Special equipment being used at Stilfontein 1 minute A total of 34 illegal mine workers have been brought to the surface at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West to date. Nine bodies were also retrieved. A 16-day operation funded by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Minerals Council…
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul. 4 minutes The Northern Cape provincial legislature will spend R2,5 million on this year’s State of the Province Address (SOPA). This is a slight decrease from last year’s expenditure of R3 million. Political parties in Northern Cape want Premier Zamani Saul to deliver on his previous promises. Premier Saul will…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in Kyiv, Ukraine September 30, 2022. 1 minute Ukraine’s Ambassador in South Africa, Liubov Abravitova has confirmed that President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be in South Africa for a state visit next month. President Cyril Ramaphosa has had constant communication with his…
The South African Police Service says it is working hard to bring an end to extortion-related crimes, and has appealed for the cooperation of communities. 1 minute Western Cape police have arrested four suspected extortionists in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. Provincial police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says officers made the arrests after receiving information on…
Jazz promoter Rashid Lombard. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his deep sadness at the passing of renowned photographer, cultural activist and jazz organiser Rashid Lombard, at the age of 74. Lombard died in Cape Town today. He was the recipient of the National Order of Ikhamanga in Silver, which he received in 2014…
Parliamentarians and members of the public listen as Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo delivers his annual state of the nation address to the parliament in Accra, Ghana, March 30, 2022 2 minutes Ghana’s parliament is unlikely to pass a provisional budget before the December 7 general election, former officials and experts say, which risks triggering an…
Folded newspaper on a table 1 minute After four decades of being a regular Sunday newspaper in the country, City Press is fully moving to the online platform and doing away with a print version. According to the company, they have decided to end the print version of the paper to embrace the digital future…
Candle burns during a power outage 2 minutes Eskom says power supply has been restored to parts of Meadowlands, in Soweto following protests by residents. Locals say that they had been without electricity for months, with Eskom failing to assist. Eskom’s spokesperson in Gauteng Amanda Qithi, says that while Meadowlands is one of the places…
An electronic board shows Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indices as people walk on a pedestrian bridge at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China April 3, 2025. 3 minutes China and Hong Kong shares rose on Thursday, as investors downplayed the latest US tariff increase on Chinese imports and pinned their hopes on talks between…
