Minister of Basic Education Education, Siviwe Gwarube. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube is visiting Fezeka Primary School in Peddie, in the Amathole District, as part of the Department’s Back to School Campaign. According to the department, the visit is part of a national initiative to ensure that all provinces start teaching on the first day of…
The trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of statements by Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial resumes. 1 minute The trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of statements by Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human…
Aerial view of a refinery 2 minutes Chairperson of the newly formed South African National Petroleum Company (SANPC) Sipho Mkhize says they will approach the Transport Minister for a directive requesting access to leases for sites linked to refineries. The merger of iGas, SFF, and PetroSA created SANPC, a stronger, unified entity to tackle South…
Graphic depicting Youth Day 2 minutes Deputy President Paul Mashatile is expected to deliver the keynote address at the 2025 Youth Day commemoration at the Rag Farm stadium at the North West University in Potchefstroom. He will do so on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is in Canada to attend a G7 summit. There will…
[File Image]: Roadblock in the Western Cape. 1 minute The Limpopo Department of Transport has raised alarm over a surge in attacks on motorists who stop to assist hitchhikers. The department says there is a growing number of cases where groups posing as taxi patrollers commit acts of violence, vandalism and extortion. Transport MEC Susani…
Former ANCYL SG Sindiso Magaqa 55-year-old Zweliphansi Skhosana, a former Municipal Manager of the Umzimkhulu Municipality appeared briefly in the Umzimkhulu Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal, in connection with the murder of former ANC Youth League Secretary-General, Sindiso Magaqa in 2017. Skhosana was arrested in Durban on Monday. He was previously arrested in 2018 alongside Umzimkhulu…
Wits University’s Great Hall in Braamfontein. 1 minute Wits University students are on hunger strike, protesting against financial exclusion due to historical debt. Despite 95% of students registering successfully, returning students are demonstrating against financial barriers. The university requires students to have a debt of less than R10 000 or pay 50% of what they…
File: Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). Western Cape Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile says he’s eager to receive the army’s deployment to assist in combating crime in especially gang infested areas across the Cape Metro. He has welcomed the announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa to deploy the South African National Defense…
[FILE IMAGE]: Doctors perform surgery on a patient in a public health hospital as part of the Surgical Marathon initiative in honour of Mandela Day, 2025. Gauteng’s public hospitals performed over 800 surgical procedures in just 12 hours. The Gauteng health department says the third edition of the Mandela Day Surgical Marathon Initiative, surpassed last…
The High Court in Johannesburg. Pre-school teacher Amber Lee Hughes has confessed to drowning her ex-boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter. Hughes appeared in the Johannesburg High Court facing two counts of rape and one count of murder. She told the court through her lawyer that she was suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder at the time of the…
