Flooded road closed 1 minute The City of Tshwane Emergency Services has activated the City Disaster Operations Centre to monitor the inclement weather conditions and manage incidents resulting from severe thunderstorms. This after orange level 5 warning was upgraded to an orange level 6 warning for disruptive rain over most parts of Gauteng. Several residential…
Person holding rands 2 minutes Market analysts expect the rand to remain under pressure following the postponement of the tabling of the main budget by the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana. Makwe Masilela, founder of Makwe Fund Managers, says the rand weakened due to the budget presentation postponement. The Budget Speech will now be delivered…
Royal AM players during a match 2 minutes The South African Revenue Service (SARS) is set to sell Premier Soccer League (PSL) club Royal AM, with the sale expected to come at a significant discount compared to the price its owner, Shauwn Mkhize paid for the team in 2021. The club’s troubled history, including mounting…
Greenville Hospital in the Eastern Cape. 1 minute The ailing Greenville Hospital in Mbizana is one of the facilities affected by the heavy rain in the Eastern Cape. Staff members’ offices have been flooded and mopping operations are underway. Two weeks ago, residents protested outside the hospital complaining about the dilapidated infrastructure and a shortage…
Girls walk to school in South Africa’s poor Eastern Cape province. 1 minute Eastern Cape communities are pinning their hopes on Premier Oscar Mabuyane to come up with tangible and practical solutions to socio-economic challenges plaguing the province. Mabuyane will deliver his State Of the Province Address (SOPA) for the seventh administration tomorrow in Bhisho. Poverty,…
Head on collision in Ekurhuleni 1 minute Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) responded to a scholar transport crash carrying 10 school children on Tonk Meter Road in Springs, Ekurhuleni this morning. According to EMPD, an eyewitness claims that the scholar transport was attempting to overtake because of a traffic jam and ended up facing oncoming…
Five accused drug lords appearing in the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. 1 minute Five alleged drug lords are set to appear in the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo on April 14, 2025. Frederick Botha and four others, including three Mexican nationals, were in court on Tuesday when the case was postponed. They were arrested…
1 minute The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will hold a picket tomorrow at the Industrial Development Corporation’s (IDC) offices in Sandton, Johannesburg, in protest against planned retrenchments at ArcelorMittal South Africa. The company recently announced the closure of its steel-making operations in Newcastle and Vereeniging, a move that will result in…
A police officer was killed during a robbery in Springs. 1 minute Two people arrested for killing a police officer in Springs in Ekurhuleni will be back in a local Magistrate’s Court next Thursday. Nthuthuzelo Mana and Benjamin Ntuli appeared in court yesterday and the matter was postponed. They are accused of gunning down Captain…
Community water containers 1 minute The uThukela District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal has cited budget constraints as the reason for its failure to provide water to residents. Thousands of residents in rural areas and townships in Ladysmith say they still lack access to clean water, with some relying on streams and rivers used by livestock. Some…
