The WestPark cemetery in Johannesburg. 1 minute Johannesburg residents have expressed mixed views on exploring alternative burial options. This as 39 of the 42 cemeteries managed by the Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) reach full capacity. #JoburgUpdates Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) would like to inform residents, traditional leaders and funeral homes that…
File iamge: Handcuffs hung on prison bars. 1 minute A 35-year-old Northern Cape man from Van Wyksvlei has been sentenced to 15-years behind bars for the murder of his girlfriend. Shamers Jonkers killed his partner on Christmas day last year, following a domestic violence incident. Jonkers’s son who witnessed the altercation alerted neighbours who called…
2 minutes Team South Africa enjoyed a great day at the World Athletics Relays Championships in China on Saturday, with all four relay teams advancing to Sunday’s finals – and, more importantly, securing qualification for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo later this year. A total of 19 South African athletes are competing across four…
Lesiba Ledwaba in the Seshego Magistrates Court. The family members of an 87-year-old Limpopo woman who was hacked to death, allegedly by her 40-year-old son, have welcomed the accused’s decision to remain in custody. The accused, Lesiba Ledwaba, has abandoned his bail application at the Seshego Magistrates’ Court outside Polokwane. The elderly woman, Raesibe Ledwaba,…
KZN Premier Thami Ntuli KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli says he plans to make it compulsory for all municipalities to set aside part of their budgets for disaster management after the province continues to be severely affected by climate change. He was speaking at the launch of the Summer Disaster Risk Campaign in Harding. The summer…
A vial of the measles-rubella vaccine ready to protect children across Gauteng The Gauteng Department of Health will launch a Measles-Rubella Mass Vaccination Campaign from Tuesday until 12 September. It says this is in response to the ongoing measles outbreak in the province. Gauteng recorded over 370 confirmed cases since January. The campaign aims to vaccinate…
Taxi strike Uitenhage. 2 minutes Several months after the collapse of the Matanzima Road bridge, the town is still in chaos with early morning traffic disrupting taxi routes, costing the taxi industry thousands as the alternative route is a gravel road which deteriorates the state of the vehicles. Uitenhage District Taxi Association Spokesperson, Lubabalo Vesele, says…
File image: SANDF members deployed in DRC. 2 minutes The National Assembly will hold an urgent debate tomorrow, on the deaths of the 14 SANDF members in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The special sitting has been called as a matter of national importance. The theme of the debate is “The recent casualties incurred…
1 minute Court proceedings in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial continue in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Live court proceedings:
people looting The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities has marked the fourth anniversary of the July 2021 unrest and looting by saying the unrest cost the economy an estimated R50 billion. Thousands of people looted and burned shops mainly in KwaZulu-Natal. The riots, which began…
