LIVE: Asbestos trial within a trial – 05 May 2025
1 minute The trial within a trial in the R255 million asbestos roof removal case continues in the Bloemfontein High Court in the Free State. Live proceedings below:
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Electricity and Energy dept to launch G20 clean cooking project
Potjie pots The Department of Electricity and Energy will launch a legacy project aligned to the G20 Clean Cooking Outcome, to accelerate investment in clean cooking in Africa. The department’s Energy Transition working group held its third technical meeting in Sun City, and touched on the implementation of Just Energy Transition programmes, which include clean…
DA in Joburg demands probe into City’s water grants
A drop of water from a tap. The Democratic Alliance in Johannesburg has called for an investigation into what is says is the City of Johannesburg’s water infrastructure funding failures. The party also want the investigation to look into the city’s increasing use of water tankers since 2023. The DA’s Belinda Echeozonjoku says they’ve written…
De Lille to open Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Centre
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille doing a pre-inspection at the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretive Centre at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State on June 21, 2025. Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille will launch the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State today. The centre…
KZN records five drownings in two weeks
Rescue teams at Umdloti Beach 1 minute Life Saving South Africa says KwaZulu-Natal has recorded five drownings in the space of two weeks. The majority of these drownings happened at non-bathing beaches where lifeguards do not patrol. Amongst the bathers who are reported to have drowned is a 13-year-old boy and his uncle who tried…
Enyobeni tavern inquest to continue, patrons expected to testify
A general view inside the Enyobeni tavern where bodies of youth were in East London in the Eastern Cape in this image captured on July 5, 2022. 1 minute The inquest into the Enyobeni tavern tragedy is set to continue in the East London Regional Court sitting in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape today. More…
40% of Northern Cape Spaza shops registered before deadline: MEC
Spaza shop 1 minute With two days to go before the deadline for the registration of spaza shops and other food businesses, about 40% of these businesses in the Northern Cape have successfully registered to operate. MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Bentley Vass says in the province over 2 500 business…
Batohi dismisses as unfounded claims that the NPA is in crisis
National Director of Public Prosecution Advocate Shamila Batohi briefing media on progress made in the Venda Building Society Mutual Bank investigations. 2 minutes National Director of Public Prosecutions, Shamila Batohi, has highlighted salary dispensation as one of the challenges causing setbacks in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Batohi says this has led to the NPA…
Ramaphosa reiterates non-relationship with alleged kingpin Maumela
President Cyril Ramaphosa has gone further to explain his relationship with Hangwani Maumela, the alleged kingpin behind the looting of Tembisa Hospital. Ramaphosa was answering questions in the National Council of Provinces. He says that while he does not know Maumela, he met him on two occasions last year while taking a walk in the…
LIVE: MPC drops repo rate by 25 basis points
1 minute Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago says the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points meaning that the prime lending rate decreases to 11.25 percent. It’s the second consecutive rates cut. The move had been widely expected. The bank’s decision comes on the back of a…