NSRI search and rescue boat 1 minute The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says a number of search operations are continuing amid several drowning incidents across the country over the festive season. Those still missing include an 18-year-old at Brighton Beach in KwaZulu-Natal, two people in Doringbaai and Langebaan on the Cape West Coast and…
KwaZulu-Natal authorities say they have traced the company that the truck driver, believed to be responsible for the crash on the Bergville Interchange on N3, worked for. Four people died and several others were critically wounded when a truck rammed into a stationary minibus taxi that was parked in the emergency lane. It is reported…
Aftermath of floods in Eastern Cape 2 minutes Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has conceded that urgent intervention is needed in the Eastern Cape. Four provinces, including the Eastern Cape, have been included in a national state of disaster classification to allow government departments at all levels to intervene. #GovZAUpdates |…
File Image: Water running from kitchen sink tap. 2 minutes Residents of Rustenburg in the North West are bracing themselves for water shedding, due to rapidly declining levels at Vaalkop Dam. Magalies Water has implemented water interruptions in areas around Rustenburg, Moses Kotane and Thabazimbi. This prompted the Rustenburg Local Municipality to impose restrictions and…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has broken his silence on the perjury charges laid against him by National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams. The charges stem from Mkhwanazi’s testimony before the Madlanga Commission where he accused Adams of using his position as MP to access classified information, put before parliament’s…
File Image: Western Cape High Court. The defense counsel of alleged crime boss, Jerome Booysen, is expected to continue with the cross examination of a key state witness known as Mr. X. The matter will resume in the Western Cape High Court this morning. Booysen’s lawyer, Advocate Amanda Nel, has presented a list of offences…
FILE | A clinic in poor state 2 minutes The National Portfolio Committee on Health has expressed concern about KwaZulu-Natal’s healthcare facilities. The committee is currently in the province to conduct oversight visits to several healthcare facilities after receiving letters of complaints from members of the public. Residents at Gamalakhe near Port Shepstone where the…
FILE IMAGE | A confiscated gun that was used at a shooting. 1 minute The bail application of one of the two men accused of the murder of nine people at a tavern in Pienaar, last month, has been adjourned by the Kabokweni Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga. Bongani Nkosi is facing nine counts of murder,…
FILE: The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) members during NEC meeting. 1 minute The South African Students’ Congress (SASCO) in Pretoria will this morning embark on a march, dubbed the “Mega Total Shutdown”. Students are protesting against a number of issues, which include the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) de-funding of some students and…
A person dives from a springboard in front of beach-goers during a hot summer day at Sea Point swimming pool in Cape Town, South Africa. 1 minute As thousands of beachgoers flock to various Cape Peninsula beaches to enjoy themselves as part of New Year celebrations, the City of Cape Town says it is applying…
