A picture of a damaged school. 1 minute The School Governing Body (SGB) at the Matloding Primary School, outside Mahikeng, North West, has accused the provincial Education Department of failure to renovate the school. It says this has exposed learners to imminent danger. The SGB’s remarks follow the collapse of a ceiling in a classroom…
Televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho appearing in the Gqeberha High Court. 1 minute Scores of people have gathered outside the High Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape as judgment in the trial of televangelist, Timothy Omotoso is being handed down. He was arrested at the Chief Dawid…
2 minutes The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West has spent hundreds of millions of rands on projects, including water infrastructure like boreholes, but they remain incomplete. A leaked municipal internal document has revealed that more than R200 million of the funds was used on irregular procurements. It also shows that R1.1…
Phethe Simiao has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape, kidnap and murder of Amantle Samane The man convicted of the rape and murder of six-year-old Amantle Samane has been sentenced to two life terms behind bars in the High Court in Johannesburg. The 25-year-old Mozambican national, Phethe Simiao, confessed to kidnapping, raping and…
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe deputy governor Jesimen Chipika said Zimbabwean youths were also affected by low levels of financial inclusion while being denied the opportunity to show what they are capable of achieving. ZIMBABWE and the United Kingdom have partnered in a programme that is expected to assist women and youths who are affected by…
FILE | Residents block roads with burning tyres, rocks and branches during a protest in Johannesburg. Residents of Mohlakeng, west of Johannesburg, have taken to the streets in protest against rising crime in their area. The march underscores growing frustration among residents, who say crime, including illegal mining and gun-related violence, has made their area…
Free State police detective arrested by HAWKS The Hawks in the Free State have seized various SAPS exhibit bags containing used buccal DNA samples, police dockets that are not yet finalised, police registers, ammunition and cellphones from the house of a police detective. Hawks Spokesperson Fikiswa Matoti says the suspect is a 58-year-old detective attached to…
Inter Miami CF Captain Lionel Messi Lionel Messi will become part of a rare sporting phenomenon when he plays in Inter Miami’s new stadium, with the Major League Soccer club announcing that they will have a stand bearing the Argentine’s name. The “Leo Messi Stand” at the Nu Stadium will honour their 38-year-old captain as…
Police are investigating a case of murder after a man was shot and killed in Kwazulu Natal. 1 minute A man has been shot and killed in an alleged botched robbery at Kenilworth Road in Sydenham, Durban. ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson says the man, believed to be in his 20s, was killed after he…
Medupi Power Station in Limpopo Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says technical challenges at the Matimba power station in Lephalale, Limpopo, were responsible for the last two bouts of load shedding. Ramokgopa is currently visiting the Matimba and Medupi power stations in Limpopo. The country has not experienced load shedding in over four months. Ramokgopa…
