FILE | Students at WSU campus. 1 minute The Mthatha High Court has stopped evictions of Walter Sisulu University students from student residences. The Walter Sisulu University Student Representative Council (SRC) made an urgent application to stop the eviction of students from university residences. The ruling come after campus management instructed students to vacate the…
[File image] 1 minute The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa has expressed deep concern over violent student protests at Walter Sisulu University’s Mthatha campus in the Eastern Cape. This comes after a person was shot and killed during the unrest. The Chairperson of the Board, Professor Francis Peterson, describes the incident as deeply…
South African Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire, Zolani Mtshotshisa 1 minute Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola mourns the untimely passing of South Africa’s Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire, Zolani Mtshotshisa. A devoted diplomat, Mtshotshisa strengthened ties between the two nations and played a key role in re-launching SAA’s Johannesburg-Abidjan route in November 2023. “Amb…
Open sign for the Splash Festival 2 minutes The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is optimistic that the annual Splash Festival will help stimulate the local economy during the Easter period. The four-day festival is currently underway in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, and is expected to attract significant crowds. Mayoral Committee Member for Sports, Recreation, Arts and…
[File photo] Hundreds of buses and private vehicles parked at ZCC Moria headquarters 1 minute Limpopo Police Commissioner Thembi Hadebe says security measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of pilgrims at Moria outside Polokwane. Thousands of ZCC and St. Engenas ZCC pilgrims have converged on the area for Easter conferences. Hadebe…
1 minute Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has condemned the violent protest at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha which resulted in the death of one student, while others were left injured. The incident took place on Tuesday morning as students were protesting over numerous issues, which include non-maintenance of residences. It’s alleged that the residence…
A gavel in a court room. 1 minute Two men have been handed life imprisonment each by the Lenyenye regional court outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. The convicts, Solly Malatjie and Linda Mathiba of Enable village in the Ga-Sekororo area, stoned and stabbed to death a fellow patron outside a tavern in December 2019. NPA spokesperson…
A taxi riddled with bullet holes 1 minute The Western Cape Acting Provincial Police Commissioner Bongani Maqhashalala says they found 10 cartridges where taxi owner Mongi Titi was murdered. Maqhashalala says they can’t confirm if this was an assassination. He however said there’s tension amongst some taxi associations. Titi was shot at the Nyanga taxi…
File image: Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson. 1 minute Minister of Public Works Dean Macpherson announced the Sarah Baartman Centre as a priority project that will be done by a strategic and specialized delivery unit. The Sarah Baartman Remembrance Centre is among 30 other projects that will be completed by the specialized unit….
A lion rests at a captive breeding facility for big cats. 1 minute The Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) has dispatched a team to locate and capture lions on the loose. This follows a complaint from community members of Malamule in Bushbuckridge about lions that were roaming around their area. MTPA’s spokesperson Simphiwe Shungube…
