Nearly two kilometres deep hole in Stilfontein 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is expected to visit the Stilfontein area in the North West on Friday. This is Mchunu’s second visit to the province this month and he will be accompanied by his Deputy Polly Boshielo. This comes as more illegal miners continue to emerge…
Lighting strike. Disaster officials in KwaZulu-Natal say lightning deaths in rural communities are becoming a serious concern. Three people were killed by lightning in the Harry Gwala District this month during severe storms. A disaster management workshop for traditional leaders has been held in Pinetown, west of Durban. Disaster Management Spokesperson Bheki Phungula says the province loses an average…
[FILE IMAGE]: Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein, South Africa, November 15, 2024. 2 minutes…
Anti rape protest 4 minutes The Department of Health says the Ga-Chuene clinic near Lebowakgomo in Limpopo, where two nurses were kidnapped and raped, will remain closed over the weekend. Nurses union, Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) says the two nurses are traumatised following their ordeal while on duty…
FILE IMAGE: Initiates in a field in the Eastern Cape. The Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Prince Zolile Burns-Ncamashe, is on an urgent oversight visit to the Eastern Cape, following a rise in the deaths of initiates during the summer initiation period. Police have opened 45 criminal cases and arrested 31 people…
Judges’ Secretary Andiswa Mengo at the Tribunal 1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal (JCT) has concluded hearing the evidence and subsequent cross-examination of Judges’ Secretary Andiswa Mengo. The fact-finding body chaired by retired Judge President Bernard Ngoepe kicked off two weeks ago to probe the first ever sexual harassment complaint in South Africa’s judiciary. Mengo…
Five cash-in-transit robbery suspects have been shot and killed during a shootout with the police in Crown Mines, Johannesburg. Firearms have been recovered. Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says this was a crime intelligence-led operation by KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng police. Lt-General Mthombeni says the suspects were heavily armed and are linked to other CIT robberies….
A prepaid electricity meter box. 2 minutes The City of Cape Town says it has completed its prepaid electricity meter updates ahead of Sunday’s deadline. The city’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Energy, Xanthea Limberg, says all the 500 000 prepaid meters in Cape Town have been updated. Limberg says customers supplied by the…
Eskom’s Megawatt Park head office Electricity and Energy Minister Doctor Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says municipalities owe Eskom more than R90 billion. He says the figure stood at R94 billion between January and March this year. Related video | Municipal debts have escalated overtime: Ramokgopa revealed this in a written reply to a Parliamentary question from Kevin…
Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) seen outside one of the organisation’s offices. 2 minutes The South African National Defence Union (SANDU) has backed comments made by SANDF Lieutenant General Peter Ntshavheni Maphaha over the weekend. Maphaha accused the government of running a “Mickey Mouse” defence force. This comes after 14 SANDF…
