President Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech at the Basic Education Sector Lekgotla at Birchwood Hotel. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa is delivering a keynote address at the Basic Education Sector Lekgotla at Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg. The theme for the annual lekgotla is “Strengthening foundations for learning for a resilient future fit education system”. Deliberations at this…
2 minutes The South African film and television industry will today picket outside the Department of Trade and Industry in Pretoria. The industry is protesting against the department’s alleged inaction on critical issues affecting the sector. The picket is expected to kick off at 10:00 this morning. Members of the Independent Producers Organisation, the Independent…
Heavy Rainfall Impact at Umlazi Area. 1 minute Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane has directed a team of officials responsible for emergency housing, to speed up the process of assisting the flood-affected households in KwaZulu Natal. Heavy rains led to six bodies being recovered after they were washed away in Lamontville and Chatsworth in…
A health facility. 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Health has frozen the salaries of 66 employees as part of efforts to eliminate ghost workers from their payroll. This move is part of the province-wide Ziveze (Reveal Yourself) Campaign launched in October last year. The campaign aims to curb wasteful expenditure by ensuring that every individual…
[File photo]: Tertiary graduates at their graduation ceremony. 3 minutes Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Tebogo Letsie, believes that the comprehensive student funding model for higher education will go a long way in assisting missing middle students. Missing-middle students in the country face a myriad of challenges as they do not qualify…
[File Photo] Bodycam camera 2 minutes The South African Police Service (SAPS) says it plans to fast-track the implementation of phase one of the body cameras for use by its members immediately at the beginning of the 2025/2026 financial year. Minister of Police Senzo Mchunu announced last week that SAPS will begin rolling out the…
Court sentencing 1 minute Former Municipal Manager of the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, Nokuthula Zondani has been found guilty by the East London Commercial Crimes Court of contravening the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA). This involved a high-profile corruption case dating back to 2019. The matter relates to a yellow fleet machinery…
Severe weather conditions in KwaMakhutha township south of Durban. 2 minutes Heavy rains at Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast have damaged roads, infrastructure and businesses. This has led to extensive damage to some homes in the eThekwini metro as well. In Port Shepstone, several business owners are clearing their premises of stock to…
Search party members seen looking for flood victims in KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes Search and rescue teams have recovered five bodies in the south of Durban following heavy overnight rains. Three bodies, including two children, were found at Cuttings Beach, while the other two were recovered at Ansley and Brighton Beach. Authorities have not yet confirmed…
Heavy Rainfall Impact at Umlazi Area. 2 minutes Emergency service teams have recovered the bodies of three people who were washed away in Lamontville, Durban, following heavy overnight rains. Three others are still missing. Search and rescue teams have been responding since the early hours of the morning to calls for help from areas in…
