[File Image]: Pit toilets at a school in South Africa. 1 minute Advocacy group, Section27 has lamented a lack of political will and provinces’ continued under-spending in infrastructure grants as reasons for failure to eradicate pit toilets in schools in the country. This comes as Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube is expected to visit Limpopo’s…
SAPS logo 3 minutes National Police commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has tasked the Head of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Investigations unit to oversee the ongoing investigation into the alleged rape of seven year-old girl in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. The seven year-old girl was allegedly raped in October last year and to…
The South African Weather Service graphic showing the outlook for April 2-3, 2025. 2 minutes Meteorologist Azwi Tuwani says the cold snap experienced in parts of the country is caused by clouds covering the systems, that are moving along the coastal areas and pushing in cooler air to the interior. Gauteng, Free State and the…
[File photo] An empty court room 1 minute The 27-year-old man linked to the murder of six patrollers at Marry Me informal settlement in Soshanguve, Pretoria, has abandoned his bail application. He appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court facing 16 counts, including murder, premeditated murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm. His co-accused has…
Minister Senzo Mchunu delivers the 2024 third quarter crime stats. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has commended a multi-disciplinary task team for successfully conducting two high-profile operations in Gauteng. The first operation involved the interception of a cash-in-transit heist in Dobsonville, Soweto. Two suspects were fatally wounded and five others arrested. A hijacked vehicle…
[File Image] The SAPS Anti-Gang Unit at the Downsberg Sport Field in Hanover Park in Cape Town. 2 minutes The Eastern Cape government has welcomed the deployment of the police’s Specialised Sexual Offences Unit to Matatiele. The unit will oversee the investigation into the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl at a school in October…
1 minute Former Vhavenda King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana is expected to testify in a court challenge brought by his niece, Princess Masindi Ramabulana. Prince Toni Ramabulana’s certificate of recognition as King of the Vhavenda was withdrawn on 12 April 2019, by the Supreme Court of Appeal. LIVE STREAM:
File image: Silver handcuffs. 1 minute A security guard has been arrested for shooting to death a man during the eviction of suspected illegal land invaders in the Juju Valley informal settlement in Seshego near Polokwane, Limpopo, yesterday. Two others were wounded. Police Spokesperson Hlulani Mashaba says violence broke out when private security guards, municipal…
1 minute The Gqeberha High Court is handing down judgment in the rape and human trafficking case of Timothy Omotoso. The trial has been dragging since 2018 including applications filed by Omotoso’s legal team to have the trial declared a mistrial. LIVE STREAM:
FILE | Flowers at the door of the tavern 1 minute The owner of Enyobeni Tavern, where 21 young people died in Scenery Park in East London in the Eastern Cape, Vuyokazi Ndevu, has told the Mdantsane inquest that she does not know who should be held responsible for their deaths. Ndevu has been accused…
