Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba speaking at a government event. 1 minute Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba says they need more than R160 billion to tar the roads in the province. Limpopo has a road backlog of 13 000 kilometres of roads that need to be tarred. In 2016, the province transferred over 2000 kilometres of road…
Metal coils are seen at a steel plant The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SIEFSA) says production in this sector fell by 1.4% last year, reversing the small growth it had in 2023. It says with the US tariff hikes, the sector could suffer another loss. Marketing and communications executive at the…
Rescue teams at the scene of the building collapse 1 minute The National Minister of Human Settlements Thembi Simelane says all recommendations in the final report into last year’s deadly George building collapse in the Western Cape, will be implemented. Thirty-four people died and several others were injured in the collapse. The National Home Builders…
The three accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial seen appearing before court. 1 minute The kidnapping and human trafficking case of Joshlin Smith continues today with the sitting of the Cape High Court at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. The trial within a trial centres around the admissibility of confession statements of…
A sign written unemployment. 2 minutes The Basic Education Employment Initiative which advertised work opportunities for 245 000 young people across 23 000 schools in 2023 has reportedly not yielded the desired results. This is according to youth unemployment advocacy group, Youth Capital, which says that more than 1.5 million young people had applied for…
Scientific officer Anathi Nkayi works in the research lab at the University of Cape Town’s Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, in Cape Town, South Africa. 1 minute The Independent Financial Advisors Forum (IFAF) has applied for an urgent court interdict to block the City of Johannesburg from proceeding with a tender for a…
Parents stand with placards outside the school Civic Movement, March and March, has accused the principal of Addington Primary School in Durban for allegedly prioritising immigrant children over South African learners. This after dozens of parents held demonstrations outside the school since Tuesday demanding that their children be admitted to the school. South African parents…
Boxing gloves. 1 minute An international boxing tournament to celebrate Youth Month has been launched in Limpopo. The tournament dubbed “survival of the fittest” will be staged by Mama Rocks boxing promotion on the 27th of June in Thohoyandou. It will consist of 10 bouts, including a title fight between WBF Intercontinental bantamweight champion Akani…
‘Looking for a job’ graphic Some economists are hopeful of a gradual improvement in jobs numbers after data released by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) showed employment in the formal sector, excluding agriculture, fell by 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 2025. The Quarterly Employment Statistics show full-time employment in the formal sector dropped…
A broken windscreen. Three people have been killed in a collision between two vehicles on the N8 between Bloemfontein and Botshabelo in the Free State in the early hours of Monday morning. Provincial Emergency Medical Services Spokesperson Sipho Towa says three other people were injured and taken to the Botshabelo Hospital following the crash. The…
