Person holding a radio. 1 minute According to the United Nations (UN), World Radio Day on February 13, 2025, is dedicated to “Radio and Climate Change” to support radio stations in their journalistic coverage of this issue. Following the ongoing rise in the planet’s detrimental climate effects, including the confirmation that 2024 was the warmest…
Cast members seen at a movie set. 2 minutes A new feature film, Poachers Moon, is currently being shot in the Northern Cape. The story is based on the collective unwritten history of South Africa and a fragile relationship between young boys from different races. This is as the country transitions from apartheid to a…
MAKOKOBA-BASED author in Bulawayo, Welshman Dube A MAKOKOBA-BASED author in Bulawayo, Welshman Dube, has penned a 140-page novel titled, Aziwelanga Phansi, which tackles many issues. The novel, published on September 27 in IsiNdebele, is written in prose form and tackles contemporary issues in the society. Speaking to NewsDay Life & Style, Dube said the book…
Dane Paterson celebrates during a Proteas match. 2 minutes Seamer Dane Paterson took a career-best 5-71 as South Africa bowled Sri Lanka out for 328 on the third day of the second test at St George’s Park on Saturday before increasing their second-innings lead to 106 with nine wickets in hand at tea. A first…
File Photo: A pregnant student in uniform 1 minute The Executive Director of the Family Policy Institute, Errol Naidoo, says broken family structures are the biggest contributors to the high number of teenage pregnancies in the country. A significant number of teenagers under the age of 16 gave birth on Christmas and New Year’s Day,…
Rescue teams and SAPS in Stilfontein. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says officials must be given time to wrap up rescue operations at the abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West, instead of being judged without facts. Mchunu’s comments follow a statement from the South African Federation of Trade Unions, which described…
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party had not taken a decision on the future of the Government of National Unity (GNU). This after Democratic Alliance (DA), which is the ANC’s biggest GNU partner, did not vote to support the fiscal policy framework last week. Various…
Umhlanga Rocks Beach 1 minute Umhlanga Beach has reopened after a temporary closure following the discovery of hundreds of balls of human waste along the shoreline Tuesday morning. Ward 35 Councillor Bradley Singh, who posted a video of the “poo balls”, alerted the eThekwini Municipality’s Wastewater Department, which promptly cleaned up the area. The origin…
Person writes out the word debt 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it is concerned by the rising municipal debt as it will affect basic services. This is after National Treasury issued a circular revealing that the total amount owed by municipalities has increased by R24 billion in the 2024/2025…
The magistrate removed two years of their sentence. THE High Court judges of appeal have dismissed an application against conviction and sentence by two former employees of Delatfin, who allegedly defrauded their employer stands valued at US$3 million. High Court judge Justices Happius Zhou and Neville Wamambo dismissed Jacob Muyambo and Saymore Mutakura’s appeal against…
