Digital fingerprint biometrics. 1 minute The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) is introducing a mandatory biometric enrolment and identity verification process in an effort to improve security. SASSA says this will be used as an alternative form of identification other than the standard 13-digit South African Identity number. The compulsory biometric system will be…
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille addresses media briefing. Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has sought to allay fears of a crisis in the tourism sector. This comes as a public spat between her and the now dissolved South Africa Tourism (SAT) board persists. De Lille dissolved the board last week, accusing it of breaching governance…
Court gavel. A man has been sentenced to life in prison by the Douglas Regional Court in the Northern Cape for raping two minors in 2016. Sipho Selowi raped the two girls aged 10 and 12 after he lured them to his shack, having requested them to assist him to look for his misplaced memory…
The grandson of the late ANC president Chief Albert Luthuli, Mthunzi Luthuli. 2 minutes The grandson of the late African National Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli has told the Pietermaritzburg High Court that the explanation given by the train driver surrounding his grandfather’s death is contradictory. Mthunzi Luthuli is continuing with his testimony, which…
Smoke seen at a fire in Bryanston. 1 minute City of Johannesburg Emergency Services says they are currently responding to a fire incident at the corner of Peter Place and Winnie Mandela Drive in Bryanston. EMS firefighters found shacks and recycled material on fire. No injuries have been reported thus far. “Fire fighters are working…
Source: Supplied. Justin Thom, director at Galetti Corporate Real Estate. Justin Thom, director at Galetti Corporate Real Estate believes that much of the sector’s renewed strength can be attributed to reinvention. “Major landlords are working hard to improve spaces and change the way that we look at space in general.” He adds that subdued demand…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues this morning at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
ANC Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, speaking during an event. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says that he won’t respond to North-West businessman and alleged Senzo Mchunu associate, Brown Mogotsi after Mogotsi reached out to him. Mbalula was speaking at a media briefing at the Birchwood Hotel in Ekurhuleni, where the ANC is holding its…
Electricity pylons. 3 minutes The community of Kagisanong near Garankuwa in the North West province is calling on government to urgently install electricity in its area following several electrocution incidents. Frustrated members say electricity supply has remained elusive for almost two decades. And have now resorted to connecting power illegally. They’ve blamed officials for neglecting…
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola will take the stand at the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of criminality, political interference, and corruption in the criminal justice system this Monday at 9:30 am. This comes after KZN top cop, General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, completed his testimony on Friday, which delved…
