SANDF troops. 1 minute The Joint Standing Committee on Defense says it is concerned about the continuous reduction of the budget allocation for the South African National Defense Force (SANDF). The committee held a joint media briefing with two other committees of Parliament that belong to the Peace and Security Cluster. Committee chairperson Malusi Gigaba…
Lt Gen Mkhwanazi 1 minute Organisers of a march in support of KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi say preparations are going according to plan. Scores of people are expected to participate in the planned “Hands off Mkhwanazi” march set to take place on Friday. Civil society groups, businesses and various unions are expected…
[File photo] The accused in the Joshlin Smith case stand in a court of law. 2 minutes The presiding Judge in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial sitting in the Western Cape High Court in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast, Justice Nathan Erasmus, has cautioned the defence counsel against asking questions…
Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber holds a drone. 2 minutes The Border Management Authority (BMA) will deploy four high-tech drones and 40 body-worn cameras at various border posts and ports of entry over the Easter period to address illegal crossings. Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber made the announcement during a joint media briefing…
Chris Hani Baragwanath entrance, Soweto, Johannesburg. 1 minute The City of Johannesburg’s Environmental Health Department has closed a spaza shop in Mapetla, Soweto, following an incident in which an 8-year-old boy was hospitalised after eating allegedly contaminated snacks. The boy is currently in the Intensive Care Unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. He reportedly bought…
An image depicting a scam alert. 2 minutes The South African Police Service (SAPS) has issued a warning about a scam involving fake letters that appear to be coming from the police. Fraudulent letters that bear the SAPS logo, names and contact details of senior SAPS officers are being sent to recipients via WhatsApp in…
Rand notes in a wallet. 1 minute BankservAfrica’s Economic Transactions Index (BETI) has recorded an increase in economic transactions in March. This comes despite tough economic conditions including an intensifying global trade war. The BETI measures the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica on a monthly basis at seasonally adjusted real prices. It…
Entrance of Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on October 29, 2020. 1 minute The Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) is calling for a full inquiry into Tuesday’s fatal shooting inside the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town. A man believed to be a taxi owner was gunned down. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)…
[File Image] A rescue worker removes rubble from the site where construction workers are trapped under a building that collapsed in George, South Africa May 7, 2024. 1 minute Chairperson of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), Noxolo Kiviet, says those who lost their loved ones during the George Building collapse in the Western…
The Commissions are expected to reveal their coordinated strategies for resolving structural issues. 1 minute The Commission for Gender Equality, the Human Rights Commission and the CRL Rights Commission outline their response to what they say are systemic failures in the justice system. Their update comes after the acquittal of Timothy Omotoso brought into sharp…
