Orlando Pirate players celebrate after winning a game 3 minutes Betway Premiership title contenders, Orlando Pirates are oozing confidence ahead of Saturday’s highly anticipated Soweto Derby against rivals Kaizer Chiefs. Despite a postponed premiership match against troubled Royal AM, Pirates recorded a comfortable 3-1 victory over Richards Bay in the Nedbank Cup on Sunday, The…
Police have confirmed the rescue of an Indian businessman who was kidnapped a month ago. The businessman was found in a shack in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, and has since been reunited with his family. His rescue followed a police operation in which the alleged mastermind behind the kidnapping, known as “Dollarman,” was shot dead during…
Cattle grazing on a farm. Farmers in the rural area of Kruisfontein outside Humansdorp in the Eastern Cape are counting the cost of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. Several cattle have been severely affected, raising serious concerns about the impact on livestock and livelihoods in the area. Farm manager Shaun Felix says he…
Leader of the MK Party Jacob Zuma addressing supporters. 3 minutes uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) political party leader, former President Jacob Zuma, has doubled down on claims that cast doubts on the 2024 May polls. Zuma insists that the party will approach the international court for recourse. But is this possible? The MK Party is…
Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba Deputy Judge President Judge Aubrey Ledwaba has been shortlisted to be interviewed for the Gauteng High Court Judge President position in April. The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is set to fill vacancies across various superior courts. Ledwaba was implicated during testimony by Witness A and B at the Madlanga Commission last year. They…
Acting Gauteng Premier Lebogang Maile engaging with Patricia Keppler’s family. 2 minutes Acting Gauteng Premier Lebogang Maile says the police officer who allegedly shot and killed his 22-year-old girlfriend must not be granted bail. Patricia Keppler was a Gauteng Traffic Warden from Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg. Police watchdog, IPID, says the suspect allegedly fired…
A motorists drives while it rains. 1 minute The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning for damaging winds over much of the Western Cape from Wednesday evening until Friday. Cape Town Disaster Risk Management says strong south-easterly winds up to 90 kilometres per hour are expected between Saldanha and…
FILE | Political parties posters for the 2014 Elections. My Vote Counts (MVC) says it will write to President Cyril Ramaphosa to request that he release the full record of his reasons for signing into law amendments to the Political Funding Act earlier this month. Ramaphosa assented to doubling the upper limit of donations to…
A tent from the Nongoma Local Municipality seen at an event. 1 minute Two of the four top officials from the Nongoma Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal charged with corruption have been granted bail of R5,000 each by the Nongoma Regional Court. They are the Deputy Mayor Sabelo Nkosi and Speaker Babongile Sithole. A third accused,…
Ridzani Primary School in Limpopo ceiling collapse. Parents and teachers at Dingamanzi Primary School outside Giyani in Limpopo say shoddy workmanship by the contractor led to a ceiling collapsing on the learners on Tuesday. Twenty-three learners sustained injuries, three of them were seriously hurt. The learners were treated and discharged from a local clinic and…
