Music sheet 1 minute South Africa’s unique sounds of clap and tap are increasingly gaining popularity. This as the Amapiano genre takes the world by storm. However, funding and support for the unique clap and tap genre, which is rooted in African indigenous hymns, remains a challenge. Many of the groups that are producing music…
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri (81) and McLaren driver Lando Norris (4) celebrate after finishing first and second during the F1 Miami Grand Prix 3 minutes Oscar Piastri enjoyed a dominant run to victory at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday but the McLaren driver could not claim an entirely flawless afternoon. After getting out of the car,…
CAF President Patrice Motsepe speaking at a briefing. 1 minute Delegates from member associations have arrived in Cairo for the 14th Confederation of African Football General Assembly, where a new executive will be elected on Wednesday. CAF President and South African billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe is expected to be unopposed for a second term at…
Sassa signage board seen outside the head office. 3 minutes In another case of identity theft, a 63-year-old pensioner from Gugulethu is yet to enjoy a penny of his social grant from the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). This, while someone else in Gauteng – who has all his birth details including names and…
A protester holds a placard during a march against corruption, gender-based violence and farm murders, in Cape Town. 1 minute South Africa has assumed the chairpersonship of the Association of Anti-Corruption Agencies on Commonwealth Africa. Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, has been elected to the position at the end of the 15th Commonwealth Regional Conference…
Three men have been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment in the Durban Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal for attempted murder. Ndabezinhle Mvune, Simiso Mthimkhulu and Thamsanqa Msabala brutally assaulted the commander of the police‘s air wing in 2021. KwaZulu-Natal Hawks spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo says the three were arrested eight months later. The court heard that Captain…
Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile attending the national launch of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign 3 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile says a full year of action is required to combat gender-based violence and femicide, not just 16 days. He was delivering the keynote address at the…
Crew members of a Sea Harvest fishing vessel, the MFV Armana, that caught fire on Sunday at sea being transferred from their life raft onto another vessel, the MFV Ludwani, for transportation back to Cape Town 1 minute The City of Cape Town says the marine manufacturing industry has contributed around R5 billion to the…
Excavator at a construction site. 3 minutes The construction mafia has disrupted over 180 construction projects worth R63 billion since 2019, according to Finance Deputy Minister Ashor Sarupen. On Wednesday, a National Construction Summit was held in Durban where a declaration was signed between the Public Works and Infrastructure Department and stakeholders involved in the…
FILE | A Cessna plan in flight Search and rescue efforts are under way for a missing aircraft in Mpumalanga and in the Kingdom of eSwatini. A Cessna 206 that took off on Thursday afternoon from King Mswati III International Airport in Eswatini went missing en route to Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, in Mbombela. The…
