FILE | Road closed sign following flooding 3 minutes Joburg residents and those in surrounding areas have been urged to remain on high alert as more heavy downpours are expected to continue. This follows a level five warning for severe thunderstorms, issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS), which is expected over the central…
Floods in Eastern Cape. 1 minute Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has just confirmed on the SABC News channel that the death toll from the Eastern Cape floods now stands at 78. The search for more missing people will continue at first light tomorrow by various rescue teams. Hlabisa has announced…
Gauteng Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni has made an impassioned plea to the province’s residents to support law enforcement in its fight against crime. This after some angry residents of Saulsville in Tshwane staged a walk out during a tense engagement between them and Gauteng police management on Saturday….
An attendant puts fuel into a car. The Department of Mineral and Energy Resources has announced decreases in fuel prices, including a cut of as much as 57 cents a litre for diesel. The department says the petrol price will decline by four cents a litre and illuminating paraffin by 49 cents. The prices take…
Mogalakwena Municipality building in Limpopo. African National Congress (ANC) councillors in the Mogalakwena Municipality in Mokopane in Limpopo have removed another party’s councillor through a motion of no confidence. Pheladi Oliphant was removed as Speaker during a special council meeting held on Wednesday. The council appointed Josephine Modiba as interim speaker until another council is…
Taxis seen at a rank in Johannesburg. 1 minute Johannesburg Metro Police have advised motorists to use alternative routes following traffic disruptions in Orlando West and Mofolo Central in the South of Johannesburg. It is reported that taxi operators have blocked some of the roads including Machaba Drive near Elias Motsoaledi Road, the intersection of…
A street filled with garbage 2 minutes Government has vowed to make the cleaning of the country’s cities and towns fashionable. Deputy President Paul Mashatile launched the Clean Cities and Towns National Campaign at the Walter Sisulu Square in Kliptown, Soweto earlier today. The campaign is a clarion call on all South Africans to clean…
1 minute Sekhukhune United and Supersport United played out to a 1-all draw in a Betway Premiership match at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane on Sunday. At halftime, it was goalless. Four minutes into the second half, Relebogile Makhuwane opened the scoring for the home side. They thought they were going to celebrate…
ANC Youth League President Collen Malatji, brefieng the media. ANC Youth League President Collen Malatji has criticised the National Convention, which took place almost two weeks ago, as a “tea party of friends”. Malatji made the comments at a media briefing at the party’s headquarters in Johannesburg today. The ANC Youth League briefed the…
murder investigation Bronkhorstspruit police have confirmed that the two suspects who shot 11 patrons, killing five of them at a tavern in Zithobeni, are known to the community. The gruesome incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning when the two men entered the tavern and demanded that one of the patrons hand over…
