SAPS Search and Rescue vehicle Limpopo police divers have confirmed the recovery of two bodies of persons who drowned during the recent floods in separate incidents in the province. This brings to 21 the number of flood deaths in the province. The bodies were retrieved in the Selati River outside Phalaborwa and the Mvudi River in Thohoyandou, respectively. …
A computer screen with an article on unemployment 1 minute The 2024 Quarterly Labour Survey reports a rise in unemployment across population and gender, with Black African women experiencing the highest rate at 38.6%, while South African White men have the lowest at 7.7%. INFOGRAPHIC below: Race and gender of the unemployed by SABC Digital…
Australia’s Tate McDermott in action as he is tackled by Ireland’s Josh van der Flier and Craig Casey in the Autumn Internationals at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland on November 30, 2024. Wallabies Coach Joe Schmidt conceded the absence of Rob Valetini for the first British & Irish Lions clash was a loss but was…
[File photo] President Cyril Ramaphosa hosting a working dinner with leaders of political parties signatories to GNU on September 11, 2024. 2 minutes ANC National Spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri says the party has met with its Government of National Unity (GNU) partner, the Democratic Alliance (DA), to discuss the reconfiguration of the coalition. The meeting took…
FILE| Mbongeni Skhakhane at the AFASA Leadership & Strategic Partnership Conference on November 26, 2025. The late Mbongeni Sikhakhane, KwaZulu-Natal chairperson of the African Farmers’ Association of South Africa (AFASA) who was gunned down on his farm near Pietermaritzburg last week, was committed to helping small-scale farmers succeed, according to Secretary-General of the Association Donatus…
Chairperson and commissioners at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola will soon meet with the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference, and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System’s chairperson, retired Constitutional Court Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga. This follows the killing of Witness D, Marius van der Merwe, in…
Water droplet coming out of a tap. 2 minutes Residents of Bloemfontein and the surrounding areas that fall under the Mangaung metro municipality continue to suffer low water pressure and no running water for weeks. Several reasons have been advanced by the municipality over the past weeks, ranging from water turbidity to unclogging of the…
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…
A cough medication is poured The City of Cape Town’s Safety and Security directorate has made an urgent call on residents to report businesses and individuals who are illegally selling cough syrup and other dangerous medications to children to get high. Mayco Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says law enforcement officers received information…
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos addressing the media. 1 minute Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has been forced to make one change to his team that will play against Uganda and South Sudan in the 2025 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Stellenbosch attacker Devin Titus has been called up to replace Cyprus-based Mihlali Mayambela, who…
