Increased water at Bloemhof Dam releases to 2200 cubic metres per second on April 8, 2025. 1 minute The Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality, which includes the towns of Bloemhof and Christiana in the North West says it is trying to evacuate some residents from the banks of the Vaal River. It is referring to residents whose…
Hospital ward. 1 minute Twenty nine learners from Ihobe Primary School in Bloemfontein have been taken to Pelonomi Hospital after they consumed expired chocolates. Free State Education Department spokesperson Howard Ndaba says the learners allegedly bought the chocolates from vendors near the school during break time. They started vomiting and complaining about abdominal pain. Ndaba…
The South African Police Service says it is working hard to bring an end to extortion-related crimes, and has appealed for the cooperation of communities. 1 minute Western Cape police have arrested four suspected extortionists in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. Provincial police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says officers made the arrests after receiving information on…
FILE: learner was shot and killed in Samora Machel, Cape Town A man from Samora Machell in Philippi on the Cape Flats had been shot and killed. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says the man was walking down the street when a gunman opened fire on him last night. “An unknown gunman opened fire on a…
Police in Volksrust, Mpumalanga, are investigating a case of murder following the discovery of the body of an 11-year-old girl who was previously reported missing. Slindile Gule went missing on Sunday after she was sent by a neighbour to buy prepaid electricity at a filling station. Her body was discovered on Wednesday with multiple injuries…
Ambulance in the Eastern Cape Five EMS workers employed by the Eastern Cape Health Department have briefly appeared before the East London Commercial Crimes Court. They allegedly fraudulently falsified their matric certificates in order to gain employment as Basic Ambulance Assistants. The incident happened in 2015 after a whistleblower alerted authorities and a case was…
Parliament in session 1 minute Some civil society groups say it is not late for Parliament to rectify the adoption of the 2025/26 Fiscal Framework and the revenue proposals including the proposed Value Added Tax. Parliament managed to pass the Fiscal Framework with the slight margin early this month. Matshidiso Lencoasa from Section 27 says…
A Gautrain arrives at OR Tambo airport, outside Johannesburg. 1 minute Gautrain Chief Executive Officer Tshepo Kgobe says train services between Rosebank and Park Station could resume by next week. An illegal borehole drilling activity on a private property has compromised a section of the Gautrain tunnel system, causing water and soil to seep through….
President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the SADC Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare, Zimbabwe on January 31, 2025. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says he looks forward to engaging with his United States (US) counterpart President Donald Trump over the land reform policy and issues of bilateral interest. This comes after a…
One of Ithala Bank branches. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says the provincial government will continue to legally challenge any attempts by the Reserve Bank’s prudential authority to take over operations of Ithala Bank. Ntuli says the provincial government welcomes the judgment by the High Court in Pietermaritzburg which barred the Repayment Administrator…
