[File photo] Bucket toilets seen lined up in an informal settlement 2 minutes Some residents of France Extension in Pietermaritzburg say that more than 20 years after RDP housing was built in this area near Edendale, they still have to use bucket toilets. While many households in the area now have portable toilets in their…
Coffin, people and funeral with death, grief and service with family carry casket to grave outdoor. Rip, farewell and ceremony or event for dead person together in respect, religion and spiritual 3 minutes The teenage schoolgirl who was stabbed to death near her school at Ga-Thoka, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, has been laid to rest….
[FILE IMAGE]: DA Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille is attending the two-day provincial council in Kimberly. 2 minutes DA Federal Council Chairperson, Helen Zille, says that if it were up to her, she would appoint Tony Leon as the new South African Ambassador to the United States. This follows the expulsion of Ebrahim Rasool last…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile laying a wreath at the Langa Memorial, Kariega, in the Eastern Cape. 2 minutes Human Rights Day is an emotional time for the affected families of the victims who were gunned down at the Langa Massacre in Kariega. Some of these families lost their breadwinners and this has left lifelong scars…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile. 1 minute Deputy President Paul Mashatile will deliver the keynote address during the commemoration of the Langa Massacre, which will be held at Kariega in the Eastern Cape today. The Nelson Mandela Municipality has set aside R5 million to host the event. The Langa Memorial site is receiving a major facelift…
Tap with droplet of water 2 minutes Bonwelong Primary and Umqhele Secondary School in Ivory Park, Johannesburg, continue to face intermittent water supply, which has affected teaching and learning at the schools. As South Africa observes Human Rights Month, the right to access clean drinking water remains a challenge in many communities. Ivory Park councillor,…
Bullets and a crime scene tape 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal police are investigating a case of murder and four counts of attempted murder, after a man was killed and four people injured in a shooting incident at a tavern in the Madanfarm area in Sundumbili on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. Police spokesperson Paul Magwaza says two…
1 minute Police have arrested two suspected drug mules at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. A 24-year-old Brazilian man and a 51-year-old South African woman were intercepted on Thursday after arriving from São Paulo, Brazil. Authorities say both suspects had ingested “bullets” suspected to contain cocaine, which was confirmed through medical examination. Police spokesperson…
2 minutes Human rights group Section 27 says the Limpopo Education Department may meet its deadline to eradicate pit latrines by the end of March but questions the accuracy of the data being used. Earlier this month, Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube told Parliament that the department had reached a 93% completion rate in eradicating…
SASSA Black card. 2 minutes SASSA grant recipients who have not yet migrated to the new black PostBank card are advised not to use their old gold SASSA cards at retailers or ATMs following the migration deadline. Recipients had until Thursday to switch to the new card after an extension from the initial deadline at…
