African Roots

A picture of Amantle Samane during her funeral service on 31 October 2024. 1 minute The case of a man accused of raping and murdering a six-year-old girl, in Soweto, Gauteng, has been postponed to the 27th of January 2025 in the Protea Magistrate’s Court. Mozambican national Pethe Simiao was arrested last month after a warrant of…

A firefighter is seen on a scene of a blaze. The Garden Route District Municipality says cooler conditions have helped to contain a raging wildfire near Albertinia. Fire crews worked overnight to extinguish the blaze. Several thatch roof homes on private property were affected by the fire. Fire Chief Deon Stoffels says crews are busy…

A mother receives a gift after giving birth in hospital. 2 minutes The Chief Operations Officer of the Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape Dr Zukiso Nxiweni has expressed concern over staff shortages. This is as the provincial Health MEC handed gifts to new mothers who gave birth on New Year’s Day….

The KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli is expected to visit the collapsed Redcliffe Temple in Verulam on Sunday morning where rescuers recovered the bodies of four people who died when the four-storey structure crashed on Saturday. Recovery operations for the fifth body that was trapped underneath the rubble resume on Sunday morning. The operation was called…

A rescue operation is under way for two missing members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) whose vehicle has been reportedly swept way in the flooding Nkomazi river in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. It is alleged the members were trying to cross the river  from Komatipoort to the Lebombo Border Post on the lower bridge….

Teacher marking a question paper 2 minutes Marking of the 2024 National Senior Certificate Examination will begin on the 1st of December. Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube says scripts are now being moved to marking centres across the country. She says overall the administration of the exams has been successful, despite a number of…

Minister for Public Works Dean MacPherson at the scene of the Verulam temple collapse as rescue efforts continue The Western Cape government has sent a team of rescuers including two rescue dogs to the collapsed temple in Verulam, north of Durban. Four bodies have been recovered. WATCH | The death toll from the temple collapse…

(FILE IMAGE]: Secondary school student who is seven-months pregnant, holds a doll inside her home. 1 minute The number of teenagers giving birth on Christmas Day in Limpopo has decreased from 50 last year to 31 this year. A total of 172 babies were born on Christmas Day across various hospitals in the province, with…

Firefighters battle fire at the Joe Slovo Informal Settlement in Langa on December 26, 2024 2 minutes Another shack fire has ravaged informal dwellings on the Cape Flats. The City of Cape Town says they’ve responded to a fire last night in the Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa. Hundreds of shacks have been gutted…