File image | Taxis at taxi rank. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Taxi Task Team has impounded 66 unroadworthy minibus-taxis this week in Tsakane, Germiston and Boksburg. The operation was conducted in collaboration with Gauteng Traffic Police and SAPS officers. During the joint operation, officers discovered that the vehicles were operating without proper permits…
Drops of water running from a tap. 1 minute Large parts of Johannesburg will experience low water pressure or no water at all for two weeks in May. Rand Water will be conducting essential maintenance at the Palmiet Pump Station from the 2nd to the 16th of next month. The maintenance work is expected to…
A child running in the passage. The Department of Social Development (DSD) will host an Educational Awareness Programme on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse today in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Eastern Cape, as part of its intensified efforts to curb violence against children. The initiative comes in response to worrying child protection trends…
smart The Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has poured cold water on the assertion that the SABC signal could be switched off by the end of December if the public broadcaster fails to pay its debt to digital signal distributor, Sentech. He also says the SABC could know its new proposed funding…
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Treasurer-General, Omphile Maotwe speaks to the party’s counsel, Adv. Mfesane Ka-Siboto at the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town ahead of proceedings challenging the proposed 4% increase in the fuel levy on June 3, 2025. 1 minute The People against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increases have expressed support for…
Candles lit during a funeral service. 1 minute African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League Deputy President Lungi Mnganga-Gcabashe has passed away. Mganga-Gcabashe passed away on Saturday at her home in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal, at the age of 64 years. She has also served as the chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises and, most recently,…
An illegal miner arrested and resurfacing at a shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga. 2 minutes More than 50 000 illegal miners have been arrested in different provinces since the establishment of Operation Vala Umgodi a year ago. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola led a delegation to the South shaft in Sabie, Mpumalanga. Various police units and…
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein will hear the appeal brought by the African National Congress (ANC) after it lost the application to stop the use of the MK Party’s name and logo. Before the 2024 General Elections, the ANC unsuccessfully invoked trademark law in the Durban…
Graphic depicting a fatal shooting The Bishop Lavis Community Policing Forum is calling for urgent intervention from the police following the fatal shooting of a three-month-old baby in Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats on Friday morning. Police spokesperson Joseph Swaartbooi says two armed men suspected to be gang members entered a house and proceeded to…
The co-accused in the Omotoso case, Zukiswa Sitho and Lusanda Sulani seen in the dock during their court appearance. 2 minutes The Timothy Omotoso rape case in the Gqeberha High Court has been postponed until 22 January for final arguments. His co-accused Zukiswa Sitho and Lusanda Sulani have concluded their testimony. On Tuesday Omotoso wrapped…
