The spaza shop in Alexandra township in Johannesburg where a 10-year-old girl passed on after eating allegedly contaminated snacks bought there. 1 minute Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says 23 children have died in Gauteng due to food-borne illnesses. The learners consumed food purchased from school vendors and spaza shops. Lesufi briefed the media in Johannesburg…
The victims has been found alive and is receiving medical treatment at a local hospital. 1 minute Seven suspects have been arrested for the kidnapping of a Chinese businesswoman in Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal. In a statement, the Hawks says the 46-year-old female was accosted by the suspects in September while closing her bottle store. She…
EMS has warned against unsupervised swimming and residents performing cleansing rituals and ceremonies in rivers. 1 minute City of Johannesburg Emergency Services (EMS) is urging residents to monitor the weather before embarking on rituals and ceremonies in streams. EMS spokesperson Xolile Khumalo says, with summer upon us, the city is prone to experiencing an increased…
Soldiers’ sacrifice remembered at Thaba Tshwane Memorial Service. 4 minutes The vital but often over-looked role of women during wars has been remembered at the annual memorial service in Pretoria. Speaking at the 106th Remembrance Day Service held at the Thaba Tshwane New Military Cemetery, the Chairperson of the Pretoria Memorial Services Council, Marina Valentine,…
Accident scene for illustrative purposes 2 minutes A family in Mokopane, Limpopo, is grieving the loss of its five members in a vehicle crash on the N1. The vehicle in which they were travelling in lost control and overturned at Ysterburg outside Mokopane. The deceased are three children and two adults. Another family member, Flippie…
The late Lindani Myeni. 1 minute A civil lawsuit into the death of former South African rugby player Lindani Myeni who resided in Honolulu, Hawaii in the United States, is set to go to trial next year. This comes after the chairperson of the Honolulu City Council cancelled a planned vote on a proposed 1.5…
[File} A multi-disciplinary operation conducting compliance inspections at spaza shops in Soweto on October 14, 2024. 3 minutes The South African Union of Spaza Shops has urged citizens to refrain from renting out their yards or garages for spaza shops. Some residents of Mangaung in Bloemfontein have been renting out their places for decades, to…
Water droplet dripping from tap. 2 minutes Residents of Soshanguve have expressed frustration at the failure of the City of Tshwane to dispatch water tankers to their area which has been without them since Wednesday. The City has blamed Rand Water for the delays in restoring water supply after a power failure at the utility’s…
School children having lunch. 1 minute The Free State Education Department says it will put in place tight regulations this week to regulate food vendors at schools around the province. This follows food poisoning incidents that affected more than 100 learners across the province between Wednesday and Friday. Related video: Food Poisoning | Mangaung residents…
A gavel used in the court of law. 2 minutes Twenty-nine people arrested for public violence following the looting of some spaza shops in Mangaung, Bloemfontein, are expected to appear in court tomorrow. The looting happened after 47 learners from the Ihobe combined school in the area were admitted to hospital for suspected food poisoning….
