Source: © 123rf 123rf The Marketing Research Foundation’s Marketing All Product Survey (Maps) first quarter figures of 2024 reveal a slight recovery in Television viewership as the lights stay on. Johann Koster, CEO of the Marketing Research Foundation (MRF) says they are encouraged by TV viewership in South Africa. “The numbers from the Maps survey…
Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute The principal of the Ekuthuleni Primary School at Bloekombos in Kraaifontein in Cape Town has been shot dead and his wife wounded. This is after unknown suspects approached them and opened fire. The Western Cape Education Department has confirmed the incident. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says…
Former President Thabo Mbeki Former President Thabo Mbeki says more than thirty years into democracy, the country finds itself in need of urgent intervention amidst ongoing poor governance issues and a number of crises. Mbeki was speaking at the Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha during the launch of the National Dialogue in the Eastern Cape…
High Court sitting in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Hitman Sabelo Phewa has been handed a life sentence at the Durban High Court in KwaZulu-Natal for the murder of former Richmond municipal manager, Sibusiso Sithole. Sithole was killed in 2017 on his way to a council meeting over fraud and corruption he was investigating. Apart from Sithole’s murder,…
SANDF briefs the Joint Standing Committee on Defence on its state of preparedness for domestic deployment with SAPS. The announcement was made by President Cyril Ramaphosa during SONA. LIVE STREAM:
Dead fish seen at sea. A preliminary report on the cause of the mass amount of fish found dead at the Umhlali River mouth on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast suggests that there was an oxygen deficiency in the water, due to high temperatures from a heatwave, coupled with low tide. This forced the Kwadukuza Municipality…
Home Affairs building. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision to scrap Section 6(1) of the South African Citizenship Act of 1995, calling it a major victory. The section stipulates that South Africans automatically lose their citizenship if they voluntarily acquire another nationality, unless they apply for and receive permission to…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivers the State of the Province Address in Pretoria. 3 minutes Political analyst Dr Dale McKinley says Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s State of the Province Address (SOPA) lacked the required interventions to address the challenges facing the province. He says the challenges include crime. McKinley says the province should not have…
Hijacked buildings in Johannesburg’s central business district. Former City of Johannesburg mayor and ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba, says the city remains a battleground for hijackers and criminal syndicates. He warns that these syndicates, often linked to politically connected individuals, continue to exploit properties and threaten the safety of residents. The City of Johannesburg is currently…
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta share a common goal in their battle for Premier League supremacy but are going about achieving it in very different ways. While leaders Arsenal have become kings of the set piece this season, scoring 33% of their 58 goals from…
