FILE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. The Mashilo Tribal Authority says it has completed the almost three-month initiation period without any fatalities, having more than 400 initiates graduate from an initiation school in KwaMhlanga, Mpumalanga. The provincial MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Kgoshi Mashilo, commends the initiation schools and says…
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mmamoloko Kubayi, has dismissed claims of alleged infiltration in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and clarified that the NPA boss, Adv. Shamila Batohi’s reported statement to that effect was a “wrong choice of words”. This, after Batohi’s reported comments of alleged…
File: water shortages in Gauteng Residents of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, say they are still battling a massive water crisis despite numerous government interventions over the past few years. The crisis stems from the failed Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant polluting the Apies River, as well as inadequate water infrastructure across the township. For close to…
R.I.P tombstone 1 minute Eight of the thirteen people who died when a minibus and a bakkie collided head-on and caught fire during a crash on the R40 between Acornhoek and Hoedspruit in Limpopo will be laid to rest on Sunday in a mass funeral. Ten of the victims of the minibus taxi were residents…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu briefing the media. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has strongly denounced claims of white genocide in South Africa, saying the country remains a free and democratic society. This follows renewed allegations by US President Donald Trump, who reiterated unfounded claims of the persecution of South Africa’s white Afrikaner minority. Mchunu…
Joshlin Smith was reported missing from her home in Saldanha Bay in February 2024. 2 minutes Kelly Smith’s mother, Amanda Daniels Smith, says she still wants answers from her regarding the whereabouts of Joshlin Smith. Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn were convicted of kidnapping and human trafficking in connection with the disappearance of…
OR Tambo District Municipality was the hardest hit region in the Eastern cape floods. Tensions are running high in the OR Tambo District Municipality after the closure of a mass care centre that was sheltering flood victims. Some of the displaced victims were left destitute after the floods. They are more vulnerable now and they…
FILE | Cradock Four Garden of Remembrance in the Eastern Cape. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Legal Services’ representative, Advocate Masilo Brian Lekoloana says he is not in a position to delay proceedings in the inquest into the deaths of the Cradock Four in the High Court in Gqeberha. This, after a brief…
File image: A Metrorail train coach in the Western Cape. 1 minute A train has collided with a vehicle at a level crossing near Phillipi Station on the Cape Flats. Metrorail spokesperson Zino Mihi says reports indicate that the train driver observed a vehicle approaching the level crossing and sounded the warning horn. Mihi says…
