Secondary school learners 1 minute The Department of Basic Education (DBE) says it is determined to use a multi-faceted approach to clean the system of sexual predators. This after the Education Labour Relations Council found at least 39 teachers countrywide guilty of sexual misconduct perpetrated against learners. The council says most of the teachers are…
Elroy Gelant finishes 33rd in the marathon at the World Championships, Tokyo Team South Africa has had mixed results in the morning session on day 3 of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Zeney van der Walt reached the semifinals of the women’s 400m hurdles. She finished 4th in her heat in 55.32 seconds to…
Children play at a public park. 2 minutes Non-profit and community outreach organisation, the Santa Shoebox Project, is calling for Early Childhood Development (ECD) staff to receive more psycho-social training in a bid for them to detect the warning signs of abuse and neglect in the children they care for. This comes as South Africa…
1 minute Former African National Congress (ANC) MP Bruce Kannemeyer passes away at the age of 60. In a statement released this morning, the provincial ANC described him as a loyal servant of the people and a committed advocate for unity and justice. The former teacher was an active member of the Western Cape Teachers…
File image | Taxis seen parked at a taxi rank. Former North West Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Sello Maema, has dismissed the police’s account of their role in the 2008 murders of members of the Kwa-Maphumulo Taxi Association in KwaZulu-Natal. Maema has told the Nkabine Enquiry in Pretoria that cartridges and firearms discovered…
Sporong informal settlement residents in Randgate communit hall Tensions remain high at the Randgate community hall in Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, where about 500 residents of the Sporong informal settlement have sought shelter. They say they fled their homes two weeks ago following intimidation from illegal miners commonly known as Zama Zamas. Residents say there is a…
Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo delivers the keynote address at the South African Police Services (SAPS) Gauteng Crime Intelligence Excellence Awards 2024 at the Kgosi Mampuru II Management Area Hall in Pretoria on November 15, 2024 Interpol Crime Ambassador Andy Mashaile has described the arrest of the head of Crime Intelligence, Dumisani Khumalo, as a…
A metro police officer intercepts cable theft. Johannesburg power utility City Power says it is confident that criminals who are sabotaging their infrastructure in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, will soon be brought to book. Between March and the second week of this month, 28 cases of theft and vandalism were recorded, with some incidents occurring…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi briefing the media in Durban, November 26, 2024. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says enforcing the law against undocumented immigrants continues to be a challenge for police in South Africa. Mkhwanazi was speaking in an exclusive interview with SABC News. He says it is hard to…
The VW Polo three constables were travelling in is being pulled out of the Hennops River. The families of the three South African Police Service (SAPS) constables whose bodies were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, in Gauteng, in April, say they are frustrated with the delays in releasing a report that will shed…
