Picture depicting a drowning for illustrative purposes 3 minutes Lifesaving South Africa has confirmed that there have been 13 fatal drownings in the past week. The majority of these, 10, were in KwaZulu-Natal. The organisation provides water safety and surf rescue services. The latest incident is that of a 23-year-old man from Limpopo who drowned…
US President Donald Trump welcomes South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 21, 2025. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa has told President Donald Trump that Washington remains an important partner of South Africa in a range of fields including trade. Ramaphosa and Trump, have broken the ice, with…
Zimbabwe remain unbeaten in the 2026 #T20WorldCup group stages with a brilliant victory over Sri Lanka. Zimbabwe have caused a second major upset at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka. They beat co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets in their final Group B match in Colombo to advance to the…
South African money The national minimum wage is set to increase from R28.79c to R30.23c per hour. Employment and Labour Minister, Nomakhosazana Meth announced the increase on Tuesday. The R1.44c increase, which will take effect on March 1, 2026 will benefit all workers, including vulnerable farm workers and domestic workers. Labour Department raised concerns over non-compliance with the national minimum wage, citing farm owners and households…
Healthcare workers assist patients being treated at a makeshift hospital run by charity organisation The Gift of the Givers, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 10, 2021. 1 minute Today marks five years since South Africa went into a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an unprecedented move, businesses…
File image: Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it will open a criminal case today against Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson at the Pretoria Central Police Station. The EFF alleges that Macpherson is colluding with the Democratic Alliance (DA) to abuse state institutions. Party…
Residents at Soshanguve protesting over water. Police have fired rubber bullets at residents protesting water shortages in Soshanguve Block L, north of Pretoria. Residents have taken to the streets, barricading roads with burning tyres and rocks in protest over ongoing water outages. The community says they have been without water for two weeks. The protest…
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke briefed the Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Portfolio Committee at Parliament in Cape Town on May 29, 2025. 1 minute Parliament’s Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Portfolio Committee says it will soon engage provincial leadership on seeking ways of improving financial outcomes for local governments. This comes after Auditor-General (AG) Tsakani Maluleke…
Evidence items seen at a crime scene. 1 minute Serious crimes in Gauteng have reduced by 6.5% in the 3rd quarter of the 2024/25 financial year. This was announced by Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, earlier today. Mthombeni was addressing the Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety, focusing on crime trends between October…
[File photo] Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester 2 minutes Convicted serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester has turned to the Constitutional Court in a bid to seek leave to appeal against the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein’s judgment that dashed his hopes of challenging the alleged poor conditions of his incarceration and his…
