The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has issued an orange level 9 warning as the rains continue to wreak havoc in the Vhembe, Mopani and parts of Sekhukhune districts in the Limpopo province. The Provincial Education Department has announced that schools will not open today in high risk areas to protect learners and teachers. Human…
Grade 11 learner from the Martie du Plessis Special Needs School, Kamogelo Baukudi. The five men, who were accused of abducting Kamogelo Baukudi, have indicated that they intend to sue the state as they claim they were assaulted and wrongfully arrested. Legal analyst, Advocate Inez Bezuidenhout says reasonable suspicion alone can prompt arrests. The men…
1 minute Two police officers were gunned down last night while responding to a robbery at a house in Namahadi, QwaQwa in the Free State. The suspects who were wearing balaclavas fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of cash and two cell phones. Police spokesperson Motsantsi Makhele says, “The CSC members approached the house,…
ANC’s First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Makonyane gestures at the crowd at the party’s 113th anniversary celebrations hosted at the Caluza Sports Ground, in Pietermaritzburg. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane says the party’s renewal programme in KwaZulu-Natal is on track. She says the disbandment of the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC)…
The renaming of the Kruger National Park will have dire consequences, according to the tourism sector in Mpumalanga. This, after the provincial Legislature adopted a motion to rename the Kruger National Park, Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport and the Jan van Riebeeck Stadium in Witbank. Other sections of the community suggest that South Africa should strive…
An Eskom power station. 3 minutes The latest data from Eskom shows that the power utility spent an estimated R115 million on diesel fuel for OCGTs, the majority of which was spent meeting electricity demand during the first night of stage two loadshedding on 13 May. Eskom CEO Dan Marokane told reporters during a 14…
1 minute The Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa launches the Green Hydrogen Summit in Kempton Park. LIVE STREAM:
South Africa’s High Commissioner to Kenya H.E. Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu. President Cyril Ramaphosa has accorded the late South African High Commsioner to Kenya, Ambassador Mninwa Mahlangu a Special Official Funeral Category 2, which will take place in Middelburg, Mpumalanga on Saturday next week. Mahlangu passed away last week at the age of 72. The President…
[File image] Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa speaking at a government event. 1 minute Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa will visit an eight year old child currently hospitalised after consuming contaminated snacks bought from a spaza shop in Mapetla, Soweto. The City of Johannesburg municipality spokesperson, Virgil James, says the boy started vomiting shortly…
Microscope testing virus particles 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Health has dismissed claims of a widespread outbreak of a myiasis infection in Tshwane. This despite three patients being diagnosed with myiasis disease – a condition where maggots infest the body and burrow under the skin. The patients who were admitted to the Odi District…
