scaled back overnight. The blaze has burnt through nearly 3 000 hectares of vegetation, since it ignited on Friday near the Tokai, and Silvermine sections of the mountain. Table…

Riverlea High School classrooms 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department says it cannot afford to have a security person at each and every school after it emerged that there were no security personnel at Riverlea High School where 11 classrooms and several toilets were gutted by fire over the weekend. Locals say they saw people at…

Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba and MEC for Health Ms Dieketseng Mashego receive the South African patient who was airlifted from Beit Bridge. 1 minute Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba and Health MEC Dieketseng Mashego have received a South African patient who couldn’t receive required treatment at a hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The patient was airlifted from…

Illustration depicting drunk driving 1 minute A total of 257 drunk drivers have been arrested over the Freedom Day long weekend on Eastern Cape roads. Mthatha in the OR Tambo District has been identified as a hotspot. Eastern Cape Transport spokesperson, Unathi Binqose, “Transport MEC Xolile Nqatha has given full credit to the officers for…

[File photo] An empty court room 2 minutes The R260 million SASSA fraud case against 11 individuals is set to resume in the Lenasia Magistrates court south of Johannesburg on Tuesday.   The accused, which include SASSA employees, face more than 1000 counts of cybercrime, fraud, and theft. It’s alleged they created fake profiles and…

Bicycles at a school. 1 minute The three Limpopo cyclists who recently cycled from Burgersfort to Cape Town, have received a hero’s welcome at Ga-Mathabatha village outside Lebowakgomo. Gauta Mahlakwane, Karabo Makoo and Maxwell Ndou, were in the spotlight when they embarked on a 1700-kilometre long journey to the Mother City. This was to raise…

[File photo] A worker counts money 3 minutes There is a growing concern among some municipal workers in the North West, regarding the ongoing salary crisis affecting several municipalities across the province. Some municipalities have recently failed to pay workers on time. According to the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu), in the North West,…