Secondary school learners 3 minutes Schooling has been disrupted by torrential rains in some areas in the North West province. Learning was halted at several schools due to flooding and collapsed infrastructure while some learners did not report to school due to inaccessible roads that affected scholar transport. Torrential rain has been falling in many…
1 minute The South African Women’s Under-19 cricket team started its ICC T20 World Cup campaign in Malaysia with a victory. The Baby Proteas beat New Zealand by 22 runs in a Group C match in Kuching. South Africa batted first in the match reduced to 11 overs per side and posted 91 for seven….
Due to the rapid increase of inflows into the #VaalDam, a fifth sluice gate has been opened at 10h00 this morning to manage water levels that have increased overnight as a result of the ongoing rainfall in the Vaal River catchment. 1 minute The Vaal River Corridor Tourism Association has warned that floods in the…
Piyush Pandey, former global chief creative officer of Ogilvy was honoured. Source: Supplied. Special award As the man who put Indian advertising on the world map, Pandey is the second creative giant to be conferred this award by LIA. He has been the executive chairman of Ogilvy India since 2004. He has also served as…
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson. 1 minute Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the pilot project to improve municipal infrastructure delivery is an important step to restore trust in government. Macpherson signed memoranda of understanding in Pretoria with the Govan Mbeki, uMngeni and Metsimaholo Local Municipalities. These municipalities will receive targeted…
File image: The Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein. 1 minute Four prison warders from the Mangaung Correctional Centre are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court in connection with the death of an inmate. They were arrested last night following the death of 37-year-old Mpho Mkhumbeni. Mkhumbeni died after allegedly being assaulted and tortured…
FILE | Limpopo Transport Department focuses on scholar transport compliance. 1 minute The South African Scholar Transporters Association (Sasta) has pleaded with the KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department to intervene in the extortion and victimisation incidents that scholar transport associations are facing. The association revealed that a KwaZulu-Natal taxi association is allegedly demanding that each vehicle in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa attends official briefing on the flood disaster response ahead of his visit to affected communities in Mthatha, Eastern Cape on June 13, 2025. 2 minutes A body believed to be that of a young girl has been found along the banks of the Efata River in Mthatha, Eastern Cape. Recovery teams from…
Mine shaft at the Stilfontein in the North West where illegal mining takes place. 2 minutes An attorney at the Right2Protest Project at Wits University’s Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Felix Quibe, says the State can argue that assisting illegal miners would be tantamount to aiding and abetting criminality. He was speaking ahead of today’s hearing…
Bitcoin 5 minutes Bitcoin catapulted above $100 000 for the first time on Thursday, a milestone hailed even by sceptics as a coming-of-age for digital assets as investors bet on a friendly US administration to cement the place of cryptocurrencies in financial markets. Once it broke $100,000 in Thursday’s Asian morning, boosted by US President-elect…
