3 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the annual Freedom Day celebrations in Emerlo, Mpumalanga today. This is a culmination of the year-long celebrations of South Africa’s 30 years of democracy. The day is celebrated under the theme – United in Resilience for The Defence of Our Freedom and Democracy. Freedom Day is a day…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says post the White House media briefing the South African delegation had a fruitful engagement with US President Donald Trump’s administration. The President briefed local media at his hotel after the lunch engagement with the Trump administration. He says the US government has agreed to continue trade…
Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso appears in the High Court in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. 1 minute Nigerian televangelist and the Jesus Dominion International (JDI) church Pastor, Timothy Omotoso has been arrested in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape. Last month, the High Court in Gqeberha acquitted Omotoso and the then co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho. This…
Violent protest in Diepkloof 2 minutes Police have confirmed that two people died and one person was seriously injured during violent protests in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Monday. Protesting residents looted a delivery truck that was passing through the area on its way to deliver canned fish. Reports say the truck driver ran over two of…
Shaft 10 exit used by 14 illegal mine workers to emerge from underground. 2 minutes The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed the main application launched by organisation, Society for the Protection of our Constitution, amid the operation by law enforcement officials to have suspected illegal miners resurface at the Stilfontein mine shaft in…
Person holding South African money. 1 minute Standard Bank economist Dr Elna Moolman expects the economy not to have grown in the first quarter of this year. This comes after South Africa’s economy grew by 0.6% in the final quarter of last year, helping to avoid a recession. Statistics South Africa will today release the…
Max’s Lifestyle 1 minute Owners of entertainment venues in various townships around Durban say their businesses are slowly regaining momentum, as more tourists seem to be interested in exploring township lifestyles. Yesterday, the city authorities indicated that it is likely to exceed R2.5 billion in revenue projected by holidaymakers this festive season, as thousands continue…
SABC News Sundowns vs Pyramids 3 minutes Mamelodi Sundowns blew their home ground advantage when Pyramids FC levelled the first leg of the final of the CAF Champions League at 1-all in the dying moments of stoppage time. Brazilian marksman, Lucas Ribeiro, had fired Sundowns into the lead at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria, but Pyramids…
CRL Rights Commission chairperson Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva. 2 minutes Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights (CLR) Commission has raised concerns that religious leaders who work closely with children are not being vetted against the National Sex Offender Register. The CRL Rights Commission has established a committee, comprising religious leaders, to investigate ongoing abuses in churches. This comes…
2 minutes Areas in the Northern Cape are battling a heatwave. While the capital, Kimberley reached a high of 37 degrees on Sunday, Upington was just shy of forty at 39 degrees. Heatwave conditions are expected to continue for at least another week. Two years ago, five farm workers in the Kakamas area died from…
