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…
1 minute The EFF in Gauteng is expected to lead a march to Joburg Water’s offices on Monday in response to the ongoing water crisis in the province. The party is demanding an end to “water shedding”. This follows an increase in water supply disruptions, which the water utility has attributed to ageing infrastructure and…
SA police ‘arrest’ banner 1 minute A School Governing Body (SGB) member has been arrested for contravening a protection order that the school obtained. Parents of learners at Tsebe Ntlha Primary School in Hammanskraal north of Pretoria are at loggerheads with the school principal over fee payments. Despite it being a no-fee paying public school,…
FILE | Minibus taxis at a rank. The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) says it views threats to take scholars using its services out of taxis across Gauteng ton Friday in a serious light. Alliance spokesperson Theo Malele says those who made the remarks should not try to disrupt their business. His remarks come amid the announcement by…
The three accused in the murder case of Joslin Smith. 3 minutes Video recordings of statements made by two of the accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial took center stage in the Western Cape High Court this week. Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn gave these statements between the 4th and…
KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head General Lesetja Senona at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on January 29, 2026. Police in KwaZulu-Natal say the provincial Hawks head, Major General Lesetja Senona, is not barred from entering the police headquarters building in the province. This after Senona made claims over the weekend that he was kicked out of his…
NSFAS Logo. The Department of Higher Education says it has so far received more than 400 000 Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) applications for the 2026 academic year. The Student Financial Aid Scheme has called on prospective students to apply before next month’s closing date. Higher Education Department spokesperson Matshepo Seedat says most applications have…
Road Maintenance activities underway in Gauteng Region. 1 minute The City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng has allocated over R500 million towards the rehabilitation of roads. Ekurhuleni Finance MMC Jongizizwe Dlabathi announced this whilst tabling the City’s 2025/26 budget at the Germiston Civic Centre. Dlabathi says there is an urgent need to address the terrible condition…
Tembisa Hospital gates. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in Gauteng has confirmed that two preservation orders secured by the Asset Forfeiture Unit have been served on members of two syndicates implicated in fraud and corruption at the Tembisa Hospital. The investigation came as a result of a report from slain whistle-blower and senior Gauteng Health…
Buckets and bottles of water 1 minute Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says nearly one-in-five South Africans lack access to safely managed sanitation. According to the General Household Survey, 71.8% of urban residents have access to safely managed water, but only 36.7% of the rural population do. The report further states that even though access…
