Municipal workers look on as vehicles navigate a flooded road. 2 minutes A Search and Rescue mission is underway in Klerksdorp in the North West after an unconfirmed number of pedestrians were swept away by flood water. According to eyewitnesses, the people who were swept away were attempting to cross the Schoonspruit when they got…
Cattle eating hay on a farm. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed two cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Viljoenskroon, located in the Moqhaka municipality of the Free State. One of the two confirmed cases is on a commercial farm, whilst the second case is on a communal grazing area alongside the border…
Ithala Bank’s branch on Anton Lembede Street in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The African National Congress (ANC) Provincial Task Team in KwaZulu-Natal says saving Ithala Bank was a top priority following their appointment in February this year. ANC Coordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu says the bank has for decades played a vital role in supporting the livelihoods of the…
Compliance inspection conducted as part of Operation Shanela, at a spaza shop in Kimberley, Northern Cape. Nov 2024 1 minute The City of Johannesburg is calling on spaza shop owners to take immediate action and submit their applications for registration before the impending deadline of Friday, December 13. To date, a total of 5 944…
Residents look on as the fire gutters the shacks. 2 minutes The City of Johannesburg’s Anti-Land Invasion Unit needs to be capacitated to deal effectively with illegal land invasions. That’s according to the city’s MMC for Human Settlements, Mlungisi Mabaso. His comment comes after a fire ravaged the Selby informal settlement in Booysens, where hundreds…
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal. 1 minute The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing the first-ever sexual harassment allegation in South Africa’s judiciary has finished hearing the evidence and cross-examination of complainant Andiswa Mengo. This after the Judges Secretary filed a complaint against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge, accusing him…
Image source: Miguel Á. Padriñán from Pexels The European Commission recently fined a European company after a senior employee deleted private WhatsApp messages during a dawn raid pertaining to a competition law violation. The WhatsApp chat in question was with a competitor and contained business-related information. This fine illustrates the growing scrutiny on digital communication…
George Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape. The case against two men accused of the murder of alleged Cape Town underworld crime boss and businessman, Mark Lifman has been postponed to the 25th of August at the George Regional Court in the Western Cape. Lifman was gunned down in the parking lot of the Garden…
A calculator and pen depicted in the picture. 3 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana should follow what it calls a six-point plan it has crafted, a guide in preventing tax increase when tabling the budget. The party made these sentiments as part of outlining its expectations on the reported reduction…
South African Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, speaks during a press conference, in Washington, DC, US, May 21, 2025. The United States-Africa preferential trade pact, known as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), has officially expired. However, Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau remains confident that a renewal is imminent….
