The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) says it is committed to rooting out corruption amid news of the arrest of ten police officers in Johannesburg. The officers were arrested during a raid by the tactical response team. Six of the arrested officers are from the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department, while the other four…
(File Image) A hospital ward with empty beds. 1 minute The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness has urged the public to help reduce trauma cases in emergency centres this festive season. The department released its latest data comparing trauma and non-trauma patient numbers for 2023 and 2024 from December 24 to 26. In…
A general view of flood damaged homes in KwaNdengezi, Durban, South Africa. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Human Settlements MEC Siboniso Duma has announced that they have found land to build permanent houses for the 1 069 families displaced by floods in the province. This includes the 41 families who were displaced by the February floods in…
Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina. Minister of Water and Sanitation Pemmy Majodina says the department is working closely with security to halt the scourge of water mafias across the country. Majodina says local municipalities can no longer sustain water infrastructure due to sabotage and criminal syndicates in the sector. She says the water…
Accident involving an SUV and a minibus taxi on the N9 road just outside Graaf Reinet in the Eastern Cape. 2 minutes A head-on collision between an SUV and a minibus taxi on the N9 road outside Graaf-Reinet in the Eastern Cape has claimed 14 lives. The crash occurred in the early hours of the…
South Africa’s Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana speaks during his medium-term budget policy statement in Cape Town, South Africa, November 1, 2023. 1 minute Economists expect the upcoming Budget Speech to outline economic projections similar to those presented in the medium-term budget policy statement. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will deliver his Budget Speech on Wednesday next…
Image source: KamranAydinov from Freepik It was no surprise that when Dis-Chem began selling Sol de Janeiro products in South Africa, shoppers rushed to the stores to get their hands on them. According to a report by News24, the demand was so high that, after selling out, customers were put on a waiting list. However,…
Ditebogo Phalane 1 minute The three accused in the Ditebogo Phalane murder trial used a similar modus operandi in other crimes. This is according to Investigating Officer, Sergeant Sevhasa Mashudu, who testified for the State in their bail application underway at the Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court. They allegedly shot and killed 5-year-old Phalane when they…
[File Photo] Rugby balls on a field. Veteran Springbok centre, Damian de Allende, believes Saturday’s Rugby Championship decider against Argentina at Twickenham in London is the most important game of the year so far for the Green and Gold. De Allende is getting ready to win his 93rd test cap for the Boks and feels…
Premier Dr Zamani Saul, together with the MEC responsible for Education, Mr. Abraham Vosloo, on behalf of the Northern Cape Government, launched the Basic Education Employment Initiative at Roodepan Primary School. Over 4800 unemployed young people have been deployed by the Department of Basic Education to various schools across the Northern Cape. The aim of…
