Banners at Presley Chweneyagae funeral service. 1 minute Mourners, including some of the great actors Presley Chweneyagae worked with, came to pay their last respects to the iconic artist at the Akasia Community Hall. Chweneyagae passed away last week at his home in Pretoria, Gauteng, at the age of 40. In Pictures| Farewell to Presley…
File Photo: A spaza shop in South Africa. 3 minutes Residents of KwaMashu, north of Durban, are calling for the closure of local spaza shops after teachers at a school in the area discovered capsules inside a sealed packet of chips bought by children. Several cases of food contamination have been reported in KwaZulu-Natal since…
Image supplied The Index evaluates four dimensions of food security, namely availability, access, utilisation and overall stability, from 2012 to 2023, and creates a baseline to measure food security in South Africa yearly using publicly available and annually updated data. While South Africa peaked at 64.9 on the Index in 2019, this number dropped to…
School classroom with tables and chairs. Six St Johns’ College teachers in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape have been suspended pending internal investigation by the Provincial Education Department. On Monday, teaching and learning came to a halt at the school, as learners took to the streets over allegations of sexual harassment against some teachers. The…
81st anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising and historic Warsaw Relief Flights commemorated at the Katyn Memorial in Johannesburg The Polish people who fought heroically during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, and the bravery of the South African aircrews who undertook to resupply the Polish resistance during the 63-day airlift in World War Two, have been…
Maersk’s logo is seen in stored containers The Maritime Business Chamber (MBC) says Maersk‘s withdrawal of direct shipping services between South Africa and the United States will have a significant impact on time-sensitive sectors such as fresh fruit. This after the global shipping giant announced plans to restructure its operations, which will result in its…
Basic education minister with learner who shadows her to commemorate International Day of the Boy Child. 2 minutes Various governmental departments hold events to celebrate International Day of the Boy Child. The Gauteng Legislature is hosting the inaugural Boy-Child Sector Parliament in Alberton, whilst the Department of Basic Education hosts an event to discuss issues…
Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in September. Intelligence Head General Dumisani Khumalo has revealed how Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya sometimes utilizes a car registered under a serial hijacker of vehicles. General Khumalo has testified before the Madlanga Commission that the Toyota bakkie that is sometimes…
Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube addressing delegates at a government event. 2 minutes Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube will officially announce the outcome of the 2024 matric exams on Monday amid hopes of a continued improvement in the national pass rate. The ceremony will be held at the Mosaiek Church in Johannesburg. Tomorrow…
A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station 3 minutes The move by Transnet to push ahead with reforms is expected to unlock growth opportunities in the logistics sector. The state-owned rail and transport service is moving ahead with plans…
