File Photo: A spaza shop in South Africa. 3 minutes Residents of KwaMashu, north of Durban, are calling for the closure of local spaza shops after teachers at a school in the area discovered capsules inside a sealed packet of chips bought by children. Several cases of food contamination have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal since…
File Image: A mine site 2 minutes Communities in Carletonville, west of Gauteng, say the dust from mine dumps is impacting their health. They say the situation has been like this for many years without any intervention from authorities. Health experts warn that living near mine dumps increases the risk of respiratory diseases., Yolanda Kolwana…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu speaking at a government event. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the South African Police Service (SAPS) is dealing decisively with the rotten apples in its ranks. The Minister was answering oral questions in the National Assembly in Parliament on Wednesday. Mchunu says they have noted a new trend where…
A student during an examination. 2 minutes The Department of Basic Education says R220 million of the R3,6 billion spent on running matric exams goes to printing costs. The department has sought to clarify this after a City Press article accused the department of using private printing companies to print exam papers. According to the…
A man is pictured refilling his water bottles from a water tanker. 5 minutes Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has called on South Africans to change their behaviour regarding water usage. She was speaking in the National Assembly, making a statement on water security in the country. Several municipalities across the country are struggling…
Snack hamper. 3 minutes Civil society organisation, AfriForum, says the Gauteng Education Department’s ban on the sale of food at schools is too drastic as it will negatively affect learners or expose them to greater danger. The decision was made in response to the startling rise in food contamination incidents affecting pupils across various schools…
1 minute Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa reports that municipal debt to Eskom has surged by R12 billion in the past three months, reaching a staggering total of over R90 billion. The City of Johannesburg is among many municipalities that owe Eskom billions of rands in unpaid electricity bills. Eskom has issued a warning to Johannesburg,…
[FILE IMAGE]: A drop of water falls from a tap. 2 minutes Johannesburg Water has called off a planned illegal water disconnection operation shortly after it began this morning in Phumla-Mqashi informal settlement at Lenasia after four vehicles were damaged by protesting residents. The residents pelted the utility’s vehicles with stones. The operation was part…
A solitary confinement cell in a prison 1 minute The High Court in Pretoria has ruled that accused number three in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial should be released from solitary confinement. Mthobisi Mncube and accused number five, Fisokuhle Ntuli, made an urgent application complaining about the prison conditions at C-Max Kgosi Mampuru Prison, stating…
[FILE] Pills seen manufactured 1 minute The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has raised concerns over the increasing availability of counterfeit weight loss products, including those claiming to be Ozempic, on the South African market. These products are being sold through websites, social media and other informal channels. SAHPRA highlights that these products…
