Flooding is seen along a section of the N12 between Bloemhof and Christiana, adjacent to the Bloemhof Golf Course on 29 April 2025. 2 minutes Floods in areas near the Vaal River have severely affected about 130 households in the Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality in Bloemhof in the North West. Last Friday, ten sluice gates of…
Adv Dali Mpofu in court 1 minute Electricity challenges and the amendment of some charges have promoted the postponement of the disciplinary hearing of Senior Counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu to a date yet to be announced. [WATCH] Senior Counsel Adv. Dali Mpofu’s disciplinary hearing before an independent Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practice Council, on…
A street money changer counts South African rands. 1 minute National Treasury says until the passing of the new Budget, government services will continue to be funded under Section 29 of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA). This allows spending of up to 45% of last year’s Budget during the first four months, and up…
DA leader John Steenhuisen. 2 minutes Democratic Alliance (DA) leader and Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says he is confident that the budget that is set to be tabled on May 21, will tackle some challenges faced by farmers. Speaking at the 142nd Bloem Show Carnival in Bloemfontein, Steenhuisen says the country has been struggling…
A forensics team is seen at the scene where the bodies of three missing SAPS constables were discovered at the Hennops River in Centurion in this image captured on 29 April 2025. 1 minute Police Minister, Senzo Mchunu is appealing to the public to refrain from speculating on what might have led to the deaths…
Nuclear power station. 2 minutes The Electricity and Energy Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says that going into peak winter, the country should not have less available electricity than the winter of last year, and hence, there should be no loadshedding. Ramokgopa was speaking on the sidelines of the second G20 Energy Transitions working group meeting…
ANC Deputy Secretary General, Nomvula Mokonyane. 2 minutes The African National Congress’s (ANC) Subcommittee Chairperson on International Relations, Nomvula Mokonyane says that the party reaffirms their commitment for the liberation of Palestinians. She spoke at a press briefing in Constitution Hill in Johannesburg during the launch of Week4Palestine, an initiative that brought activists, students and…
Advocate Dali Mpofu. 1 minute Three of the seven charges in the Legal Practice Council’s (LPC) misconduct probe against Senior Counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu have been dropped. This is in light of individuals such as Chief Justice Mandisa Maya and former Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela indicating that they will not participate in the postponed…
Constitutional Court of South Africa. 1 minute The Constitutional Court has ruled that the blanket ban on personal laptops in prison cells is unlawful and violates the constitutional right to further education. The judgment follows an inmate Mbalenhle Ntuli’s challenge. He took the head of the Johannesburg Prison and the Correctional Services Minister to court…
FILE | Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Cape Town. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa is to establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to probe if attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to the NPA. He maintains that all affected families…
