Emergency medical services are trying to extracted passengers who are trapped in a bus and a track that collided in the Free State. 1 minute The death toll from a collision between a truck and a bus on the N6 between Reddersburg and Springfield in the Free State has risen to 10. The road remains…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Live proceedings below:
Court gavel and handcuffs Accused Number Two, Aphiwe Ndende’s defence lawyer in the mass murder of 18 people at Ngobazana Village in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, has accused state witness, Lwando Abi, of contradicting himself. Advocate Mawande Nokhwali was cross-examining, accused turned state witness, Abi, at the Mthatha High Court sitting in Lusikisiki. Six…
Striking workers gather outside the Mister Sweet factory in Germiston. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp A second worker has lost a finger in an accident at Premier’s Mister Sweet factory in Germiston, according to the Simunye Workers’ Forum, as the strike by permanent workers enters its 11th week. Workers say the company will not move…
Taxis at a rank 2 minutes Commuters have been left stranded in the Buffalo City Metro in the Eastern Cape due to a taxi strike. The Mdantsane East London Taxi Association embarked on a strike this morning leaving residents unable to commute to work and school. The strike follows the arrest of taxi boss, Gabela…
Water in a dam after heavy rains. 2 minutes The Water and Sanitation Department says it’s impressed by the improvement of dam levels across the country. This after Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and parts of KwaZulu Natal received large amounts of rain during the past week. Some roads and infrastructure have been severely damaged in the…
The General Industries Workers’ Union of South Africa (Giwasa) is calling for strict price controls on essential food items. The union has expressed outrage at a report from the Agricultural Business Chamber (Agbiz) showing that food inflation has jumped to 4.7%, a 16-month high. Giwausa President Mametlwe Sebei says they want the nationalisation of the…
New Mapulaneng Hospital under construction Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health has raised concerns about the delays in the completion of the new Mapulaneng Hospital in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. The hospital was scheduled to be completed last June. The portfolio committee visited the old Mapulaneng Hospital as part of its oversight visits in areas that have been…
FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. The Amahlubi clan is beaming with joy and pride as it recorded an incident free summer initiation season. Their successful campaign took place against the backdrop of 41 initiate deaths across the country with the Eastern Cape accounting for 22 of these deaths. The clan observed…
File image: Classroom. 1 minute The Special Action Committee for Education (SAC) says they are disappointed that their case against the Western Cape Department of Education has been struck off the court role. The committee applied for an urgent interdict to restrain the provincial department from cutting more than 2400 teaching posts. In August last…
