Water dripping from a tap. 1 minute Residents of Johannesburg CBD and surrounding areas will have no water this weekend. This is due to Johannesburg Water’s 72-hour planned water shutdown. This follows the water utility’s upgrading project which began yesterday evening. Johannesburg Water has reminded residents about the water shutdown this weekend that will affect…
2 minutes Areas in the Northern Cape are battling a heatwave. While the capital, Kimberley reached a high of 37 degrees on Sunday, Upington was just shy of forty at 39 degrees. Heatwave conditions are expected to continue for at least another week. Two years ago, five farm workers in the Kakamas area died from…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 4 minutes South Africa has achieved a great deal in the space of a generation – but much more needs to be done to achieve the high ideals of the Freedom Charter and realise the aspirations of the constitution. These are the sentiments of President Cyril Ramaphosa in his exclusive SABC, reflecting…
Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho before the match REUTERS/David W Cerny 2 minutes Jose Mourinho said the Premier League trophies he won at Chelsea were achieved fairly, responding to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola’s comments that he had six English top-flight titles while the Portuguese coach only had three. Guardiola, whose team lost 2-0 at Liverpool on Sunday, held…
FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. 1 minute The Eastern Cape Traditional Affairs Department says the deaths of eight initiates since the start of the summer initiation season could have been avoided. It says six of the initiates died of dehydration. Their wounds had also become septic after being illegally circumcised. One was burnt beyond recognition in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and other heads of state at the recent G20 Summit 2 minutes South Africa is set to host the Sherpas, Finance, and Central Bank Deputies’ meetings this week, marking a significant moment as the country takes on its year-long presidency of the Group of 20 (G20). The G20, which includes the world’s…
Springboks Rugby team 1 minute It’s back to square one for the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in its search for an investor in its Commercial Rights Company. The President’s Council, who met in Cape Town on Friday, rejected an offer by American Equity Company, Ackerley Sports Group, of approximately R1.3 billion for a 20%…
File photo: Passengers walk to board a South African Airways (SAA) plane at the Hosea Kutako International Airport, in Windhoek, Namibia. 1 minute South African Airways (SAA) says its flight schedule has returned to normal. This after over 100 pilots resumed work yesterday after suspending their two-day strike action. The South African Airways Pilots Association,…
Alcohol is seen during a police clampdown and the closure of three illegal shebeens in Bloemspruit in the Free State on 06 December 2024. 1 minute Police in the Free State in Bloemspriut in Bloemfontein clamped down on three illegal shebeens yesterday. In a statement, the SAPS says the closures followed a series of complaints…
File Image: A worker attends to machinery at a smelter plant at Anglo American Platinum’s Unki mine in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe, May 16, 2019. 1 minute Cabinet has welcomed Saudi Arabia’s announcement that it will invest over R9 billion in the construction of a platinum smelter and metals refinery in Limpopo. Various projects around the country,…
