MK Party leader Jacob Zuma. 1 minute The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK Party) is holding a media briefing in Durban today to announce its activities ahead of its first anniversary. December marks a year since former President Jacob Zuma announced the formation of the party. Based in KwaZulu-Natal, the newcomer to South Africa’s political landscape…
File: Drugs seized by SAPS members. Save the Children South Africa is concerned about toddlers being coerced into using drugs in communities. A woman will appear in the Johannesburg Regional Court this week on charges of attempted murder and drug abuse. After a video went viral showing her offering her four-year-old son a smoke from…
Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital main gate. 1 minute The Public Servant’s Association (PSA) has called on the South African Human Rights Commission to intervene in the situation at the Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. The provincial Health Department has been accused of human rights abuses. This is as water supply challenges continue at the…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says post the White House media briefing the South African delegation had a fruitful engagement with US President Donald Trump’s administration. The President briefed local media at his hotel after the lunch engagement with the Trump administration. He says the US government has agreed to continue trade…
Tony Yengeni. Former ANC Chief Whip Tony Yengeni has joined the uMkhonto weSizwe Party and has been appointed as the party’s second deputy president. MK Party leader Jacob Zuma has made the announcement at a media briefing in Durban. He says John Hlophe remains in his position as deputy president, but will focus on the…
Canola plants blossom in a field beneath electricity pylons 1 minute Power utility Eskom has suspended loadshedding as of 6am Sunday morning. #PowerUpdate Sunday, 02 February 2025: Due to the sufficient replenishment of emergency reserves, loadshedding was suspended today at 6:00 in the morning. Eskom will provide updates if any significant changes occur. — Eskom…
Participants in the IFAS Unrecorded Voices AI programme, Top (left to right): Lomawa Elizabeth Maelane, Henrietta Scholtz, Siphokazi Matshaka, Mika’il the Muezzin, Middle (left to right): Nhlanhla Michael Dhlamini, Elize Vossgätter, Chelsi Leonora Goliath, Nicola Pilkington, Bottom (left to right): Irish Éire Sloane, Dune Tilley, Vanessa Chen, Xopher Wallace (Image supplied) These disciplines range from…
SABC News Sundowns vs Pyramids 3 minutes Mamelodi Sundowns blew their home ground advantage when Pyramids FC levelled the first leg of the final of the CAF Champions League at 1-all in the dying moments of stoppage time. Brazilian marksman, Lucas Ribeiro, had fired Sundowns into the lead at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, but Pyramids…
The late ANCWL deputy president, Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe 4 minutes The Durban International Convention Centre was filled with a sea of black, green, and gold as thousands of African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League members gathered to bid farewell to their deputy president, Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe. Decked in the party’s vibrant colours, mourners filled the arena, where…
Suspects after they were found with carcases of four cattle 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal police have arrested three suspects in Mondlo, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, after they were found with the carcasses of four cattle. This follows an inter-disciplinary investigation by a team from Crime Prevention and Community Service Centre that were led by detectives in the…
