File image: Test for diabetes. 1 minute The City of Cape Town says its health data indicates a decline in the number of clients screened for diabetes over the past financial year. It says there has also been a slight increase in new cases. The City says its clinics screened around 110,000 clients aged between…
Illegal miners leave one of the entrances to a disused mine. 1 minute Residents of Khuma near Klerksdorp in the North West have urged government to assist them in the rescue of suspected illegal miners who are trapped underground. About 50 community members have volunteered to rescue the miners. They are planning to use a…
FILE : A smart electricity meter. 1 minute The Mkhondo Local Municipality in Mpumalanga says it has successfully restored electricity supply to 70% of the area after a recent storm, that caused significant damage to the electrical infrastructure. The storm resulted in explosions at the Gerling, Engelbrecht and Lunenburg substations. However, the municipality’s spokesperson, Howard…
The George Magistrate’s Court. 1 minute The case against two men arrested for the murder of alleged underworld kingpin, Mark Lifman, has been remanded for bail application to the 12th and 13th of December in the George Magistrate’s Court. The 57-year-old was gunned down at the Garden Route Mall last week Sunday. Lifman was scheduled…
[FILE IMAGE]: Seized firearms and ammunition. 2 minutes The Central Firearm Registry remains a concern, even though improvements have been made. That is according to South African Police Service’s Lieutenant General Maropeng Mamotheti. The police’s top brass appeared before Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee to explain how technology is being used to fight crime and to…
Stop GBV awareness 2 minutes The Commission for Gender Equality says it is making progress in tackling the high rate of withdrawal of gender-based violence cases in Mpumalanga. It says its findings indicate that foreign nationals, mostly undocumented ones, either report or perpetrate the violence. Recently, Commissioner Princess Eurika Mogane, who is deployed to Mpumalanga,…
1 minute The South African Football Association (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan and two co-accused have been granted R20 000 bail each by the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. Jordaan, SAFA CFO Gronie Hluyo and Trevor Neethling appeared in the court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court, east of Johannesburg, after being arrested earlier on Wednesday….
A Hawks vehicle 3 minutes The Hawks are investigating alleged tender irregularities amounting to R13 000 000 at the University of Venda in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. The university allegedly irregularly awarded a tender for emergency medical services to a company that did not meet requirements. Disgruntled bidders say there was corruption in the awarding of the…
[FILE] Wastewater Treatment Works, where raw sewage is streaming into the river. 1 minute Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Sello Seitlholo has called on Gauteng municipalities to prioritise the improvement of wastewater treatment infrastructure, citing it as a major contributor to water pollution in the province. Seitlholo highlighted the deteriorating condition of wastewater treatment…
An abandoned mine shaft 1 minute A community-led rescue effort to help retrieve thousands of suspected trapped illegal miners underground in Stilfontein in the North West is expected to continue today. Last week, more than 1 000 illegal miners emerged from an abandoned mine shaft in Orkney, after being without water and food. Community leader…
