2 minutes Today is World Radio Day. It is a global celebration of the enduring power and influence of radio as a means of communication, education and entertainment. Established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in 2011 and officially adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, this day highlights…
Manchester City’s Ilkay Gundogan scores their first goal past Al Ain’s Khalid Eisa Ilkay Gundogan scored two goals as Manchester City comfortably dispatched Emirati club Al-Ain 6-0 on Sunday to ease into the knockout stage of the Club World Cup from Group G along with Juventus. The German midfielder found the net in the ninth…
[File image] A man and a child have died in a fire in Lwandle in Strand, Western Cape, after their shack caught alight. Fire and Rescue spokesperson Edward Bosch says the fire happened in the early hours of Monday morning. He says seven structures were destroyed, displacing twelve people. Bosch says four firefighting vehicles responded…
Offices of the Matjhabeng Municipality. 2 minutes Angry residents of Matjhabeng municipality are calling for the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe corruption allegations levelled against the convicted executive mayor Thanduxolo Khalipha. Residents marched to the streets of Thabong for service delivery and job opportunities. The march takes place a day before Khalipha is scheduled…
FILE: The South African Students’ Congress (Sasco) members during NEC meeting. 1 minute The South African Students’ Congress (SASCO) in Pretoria will this morning embark on a march, dubbed the “Mega Total Shutdown”. Students are protesting against a number of issues, which include the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) de-funding of some students and…
Junior mayor of the City Of Johannesburg, Kamogelo Malikane City of Johannesburg Junior Mayor, Kamogelo Malikane, has urged the Minister of Basic Education to urgently invest in quality early childhood learning. Malikane was speaking at the three-day Learner Leadership Summit at the Johannesburg City Council. Malikane says education should be the main item on the…
Bullet holes on a taxi’s windscreen. 2 minutes The National Taxi Alliance says rival taxi organisations, the Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (WATA) and the Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association (NANDUWE), will have no choice but to agree and abide by the ceasefire agreement reached to end the violence plaguing the industry. The truce was facilitated by the Gauteng…
City of Tshwane Mayor updating after 100 days in office 1 minute The City of Tshwane’s poor finances is under the spotlight yet again. This as Tshwane Mayor Dr Nasiphi Moya gave feedback on her 100 days in office. Dr Moyà from ActionSA was elected as Tshwane Executive Mayor in October last year, after the…
Mpumalanga Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Speedy Mashilo says police have launched an investigation into the initiate’s death in eMalahleni. It is alleged that the boy was lured to an initiation school in Verena. Last month, his family requested that he be transferred to another initiation school, which was closer to home in Klarinet….
It also seeks to prioritize adolescents’ health and well being in Africa HEALTH ministry representatives from Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe are meeting in Harare this week as part of the regional engagement on adolescents sexual reproductive health rights (SRHR) access programme. Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) access program hosted by Hivos and other various…
