SAPS Operation Vala Umgodi clamps down on illegal mining in the Northern Cape. 2 minutes Volunteers in Khuma near Stilfontein in the North West will today resume their rescue operation to bring illegal miners to the surface at a disused mine. So far, they have brought 12 illegal miners to the surface. The operation started…
Torrential rain pours down amid severe weather warnings. The South African Weather Service has issued an Orange Level 9 and 6 severe weather warning for Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Gauteng on Tuesday. Flooding of roads, mudslides and rock falls are expected. 📢 Severe Weather Alert Orange Level 9 & 6 warnings issued for eastern Limpopo…
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa announces the allocations for disaster disbursed to provinces. 2 minutes The Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department has disbursed R1.4 billion across 60 municipalities in five provinces affected by natural disasters for the 2024/2025 financial year. The country has in recent years experienced severe natural disasters,…
Court gavel. 1 minute The bail hearing of the terror financing case against Ziyadh Hoorzook has been postponed to Wednesday 15 January. Hoorzook will remain in police custody at the holding cells at the Lichtenburg Police Station in North West. He was arrested at his home in Johannesburg, last week following a lengthy probe into suspicious…
A new bail application of the two men accused of killing alleged underworld boss Mark Lifman will heard today in the Thembalethu Regional Court in George. A new bail application of the two men accused of killing alleged underworld boss Mark Lifman will be heard today in the Thembalethu Regional Court in George. Johan Jacobs…
The 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek was found undressed on the staircase of his complex where he lived. The Gauteng Education Department says there’s some truth to allegations that 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek had previously reported abuse to his school before his death. Today, the department dispatched officials to Royal College in Florida west of Johannesburg to establish…
Busses parked at a bus depo. 1 minute Limpopo-owned bus company, Great North Transport (GNT), has suspended its operations in the Moletjie area outside Polokwane due to attacks, allegedly by taxi operators. GNT management says operations have been suspended indefinitely. The attacks are believed to be over routes. GNT has urged commuters to seek alternative…
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. 2 minutes Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will be one of the main speakers at the second G20 Energy Transitions Working Group Meeting in Cape Town over the next three days. The aim of this meeting is to bring together industry role players from across the world to collaborate on advancing…
A soccer ball. Bafana Bafana’s chances of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have become slimmer after they were held to a goalless draw by a ten-man Zimbabwe in their penultimate qualifier in Durban. And so it ends pic.twitter.com/zSWIWWiz93 — Bafana Bafana (@BafanaBafana) October 10, 2025 Benin beat Rwanda 1-nil in another Group C…
Christmas festivities Nothing beats the feeling of spending Christmas with your loved ones, making up for time spent apart during the year. However, not everyone gets to spend time with their families. Some, like the citizens of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who were pushed out of their country by war in the eastern…
