An illegal miner holds a spade. 1 minute More details are emerging in an incident in which police found the bodies of six suspected illegal miners at a disused mine in Diepkloof, Johannesburg on Friday. Police say the bodies were found on top of each other in the vicinity of shaft 17. Each had a…
Source: 123RF. The call comes as new research from Airbnb analyses the impact of short-term rentals on Cape Town’s economy and housing market, which shows little to no correlation between Airbnbs and rising rents. Dedicated listings on Airbnb, homes which are shared more than the typical listing, accounted for less than 0.9% of all formal…
Coffin, people and funeral with death, grief and service with family carry casket to grave outdoor. Rip, farewell and ceremony or event for dead person together in respect, religion and spiritual 3 minutes The teenage schoolgirl who was stabbed to death near her school at Ga-Thoka, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, has been laid to rest….
Cape Town at night 2 minutes The City of Cape Town has activated a protection plan against loadshedding following the news of its return. Eskom announced the implementation of Stage 3 loadshedding this weekend after about 10 months of non-interrupted power supply countrywide. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says they will continue building energy security through independent…
In a statement, the central bank said the move was meant to support the payment of goods and services in the ZiG. THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday reviewed upwards transactional limits for payments made via mobile money and electronic funds transfer platforms. In a statement, the central bank said the move was meant…
Source: Supplied From the SA Olive Awards announced last month, the highest-scoring gold medal winners are entered into a further round of judging where they are carefully analysed and evaluated. From this select group of gold medal winners, the best EVOOs are chosen and named for this year’s Absa Top 10 Olive Oil Awards. 2024…
Muslims attend Eid al-Fitr prayers which mark the end of Ramadan, in Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as Temple Mount, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem’s Old City. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has wished the Muslim community well as they prepare to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr,…
Over 50 firefighters are responding to a fire in Newlands, Table Mountain National Park, reported at 3:40 AM. 1 minute SANParks has deployed more than 50 ground firefighters and aerial resources to combat an active fire in the Newlands area of Table Mountain National Park above Kirstenbosch. Reports of the fire outbreak were received in…
Former National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. 1 minute Former National Assembly Speaker, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, will be back in the Pretoria High Court today for her corruption case. Mapisa-Nqakula is facing 12 counts of corruption and one of money laundering which are alleged to have occurred during her tenure as minister of defence. She served as…
1 minute Firefighters and the Gauteng emergency management services have responded to a fire at Tembisa Hospital’s accident and emergency unit. No casualties have been reported so far. “The report that we have now is that all patients who were at the accident emergency unit have been safely evacuated to a safer area within the…
