The washed away vehicle in Gordon/Stapleton Road incident. 2 minutes A woman in her fifties has died after her vehicle was swept off a bridge during heavy overnight rains in the eThekwini Municipality. The incident occurred on Sarnia Road in Pinetown, west of Durban. The vehicle was washed away by floodwaters during the torrential downpours….
Dean Macpherson, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says he has authorised court proceedings against three former MK Party Members of Parliament, for unlawfully occupying Parliamentary village properties in Cape Town. The minister says the three were removed from Parliament in August 2024. Macpherson also wants the court…
Mpumalanga Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Speedy Mashilo says police have launched an investigation into the initiate’s death in eMalahleni. It is alleged that the boy was lured to an initiation school in Verena. Last month, his family requested that he be transferred to another initiation school, which was closer to home in Klarinet….
Court gavel A 75-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man have been granted bail after handing themselves over to the Hawks in Secunda, Mpumalanga. Wilhemina Jacoba and Phakamani Hlongwane are allegedly linked to Pieter Grober and his family, who were earlier arrested for distributing rotten and expired food for human consumption. The two accused, alongside the…
A hospital room. 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Health says contractors have been appointed to seal the roofs in the affected wards at Sebokeng Hospital, in the Vaal. This is after the roof and the ceiling in three wards were damaged due to heavy rainfall this week. This has caused a blockage in the…
Source: Reuters. “We continue to see Russia as a valued ally, as a valued friend who supported us right from the beginning, from the days of our struggle against apartheid,” Ramaphosa said, according to a clip of the two leaders’ meeting shared on social media by South Africa’s government news agency. “We are going to…
The Blitzboks in Dubai. 1 minute To be the best, you have to beat the best. That’s the attitude of the South African Sevens rugby team as it heads into the third leg of World Rugby’s Sevens series in Perth this weekend. After a dismal start to the series in Dubai in December, the Blitz…
A banner welcoming visitors to the City of Ekurhuleni offices. 1 minute The South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) in Ekurhuleni is concerned that the city’s decision to reduce overtime and acting allowances by 50% could lead to the collapse of service delivery systems. The city has attributed its decision to budget constraints. The union…
Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi. The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Mmamoloko Kubayi has approved the NPA’s request for the holding of a joint inquest into the deaths of Sipho Samuel Hashe, Qaqawuli Godolozi and Twasile Champion Galela, who were known as the PEBCO three. Eastern Cape NPA regional spokesperson Luxolo Tyali says the three were…
Advocate Charles Mnisi who represents accused number 3 and 1 in the Senzo Meyiwa case. 1 minute Lead investigator in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case, Brigadier Bongani Gininda, has denied that accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, was assaulted in his presence. He was testifying in the trial in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria…
