African Roots

City of Joburg EMS personnel are seen on site of a fire outbreak on the M1 South on 01 May 2025. 1 minute Emergency services are battling a fire along M1 south after the Smit Street in in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Preliminary investigations indicate that yet another incident of suspected cable theft and vandalism may have caused the fire….

Easter Road Safety Campaign 2025. 1 minute The Automobile Association of South Africa (AA) has welcomed the notable drop in road crashes and fatalities during the Easter 2025 period. Easter road deaths have fallen to their lowest in three years. The association has attributed this success to proactive planning, coordinated enforcement, and collaboration between the…

Workers Day 2 minutes The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) will today hold rallies across the country to mark Workers’ Day. It says it will focus on calling on workers to unite against labour laws that do not serve them. Meanwhile, COSATU president Zingiswa Losi is expected to deliver the keynote address at…

Rescue divers retrieve a service book and a white handbag from the vehicle they are pulling out of the Hennops River in Centurion on 01 May 2025. 1 minute The multi task team is currently hard at work at the Hennops river, Centurion, Gauteng where they are pulling out what seems to be a vehicle that was…

SASSA gold card. 1 minute Postbank has confirmed that the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) gold cards will remain active and functional beyond the 31st of next month. It says the aim is to ensure that beneficiaries who have not transitioned from the gold to black cards have uninterrupted access to social grants. This means…

ANC President, Cyril Ramaphosa arriving at the Workers Day event in Middelburg. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa has assured COSATU members that the National Health Insurance (NHI) is aimed at benefiting workers. He has also thanked COSATU for supporting and standing firm on its policies that include the Expropriation and BELA…

Three missing constables, , 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda (male), 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys (female) and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge (female) 2 minutes South African Police Service (SAPS) management has called on the public to refrain from posting misleading information on social media about the three deceased officers. This follows a recent post on the ongoing…