Vehicles seen on a wet road 1 minute The City of Tshwane’s Emergency Services Department says the inclement weather conditions are expected to carry on until at least Wednesday. This follows the South African Weather Services level five warning of severe thunderstorms. Tshwane Emergency Services added that the impact of severe disruptive rain may include…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the NCOP. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says since the announcement of measures two weeks ago, multi-disciplinary teams have been conducting inspections of spaza shops across the country. This comes as the country experiences a surge in the number of deaths and cases related to food-borne illnesses among children. The…
The ANC has appointed a 67-member task team as part of the party’s plans for reconfiguration. 1 minute ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says he is confident that the newly announced task team in KwaZulu-Natal will help the ANC regain its support in the province. The ANC has appointed a 67-member task team as part of…
Prison cells 1 minute A man has been sentenced to 15 years of direct imprisonment in the Ceres Regional Court in the Western Cape for threatening to shoot his family with an illegal firearm. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says Denovan Fritz threatened his family at their home in November 2021 in…
1 minute The funeral service of police Constable Cebekhulu Linda takes place this morning at the Saint Rose Catholic Church in Bochabela, Bloemfontein. He was one of the three constables whose bodies were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, Pretoria, last week. Live proceedings below:
1 minute The reopened inquest into death of former ANC leader Albert Luthuli continues. Live proceedings below:
Source: Reuters. The Brics summit, attended by more than 20 leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan, has shown the depth of Russia’s relations beyond the Western world. Much discussion at the summit in the Russian city of Kazan was dedicated to the war in Ukraine and…
2 minutes Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc has withdrawn from the Champions Trophy for personal reasons, leaving the squad without its three frontline quicks for the ODI tournament in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. Starc’s withdrawal comes after pace stalwarts Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood were ruled out due to injuries. World champions Australia…
No to bullying in school sign. 3 minutes A mother of a grade 10 pupil, who was allegedly bullied by a fellow pupil at Sutherland High School in Centurion, is pinning her hopes on the justice system. She has opened a case of intimidation and harassment against the alleged bully and his mother. The mother…
Comrades Marathon 2 minutes Registrations have opened for the 2025 Comrades Marathon’s Race4Charity fundraising programme. Since its inception in 1996, the Comrades Amabeadibeadi Charity Drive has raised over R76 million for the association’s official charities. CMA Marketing and Communications Manager Delaine Cools stated all runners are encouraged to participate in the initiative. “In order for…
