Autism awareness. 3 minutes Despite raising autism awareness, stigma and discrimination remain significant challenges for individuals with autism. Parents of children with autism have criticised the government for moving at a snail’s pace to recognise and educate society. This was revealed at an autism awareness campaign led by the Family of Neuro-developmental Disorders Foundation in…
Street vendors wait for customers at an open market, 1 minute The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has welcomed South Africa’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results but remains concerned about the plight of the working poor on the continent. The working poor are employed people who live in households that fall below an accepted poverty…
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni to immediately step down following the revelation that a Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation into her conduct as municipal manager of Ba-Phalaborwa local municipality, involving R2.5 million in tender corruption, is ready for prosecution….
Kidnapping 1 minute The police in the Eastern Cape are searching for the two foreign nationals who were kidnapped this morning in the Nelson Mandela Bay Region. SAPS have pleaded with community members to come forward with the information to curb the rate of kidnappings in the region. Last year, the man alleged to be…
The fans said they would rather pay the gate charges for the BF game at the clubhouse to help the club pay the fine. THE Highlanders fundraising event held at the team’s sports club in Bulawayo on Sunday, raised close to US$6 000, as they sought to put together the amount required to pay off…
The new police constables step onto the field to parade and receive their marching orders from the Minister of Police at the SAPS Academy in Tshwane. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu is officiating the passing out parade of more than 2 000 newly trained police officers at the South African Police Service (SAPS) Academy…
[File Image] The SAPS Anti-Gang Unit at the Downsberg Sport Field in Hanover Park in Cape Town. 2 minutes The Eastern Cape government has welcomed the deployment of the police’s Specialised Sexual Offences Unit to Matatiele. The unit will oversee the investigation into the alleged rape of a seven-year-old girl at a school in October…
Cockpit of plane 1 minute A preliminary diagnostic report by a committee of aviation experts to look into challenges faced at Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) at airports, has made several recommendations. The committee was established by Transport Minister Barbara Creecy following a host of disruptions to flights at George and other airports due…
[FILE IMAGE]: Seized firearms and ammunition. 2 minutes The Central Firearm Registry remains a concern, even though improvements have been made. That is according to South African Police Service’s Lieutenant General Maropeng Mamotheti. The police’s top brass appeared before Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee to explain how technology is being used to fight crime and to…
A crime scene has been cordoned off crime scene. 2 minutes One armed suspect has been fatally shot, and several others wounded during a shootout with police in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg Thursday morning. According to police, the suspects had planned an ATM bombing in the area this morning. The operation forms part of efforts…
