uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party members attend Workers’ Day celebrations at Kagisanong Hall in Lewisham, Kagiso, Gauteng on May 1, 2025. 1 minute uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says although there are laws protecting the rights of the workers, there are still industries disregarding these laws and abusing workers. MK Party commemorated Workers’ Day through a rally…
The 87-year-old Limpopo woman who was hacked to death, allegedly by her 40-year-old son, is being laid to rest at Sebora village, Ga-Mashashane outside Polokwane on Sunday. Raesibe Ledwaba, was killed last week. Police say the body parts were found inside three plastic buckets. The discovery was made when police responded to a missing person’s…
File image | An illegal mining site The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo is calling on the Economic Development Department to take action against illegal gold mining at farms between Polokwane and Mokopane. DA spokesperson on economic development Jacques Smalle says armed illegal miners are destroying farms, cutting down fences and irrigation pipes. Smalle says…
South African rand notes. 1 minute The rand is trading at R18.31 to the US dollar; R23.11 to pound sterling, and R19.25 to the euro. The euro is trading at $1.05, and the dollar is trading at 152.1-1 Japanese yen. In China, a dollar is changing hands at 7-yuan-25 and in India at 86-rupees-56. Bourses…
Groote Schuur hospital 3 minutes One of the foremost liver transplant training units in South Africa has received a much-needed upgrade. This amidst serious budget cuts with health and education hit the hardest. Aid organisation, Gift of the Givers assisted to revamp the unit at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The liver unit cares…
[FILE IMAGE]: SAPS officers making an arrest. Over 200 suspects have been arrested in the Northern Cape for murder, rape, assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm, illegal possession of firearms and for dealing in drugs. The suspects were apprehended during week-long Operation Shanela across all five districts in the province. Provincial Police…
File image: SANDF members deployed in DRC. 2 minutes The National Assembly will hold an urgent debate tomorrow, on the deaths of the 14 SANDF members in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The special sitting has been called as a matter of national importance. The theme of the debate is “The recent casualties incurred…
KZN Premier assessing damage at the school 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has expressed disappointment that the Thandukwazi Primary School in KwaMashu, in the north of Durban, still has damage dating back to the 2022 floods. The school is among about 200 that were damaged by strong winds, in the past week. The Premier’s…
Free State Department of Community Safety, Roads and Transport MEC Jabu Mbalula The Free State Department of Community Safety, Roads and Transport intends to fight crime in the province through the launch of the Integrated Crime and Violence Prevention Strategy to create safer communities. The national framework was endorsed by Cabinet in 2022, developed by…
1 minute Scores of Soweto residents marched to the Orlando Police Station to deliver a memorandum demanding justice for a seven-year-old learner who was allegedly raped at her school in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, last year. The march began at a Mall near the Bara Taxi rank, with women making up the majority of the protesters….
