Arrested illegal miners 1 minute Illegal mineworkers are continuing to resurface from mine shafts around Orkney in the North West. National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says more than 500 mineworkers have been arrested to date and the number is expected to increase. Police say the miners resurfaced due to starvation and dehydration after members of…
1 minute A 28-year-old man who allegedly raped and impregnated a 13-year-old girl is expected to appear at the Seshego Magistrate’s Court outside Polokwane in Limpopo today. The man faces charges of statutory rape. The girl is among 31 teenagers who delivered babies on Christmas Day in the province. Police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba says…
File image Western Cape police say they’ve arrested more than 700 alleged gangsters and seized hundreds of illegal firearms over recent months. Additional officers have been deployed to hotspot areas, including Mitchell’s Plain, Mfuleni, Delft, Bishop Lavis, Manenberg, among others. There’s been an alarming increase in ongoing gun violence across various communities in Cape Town….
DA leader John Steenhuisen briefing the media 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen says parliament did not follow proper procedure when it adopted the 2025/2026 Fiscal Framework. He says the entire process was unlawful and irregular. Steenhuisen was campaigning in Phoenix, north of Durban, ahead of a by-election. The DA rejected the half…
Person writes out the word debt 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it is concerned by the rising municipal debt as it will affect basic services. This is after National Treasury issued a circular revealing that the total amount owed by municipalities has increased by R24 billion in the 2024/2025…
Postbank employees assist social grant beneficiaries. 1 minute Cabinet says the extended deadline of the 20th March for the replacement of the existing South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) gold cards is final. The gold cards will be replaced by the black cards belonging to the Postbank. Minister in the Presidency, Khumbhudzo Ntshavheni has urged…
Kagiso Rabada celebrates taking a wicket 3 minutes South Africa has won their fourth test series in a row and seventh test on the trot when they beat Pakistan by ten wickets at Newlands in Cape Town on day four of the second test. Pakistan scored 478 in their follow-on innings for a lead of…
File Image: Former President Kgalema Motlanthe says ANC members should raise issues within party structures. 2 minutes Amid rising youth unemployment and calls for young people to consider entrepreneurship, former President Kgalema Motlanthe has expressed doubts about the viability of informal trading, such as spaza shops. Speaking at the University of Johannesburg, where he was…
[FILE] Activists holds a placard during a march. 2 minutes Lobby group AfriForum says it is not possible for the principal of Bergview College to have been involved in the rape of seven-year-old Cwecwe that allegedly took place on school premises in October last year. This as the matter drew widespread condemnation over how it…
1 minute Another person has succumbed to injuries from a fire at the Vrygrond informal settlement near Muizenberg in Cape Town. The ward councillor in the Vrygrond area, Mandy Marr, says 16 structures were destroyed in the blaze, which broke out at around 4 o’clock this morning. She says it is the fourth fire in…
