An Eskom prepaid electricity meter box and card. 2 minutes Disgruntled residents of Orlando in Soweto have accused Eskom officials of not properly communicating with them on the looming deadline for the upgrade of prepaid electricity meter boxes. The deadline is Sunday and residents with meter boxes that have not been upgraded could find themselves in the dark. Elderly residents say they…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at an event. 1 minute The South African Communist Party (SACP) and Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) will jointly mobilise for a referendum to resolve the land question. The announcement follows bilateral talks held today by the SACP and Contralesa in Braamfontein, Johannesburg today. SACP General-Secretary Solly…
File image: Grass fire Several subsistence livestock farmers in Niani outside Musina, Limpopo, have been left reeling after a massive fire destroyed one of the area’s key grazing camps. The grazing land, known as Camp-Two, serves farmers from five nearby villages, including Bale and Manenzhe. Last week, the blaze ravaged more than 1500 hectares of…
A sign board against bullying. 1 minute The lack of official anti-bullying laws to protect victims in the country contributes to the ongoing torment they face. That’s according to Daniel Rudy Chettiar, founder of anti-bullying organization, DSK Group. He was speaking after a north Durban high school girl was captured on video being bullied by a…
SAPS officers outside Addington Primary School in Durban. Groups protesting against the enrolment of foreign nationals’ children at Addington Primary School are threatening to dump about 40 children displaced by the 2022 floods at this school in Durban’s Point area. This after the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department placed 66 learners who couldn’t get admission at other…
[File photo] Bucket toilets seen lined up in an informal settlement 2 minutes Some residents of France Extension in Pietermaritzburg say that more than 20 years after RDP housing was built in this area near Edendale, they still have to use bucket toilets. While many households in the area now have portable toilets in their…
1 minute Longwe Twala appears before the Randburg Magistrate’s Court for a bail application. Live stream below:
Amathole District Municipality is hit by water shortages. The Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape has increased its budget for the maintenance of water infrastructure by 10 percent. This is to ensure that there are no leaks as the local authority is experiencing a drought. Four out of the six local municipalities under the…
Stop GBV The family of a 28-year-old Limpopo woman who was killed in a gender-based violence incident, has lamented the delays in bringing the perpetrator to justice. Lunghile Chauke was killed allegedly by her boyfriend Nyiko Nkuna in Malamulele in May. The family says the matter has constantly been postponed at the local magistrate’s court….
File image: Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga (R)chairs the Madlanga Commission on Inquiry in Pretoria. Chairperson of the Madlanga Commission, Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, has granted a postponement following an application by the legal representative of a new witness. The matter has been postponed to next Tuesday. The lawyer for the witness, Hartley Ngoato, argued that his client…
