File image: Court gavel and a cone. 1 minute Fourteen suspects arrested for alleged robberies that took place in the Bloemfontein CBD in the Free State will appear in the local magistrate court today. This follows video footage that went viral on social media depicting violent attacks on people in the CBD. A woman is…
In KwaZulu-Natal, one person was killed and fifty others were injured in a bus collision on the P66 between Gingindlovu and Eshowe. 3 minutes The passengers of a bus which collided with two vehicles on the N1 near Mookgophong in Limpopo today say they are still traumatised. Two people died and one injured person was…
Construction work, earth moving machine 2 minutes Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has committed to ensuring that companies involved in corruption who abandon government projects unfinished will face the full might of the law. He says government loses billions, as in the case of the Sarah Baartman Centre of Remembrance in Hankey, Eastern…
A soccer ball in a net 2 minutes Mamelodi Sundowns and Magesi FC will be aiming to become Carling Knockout Cup Champions on Saturday. The two top-flight teams will lock horns in the second cup final of the season at the Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein. And it’s a David and Goliath affair with the multiple…
Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith 1 minute The Police Commercial Crimes Unit have raided the offices of the Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith. Police spokesperson Andre Traut says they are conducting further probes into housing tender fraud in the construction sector within the…
A drug mule is caught at O.R. Thambo Airport with swallowed drugs in her stomach. 1 minute A 43-year-old female Paraguayan drug mule has been arrested for drug trafficking at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. According to a statement by the police, the suspect was taken to a local hospital where a medical x-ray…
[FILE IMAGE]: Pylons carry electricity from South African power utility Eskom’s Koeberg nuclear plant near Cape Town. 2 minutes The Department of Mineral Resources today hosted a community forum, StandUp4Nuclear South Africa, to inform residents of the Kouga Municipality, of the economic development of a proposed nuclear plant in Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape. The…
File Image: Strong winds and heavy rainfall. 3 minutes The recent heavy rainfall experienced across large parts of the country has left a trail of disaster in villages outside Mokopane in Limpopo. Two bridges at the overflowing Kgole River in Galakwena village have collapsed. Residents have now been cut off from accessing nearby towns like…
In the early 1990s, coal began to be forced out of the electricity mix by gas, but coal still remained a crucial component of the UK grid for the next two decades. The UK is about to stop producing any electricity from burning coal – ending its 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel. The country’s…
[File photo] The accused in the Joshlin Smith case stand in a court of law.. 2 minutes A social media influencer Shakeera Ganief, better known as “Shakes Warrior”, has testified that in the weeks following Joshlin Smith’s disappearance, Kelly Smith did not act like a mother whose child had gone missing. Ganief, who also helped…
