[FILE] A picture of a damaged school. 1 minute Parents of learners at Matloding Primary School outside Mahikeng are demanding answers after a classroom ceiling collapsed during a lesson, with learners inside. The North West Department of Education had previously committed to repairing the school, which caters to both primary and secondary learners. The department…
Deputy Police Minister, Polly Boshielo and Free State Premier, MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae at the joint memorial service of the constables at Bobbies Park in Bloemfontein on May 6, 2025. 1 minute Deputy Police Minister Polly Boshielo has reassured the families of three deceased constables, Cebekhulu Linda, Boipelo Senoge and Keamogetswe Buys that the investigation is ongoing…
[FILE]: The artists say they won’t give up their fight as it is a righteous revolution. 2 minutes Hundreds of cultural and creative practitioners are marching in Pretoria today, protesting what they describe as a decline in transparency within the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. The demonstrators, part of the Cultural and Creative Industries…
Judge’s chair and gavel in a courtroom. A traditional healer from Mozambique suspected to be in the country illegally is today set to appear before the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court, north of Pretoria. The suspect faces charges of kidnapping, defiling a corpse as well as contravening the Immigration Act. During his arrest on Wednesday in Winterveld,…
Outside the Thabazimbi Local Municipality offices. 2 minutes The hung Thabazimbi Local Municipality is preparing to hold the first council meeting to elect officials on Thursday. The day after the by-elections, the Constitutional Court upheld the legitimacy of the coalition led by the Democratic Alliance in the dissolved council. The by-elections, however, produced another hung council….
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana delivering the Budget Speech at the Town City Hall. 1 minute Economists expect the upcoming Budget Speech to outline economic projections similar to those presented in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his Budget Speech on Wednesday next week, his first under the Government of…
FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Bahrain Grand Prix – Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain – March 28, 2021 Red Bull’s Max Verstappen leads at the start of the race 3 minutes The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has urged Formula One to end talks with Rwanda over hosting a race, saying the Liberty Media-owned…
COSATU members will protest the US’ attack on Venezuela, outside the US embassy in KwaZulu-Natal Members of Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will, on Friday, gather outside the US embassy in KwaZulu-Natal in protest against the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, earlier this year. This week: #COSATU KwaZulu-Natal scheduled…
Woman appears in Belville Magistrate’s Court. Counsel for the woman accused of snatching a nine-day-old baby from the Middestad Mall in Bellville, Cape Town has submitted that her children’s rights will be infringed upon if she’s denied bail. Cape Town police, however, insist that it won’t be in the interest of justice for her to…
Two glass bottles illustrating the two-pot retirement system. The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) is temporarily suspending two-pot savings withdrawals from its system for two weeks, from the 7th of October to the 21st of October. The Fund via a statement says the pause is necessary to allow it to update its systems, citing the…
