Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and Deputy Minister Makgabo Reginah Mhaule celebrate one of the top achievers. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has reminded the country of the challenges the class of 2025 had to overcome including the COVID-19 pandemic in Grade 8. This follows her announcement of an 88% matric pass rate at…
File Image: Broken glasses on the ground following car crash. Nine people have been killed in two separate crashes in two provinces in the past 24 hours. In the first crash, five people were killed in a collision between two vehicles in Bergville, KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday morning and one of the vehicles caught fire during…
FILE | Businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe appears before the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Murder-accused businessman Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe and his co-accused, Michael Tau, Tiego Mabusela, and Musa Kekana, will appear again in the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court today for the centralisation of dockets. Molefe and the three face charges related to the murders of Oupa…
DA’s Helen Zille launches her mayoral candidacy manifesto in Johannesburg. Democratic Alliance (DA) Mayoral candidate for Johannesburg Helen Zille has assured residents that her party will deliver reliable water supply and electricity in the city if the DA is voted into power. Zille was speaking at the Johannesburg City Hall where she launched her mayoral…
Polokwane International Airport. 2 minutes The Polokwane International Airport in Limpopo has announced the cancellation of six flights due to technical issues with the air navigation system. The airport’s CEO, Mokgadi Matli says the problems stem from a recent software update by Air Traffic Control and Management Solution. The software challenge has directly impacted the…
The late Warrick Stock, known as DJ Warras. Friends and industry colleagues have described the late slain media personality Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock as a person who helped a lot of people without seeking personal glory and deeply adored his children and family. They were speaking during Warras’s memorial service in Sandton, north of Johannesburg….
Road damaged due to flooding Persistent rainfall in three districts in Limpopo continues to damage critical infrastructure. Vhembe and Mopani Districts have been the hardest hit, with some areas receiving over 100 mm of rain in the last 48 hours. The heavy downpours have wreaked havoc, with bridges collapsing and cutting off communities. A bridge…
Camden Eskom power station. 1 minute The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) has expressed serious concerns over Eskom’s skyrocketing electricity tariffs, with growing fears that the average South African can no longer afford the hikes. During a briefing on Eskom’s financial statements for the 2023/24 year, the Auditor-General pointed to alarming financial mismanagement and…
Former President Thabo Mbeki at UNISA in Pretoria. South African artist, Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been honoured with the Outstanding Alumna Award at the University of South Africa (Unisa) Chancellor’s Calabash Awards in Pretoria. Several other outstanding South Africans were honoured by Unisa Chancellor, former President Thabo Mbeki, for doing good in their communities. Chaka…
Chief Albert Luthuli. 2 minutes The re-opened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli is set to resume in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, this morning. The Luthuli family is seeking to overturn the findings of the original inquest, which concluded that his death was accidental. Chief…
