Graduating students 1 minute The positive matric pass rate introduces challenges in the employment market. This is as a surge in the number of graduates entering the job market looking for entry-level jobs means competition for limited roles, further escalating the country’s high unemployment rate which is currently sitting at 32.1%. As a result, verifying…
Water dripping from a tap 2 minutes Residents from Komani in the Eastern Cape say they have been struggling to access clean water since November last year. Community leader Solomzi Nkwentsha claims that the water shortage is intentionally caused and the municipality is providing contaminated water. Nkwentsha say this has led to residents falling sick….
Special equipment being used at Stilfontein. 2 minutes Police have confirmed that the number of illegal miners who have been brought to the surface at Shaft 11 in Stilfontein near Klerksdorp in the North West has increased to 166. Police say the number of people who have been certified dead has also increased to 78….
A gavel in a court. 2 minutes The second suspect arrested in connection with the mass shooting in Pienaar Township in Mpumalanga has appeared at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mbombela. Speaking during a press briefing at the provincial police headquarters, Acting Provincial Commissioner Zeph Mkhwanazi says the suspect appeared for allegedly being in possession…
Wits University’s Great Hall at a campus in Braamfontein. 1 minute The University of the Witwatersrand’s Student Representative Council (SRC) President Nombulelo Chiya says the university currently has student debt of R1.6 billion. Chiya was speaking at the launch of the SRC trust fund called the Kobo Ya Thuto Legacy Fund at the university in…
Learners in a school hall during an exam. 2 minutes Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu has encouraged learners at Mkolishi High School in Tjakastaad to maintain the 100-percent pass rate they received in the 2024 matric results. Ndlovu and Education MEC Cathy Dlamini visited the school today to monitor the start of the 2025 academic year….
A hospital room. 1 minute The 29-year-old man arrested for allegedly killing a 14-month-old baby has escaped from Tshilidzini hospital outside Thohoyandou, Limpopo. He was admitted to hospital after he attempted to commit suicide inside the holding cell at the Thohoyandou Police Station on Monday. The suspect allegedly strangled the baby to death and kidnapped…
Learners start their first day of school. 2 minutes Anxious and frustrated parents are queuing at the Johannesburg central district offices in Pimville, Soweto, to have their children placed in schools. Some say they did apply on time through Gauteng Education’s Online Admission systems for Grades 1 and 8. The department says over 300 000…
The rescue of Stilfontein illegal miners is continuing. 2 minutes The North West Health Department has refuted allegations that its mortuary facilities in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality are full. This comes after community members in Stilfontein expressed concern that some of the bodies of illegal miners retrieved from a disused mine in the…
Chairs seen submerged in water at Grobler’s Bridge Border Post in Limpopo. 2 minutes The Border Management Authority, BMA, says power supply has been disrupted at the Grobler’s Bridge Border Post outside Lephalale, Limpopo due to flooding. Lephalale Mayor Aaron Mokgehle earlier told SABC News that persistent rainfall had led to the disruption of several…
