Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube speaks at an event 1 minute Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says her department is still faced with inadequate number of schools that are available for children with special needs. April marks National Autism Acceptance Month. Gwarube says children who have special needs must be empowered with skills to live…
Severe weather conditions in KwaMakhutha township south of Durban. 2 minutes Heavy rains at Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast have damaged roads, infrastructure and businesses. This has led to extensive damage to some homes in the eThekwini metro as well. In Port Shepstone, several business owners are clearing their premises of stock to…
2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has heeded the call of the Keppler family, saying that he will intensify the fight against Gender-Based Violence. Lesufi was speaking at 22-year-old crime prevention warden Chesnay Keppler‘s funeral service at the Don Mateman Hall in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, on Saturday. Keppler was brutally murdered by her…
File image: Medical equipment. 2 minutes Limpopo Police Commissioner Thembi Hadebe says a decision on whether to charge the man arrested in connection with the rape of two nurses will be made after an identity parade has been conducted. The accused, a parolee, has now been charged with alleged possession of an unlicenced firearm and…
1 minute Stats SA says it has noted a drop in free basic services rendered in municipalities, compared to 10 years ago. According to its non-financial census of municipalities for the year ended 30 June 2023, only three provinces showed the highest proportion of households that benefited from free basic water services. They are the Western…
Members of the SACP at Joe Slovo commemoration 1 minute SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila has told ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa that they are steadfast on their decision to contest the 2026 local elections independently. This is despite Ramaphosa’s earlier attempts to make the South African Communist Party (SACP) understand that going separately will weaken the…
Emergency services and JMPD at the scene of the Usindiso building fire in Johannesburg on August 31, 2023 1 minute The Usindiso building fire trial is expected to continue today in the High Court in Johannesburg sitting in Palm Ridge. Yesterday, the court heard that drugs did not seem to impair alleged arsonist, Sithembiso Mdlalose…
Today marks 30 years since the South African national rugby team won the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, beating New Zealand 15-12 in the final. The victory became significant because it was the first sporting success for a newly democratic South Africa. The win was said to help unify the country and…
Passengers pass their fares to minibus taxi driver Zakes Hadebe as they commute from Soweto township to central Johannesburg February 21, 2014. The Gauteng MEC for Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, says a settlement has been reached with the taxi industry in the City of Ekurhuleni bringing the two days strike to an end. Commuters in Katlehong,…
FILE | Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addresses Parliament. Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has told Parliament that he will soon announce his department’s plan to address the surging electricity tariffs. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) is responsible for determining Eskom’s electricity tariffs. Ramokgopa says the increase in the cost of electricity is too…
