Eastern Cape Primary school in Gqberha 2 minutes Safety at schools is a concern for parents in some townships around Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape. Disgruntled parents from Mzomtsha Primary School at KwaZakhele in Gqeberha, marched to the Department of Education’s regional offices complaining about the shortage of teachers and the state of…
A sewage spillage 1 minute Some residents from different parts of Mabopane north of Pretoria have called on the Tshwane Municipality to urgently intervene and address sewage spillages. The municipality has been blamed for rarely attending to these problems, with residents saying solutions are always temporary. These residents say this issue has affected their health,…
Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital 1 minute The eThekwini Municipality says it is prioritising water supply challenges affecting several areas in the City, including the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in uMlazi south of Durban. The water woes faced by the City have left taps at the hospital running dry for almost two weeks. Yesterday, scores of…
City of Tshwane Mayor updating after 100 days in office 1 minute The City of Tshwane’s poor finances is under the spotlight yet again. This as Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya gave feedback on her 100 days in office. Dr Moyà from ActionSA was elected as Tshwane Executive Mayor in October last year, after the…
Initiates in the Eastern Cape 1 minute The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission (CRL) believes a commission of inquiry to look into the escalating deaths of initiates, will find solutions into how the custom can be protected. The newly sworn-in commissioners held a media briefing in Braamfontein, Johannesburg today to outline some of the…
CPUT campus 1 minute The Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s (CPUT) District Six campus is grappling with an accommodation crisis, leaving many students stranded and desperate. Some students who traveled from outside the province have seen their hopes of securing on-campus housing dashed. CPUT spokesperson Lauren Kansley confirmed that some students are still awaiting placements…
Convicted criminal Thabo Bester appears in court. 1 minute The Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Leonah Ntshalintshali, says the department has implemented all remedial actions required by the Public Protector regarding the Thabo Bester escape. In May 2022, Bester escaped from a private prison in Bloemfontein by faking his death in a cell fire. In…
Murder accused Reinhardt Leach seen in the dock at the Gqeberha High Court. 2 minutes The trial of the murder accused Reinhardt Leach is continuing in the Gqeberha High Court on Tuesday. Leach is accused of conspiring with his co-accused to murder his girlfriend Vicky Terblanche in October 2021. Vicki’s boyfriend at the time of…
2 minutes The author of the book titled ‘Farm Killings in South Africa‘ Dr Nechama Brodie says there are no white farmers who are being targeted simply because of their race. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping all aid to South Africa over what he called a human rights violation against a…
1 minute Johannesburg Emergency Services says the mine rescue operations are still on hold at the Rand Lease abandoned mine in Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg. It is believed that at least two people have been trapped since the weekend – with emergency services attending to the call in the early hours of Sunday morning. On…
