The Department of Human Settlements hosts a two-day Presidential Summit on Innovative Building Technologies at Nasrec, Johannesburg. The event aims to advance and showcase innovative, sustainable, climate-resilient and scalable construction solutions that support dignified housing and the eradication of informal settlements and mud houses. LIVE STREAM:
The victims has been found alive and is receiving medical treatment at a local hospital. 1 minute Seven suspects have been arrested for the kidnapping of a Chinese businesswoman in Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal. In a statement, the Hawks says the 46-year-old female was accosted by the suspects in September while closing her bottle store. She…
[FILE IMAGE]: Saftu members at a protest. The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) will on Tuesday march to Nedlac to protest for proposed amendments to labour laws. The protest targets what Saftu calls detrimental changes to the Labour Relations Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act, National Minimum Wage Act, and Employment Equity Act….
A mourner wearing a t-shirt bearing Chesnay Keppler’s face at her memorial service. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested a 35-year-old Constable linked to the murder of the Gauteng Crime Warden, Chesnay Kepler. The officer, who is attached to the Crime Prevention Unit at the Eldorado Park Police Station, is accused of attempted…
Taxis at a station. RISE Mzansi has expressed concern about the recent surge in taxi violence across the Western Cape, including incidents in Khayelitsha, Philippi, and Macassar. At least six people have been shot this week alone. The party says competition over taxi routes has contributed to repeated acts of violence, putting residents and commuters…
FILE | The remains of a burnt car and a sign block the road after stick-wielding protesters marched through the streets, as violence following the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread to the country’s main economic hub in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2021. The trial of the alleged July 2021 unrest instigator, Bonginkosi…
[File Image]: The Biovac Institute is striving to scale up to become a major vaccine manufacturing output facility in response to COVID-19 and possible future pandemics. South African vaccine manufacture, Biovac, is set to employ over 700 high-end skilled individuals. It has secured a financing package of one-eight-billion rand from the International Finance Corporation, the European…
Aftermath of floods in Eastern Cape 2 minutes Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has conceded that urgent intervention is needed in the Eastern Cape. Four provinces, including the Eastern Cape, have been included in a national state of disaster classification to allow government departments at all levels to intervene. #GovZAUpdates |…
An empty classroom 2 minutes Parents have expressed concerns after some KwaZulu-Natal government schools sent out letters that the June exams have been postponed, and winter holiday schooling camps called off. This as members of teachers’ unions refuse to set or mark papers in their own time, in protest against the lack of funds at…
Accused number one in Senzo Meyiwa trial, Muzi Sibiya. The State in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has lambasted accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, for failing to disclose that he was in KwaZulu-Natal the day Senzo Meyiwa was killed. While Sibiya initially said he lived in KZN between 2013 and 2014, state prosecutor George Baloyi says…
