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1 minute There have been high traffic volumes flowing into the north bound of the N1 towards Bloemfontein since this morning. Free State Department of Roads and Transport spokesperson Hillary Mophethe says the N6 road has also been experiencing high traffic volumes with 300 vehicles per hour traveling south and more than hundred vehicles per…

Mobile clinics. North West Health MEC, Sello Lehari, has handed over six mobile clinic trucks at the Bojanala District Municipality to enhance access to healthcare services in rural areas. Although mobile clinic trucks formed part of Nelson Mandela International day activities, the department says this is part of continuing efforts to strengthen service delivery in…

1 minute Rand Water will no longer be conducting maintenance on its Palmiet Pump Station which would have resulted in large parts of Johannesburg experiencing water supply problems. Johannesburg Water says it erroneously issued the statement yesterday about the upcoming two-week-long maintenance which was to run from the 2nd to the 16th of next month….

A gavel used in a court of law. 2 minutes The Nongoma Regional Court in northern KwaZulu-Natal has sentenced a 15-year-old boy to 43 years imprisonment. He had been found guilty of committing a string of serious crimes including the illegal possession of a firearm and robbery. This after the boy had murdered the principal…

FILE | Person walks in a flooded area Disruptive rainfall leading to the flooding of roads is expected over the City of Cape Town, Cape Winelands, West Coast and Overberg Districts of the Western Cape today. Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management centre says it has received reports on a few incidents in the past 24…

City of Joburg employee at an electrical meter. Johannesburg City Power has warned against the intimidation and harassment of its technicians. This after a video went viral of a group of people in Turfontein, Johannesburg alleging that technicians were soliciting bribes from them. The power utility says the allegations are unfounded as the team was…

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson speaking in Parliament. 1 minute Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean MacPherson has launched an independent investigation into the Independent Development Trust (IDT) following corruption allegations relating to an 800 million tender to install Oxygen plants at Health facilities across South Africa. It was reported that…

Police find crystal meth during a crime raid. Authorities say they have recovered drugs including dagga and crystal meth during a crime prevention operation in Midrand, north of Johannesburg. Illicit cigarettes and alcohol were also confiscated during the raid at the Midrand shopping centre. Johannesburg’s Public Safety MMC, Mgcini Tshwaku, led the joint operation that…

[FILE IMAGE]: Wine bottles. A 31-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly manufacturing and illegally distributing counterfeit alcohol at his home in Klaarwater, Marianhill, west of Durban. The suspect was arrested after police received intelligence-driven information about his illegal dealings. Police say they confiscated counterfeit vodka to the street value of R250 000 which was…