SA Police Service badge. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has called for a proper vetting process for SAPS officers who are responsible for training recruits. This comes amid reports that several senior officers at police academies have sexually exploited police trainees. Today, the union will lead a march to the Shorburg Building…
Fire burning in Tokai, Table Mountain National Park. 2 minutes Table Mountain National Park Manager Megan Taplin says the wildfire currently burning in the Silvermine section of Table Mountain National Park has intensified significantly due to a sudden shift in wind direction and increased wind speeds. Earlier, individuals in both the east and west sections…
SAFA House in Nasrec, Johannesburg. 1 minute Following reports that the South African Football Association (SAFA) is cash-strapped and cannot pay players’ salaries ahead of the festive season, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has decided to advance the federation with R5 million. Minister Gayton McKenzie wrote to SAFA to offer the advance with…
FILE PHOTO: Shack fire 1 minute The City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Services is investigating the cause of a fire at an illegally occupied abandoned house in Albertina, east of Johannesburg, this morning. Ekurhuleni EMS spokesperson Erick Moloka says the fire has been contained and there are no injuries or fatalities “With the backup…
An Aspen Pharmacare logo is seen at outside company offices in Woodmead, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 13, 2018. South African pharmaceutical group, Aspen, has agreed to sell its Asia Pacific operations to a private equity firm based in Melbourne, Australia, for approximately R26.5 billion. The assets are sold following an unsolicited offer by BGH Capital,…
DJ Sumbody at an event The case of four men arrested in connection with the murder of Oupa John Sefoka, more popularly known as DJ Sumbody, has been postponed to July 29 at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court, north of Johannesburg. All four suspects were arrested in Gauteng yesterday afternoon. Sefoka was killed in a hail…
Employees train to be cell therapy specialists. The Cancer Alliance is demanding that the Gauteng Health Department release a list of names of patients treated. This comes after the department said that it had cleared the cancer treatment backlog. The demand follows the ruling of the High Court in Johannesburg in favour of the alliance…
File image: Imam Muhsin Hendriks. 2 minutes The South African Muslim Network (SAMNET) has condemned the murder of South Africa’s first openly gay Imam, Muhsin Hendriks. Hendriks was gunned down over the weekend in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape in what is believed to be a hate crime. The Imam ran an LGBTQ+-friendly mosque in Cape…
Umalusi Briefing | Umalusi CEO, Dr Mafu Rakometsi. Education quality watchdog, Umalusi CEO Dr. Mafu Rakometsi, says the council will no longer oversee the quality assurance of the National Certificate Vocational (NCV) exams nor issue certificates to successful candidates. Umalusi hosted a media briefing today confirming their readiness for the 2025 end-of-year national exams starting…
[FILE PHOTO] A worker performs a test on condoms at Malaysia’s Karex condom factory in Pontian. 1 minute The Department of Health has issued a warning to the public about counterfeit condoms currently in circulation, urging consumers to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity. Acting Deputy Director General for Health Programmes, Ramphelane Morewane says…
