1 minute Harmony Gold Mining Company says five people lost their lives in two separate incidents yesterday. Two employees lost their lives following a mining incident at Doornkop Mine in Soweto. All blasting operations have been temporarily suspended at the mine. In a separate incident, three employees succumbed to their injuries following a severe fall-of-ground incident…
Heavy Rainfall Impact at Umlazi Area. 2 minutes Emergency service teams have recovered the bodies of three people who were washed away in Lamontville, Durban, following heavy overnight rains. Three others are still missing. Search and rescue teams have been responding since the early hours of the morning to calls for help from areas in…
Overdrive Racing’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk in action during stage 3 2 minutes Five-times winner Nasser Al-Attiyah hit trouble in the Dakar Rally on Wednesday, the latest frontrunner to struggle in the Saudi Arabian sands after the departures of Sebastien Loeb and defending champion Carlos Sainz. The Qatari, driving a Dacia Sandrider, started the…
A wilted maize crop is seen in Mumijo, Buhera district east of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, March 16, 2024. 1 minute Climate expert Prof. Walter Musakwa says people have no choice but to adapt as temperatures around the world continue to rise. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service’s recent studies indicate that for the…
Scene of a bus accident on the R21 northbound near the OR Tambo International Airport in the East Rand, Gauteng on March 11, 2025. 3 minutes The City of Ekurhuleni’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) says the bodies of two people are still inside the wreckage of a bus that crashed on the R21 northbound near…
[File photo] 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has affirmed his support for more stakeholder engagements on the new regulations banning the production, import and sale of any foods containing cannabis and hemp products. This is after the Health Department gazetted a notice earlier in the month prohibiting the selling, manufacturing and importing of cannabis food…
Members of the SANDF bid farewell to Staff Sergeant, William Cola, in Louterwater who died in the DRC. 2 minutes The Deputy Minister of Defence, Bantu Holomisa, says the department will hold a debriefing where they will look at the incidents that led to the deaths of the 14 soldiers in the Eastern Democratic Republic…
1 minute The National Head for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) , Godfrey Lebeya, briefs media to outline progress and take stock of milestones achieved during the third quarter of financial year 2024/2025. Live proceedings below:
MIDLANDS Marimba Arts Festival MIDLANDS Marimba Arts Festival executive director Tinomutenda Chihora has called for the transcription of marimba songs so that traditional music can be integrated into the education curriculum. Speaking on the sidelines of the Midlands Marimba Arts Festival held last weekend in Gweru, Chihora said Zimbabwean traditional music should be safeguarded for…
3 minutes Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the murders of five people at Inanda in Durban today. This morning, shocked community members discovered the bodies of five men who had been hacked to death and their bodies dumped in a local sports field. Some residents said off the record that they believe…
