Rain drops seen from a window. The Johannesburg Emergency Services says it has activated its disaster management teams in all seven regions of the city. This is as the South African Weather Service issues a warning for heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and strong winds in Gauteng. On Thursday, heavy rains in many areas resulted in…
1 minute Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile answers field questions for oral reply in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Parliament, Cape Town. LIVE STREAM:
ANC flag The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape is mourning the death of struggle stalwart and former Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, Ntombazana Botha, age 82. Botha passed away at an East London hospital on Saturday after a long illness. The party says it has lost a gender activist and advocate…
Some of the attendees at national Women’s Day occasion at Nkowankowa stadium outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba says many women who are stuck in abusive relationships are also the face of poverty. She was speaking at the Nkowankowa stadium outside Tzaneen in Limpopo ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s keynote address at the…
File image: Alcohol. The Eastern Cape Social Development Department has condemned a video in which a woman is captured giving her young child alcohol. The video has since gone viral on social media platforms. In it, multiple other children are also drinking alcohol under the command of their parents. MEC Bukiwe Fanta says they intend…
EMPD vehicles. The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has slammed the City of Ekurhuleni for vetting over 3 000 Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) officers without necessary consultation. The vetting process, which began on Monday, comes after witnesses that have testified before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry made allegations of corruption in the EMPD….
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi speaking at a government event. Rise Mzansi and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have hit out at Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lefusi for his controversial comments amid the water provision crisis in Gauteng. Lesufi made headlines for all the wrong reasons for saying that, as politicians, they experienced the same problems of…
Morocco’s Brahim Diaz celebrates after the match. It is hard to escape the gaze of Morocco midfielder Brahim Diaz at the Africa Cup of Nations. The diminutive Spanish-born player is everywhere, from city billboards to a multitude of television advertisements, on top of his heroics on the field where he has become a fan favourite…
SANDF soldiers. South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Brigadier-General Prince Mkhabela, his secretary and his lawyer have appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court on corruption charges involving R1.5 million. Mkhabela, Thembi Hlungwani and Athinandavha Mulaudzi also face a charge of defeating the administration of justice. It is alleged that they facilitated and paid half a…
Community members gather for UNITE party’s mass meeting in Kliptown, Soweto. GOOD Party leader and Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille has called on citizens to vote out the current government. This is despite the party being a member of the Government of National Unity. De Lille was speaking at a mass meeting of the…
