Poland’s Iga Swiatek during her round of 32 match against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko in the Italian Open in Foro Italico, Rome, Italy on May 14, 2023. 3 minutes A rampaging Iga Swiatek stormed into her second Australian Open semi-final with a 6-1 6-2 centre court demolition of eighth seed Emma Navarro yesterday as the world…
SAPS members at Stilfontein illegal mining operation site. 1 minute Police in Stilfontein in the North West continue to monitor the operation of retrieving illegal miners from shaft 11. North West Police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, says more than 80 undocumented illegal miners have been deported to their home countries, which include Mozambique, Lesotho, Zimbabwe…
Image source: Mohd Khairil – 123RF.com In terms of section 189A(7)(b)(ii), where a facilitator is appointed and 60 days have elapsed from the date the section 189(3) notice is issued, a registered trade union or the employees who have received notice of termination of their employment may ‘refer a dispute concerning whether there is a…
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…
Esplanade Government Building in Durban CBD. 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal Public Works and Infrastructure MEC Martin Meyer says stringent oversight will be conducted as it handed over a derelict government building in the Durban CBD to a consortium of private companies to redevelop at a cost of nearly R1 billion. The Esplanade Government Building is part…
A woman pleads against rape at the “Day of Action Against Rape” protest. 1 minute Close to 100 people are marching in Johannesburg calling for justice for a seven-year-old girl raped at a private school in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. The incident happened last year while the girl was waiting for transport to take…
1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs is evaluating the damage caused by heavy rains across parts of the province this week. Areas affected include the uThukela and uMgungundlovu districts. Disaster management teams remain on high alert, with concerns raised about the increased number of road crashes due to the persistent…
[File photo] Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago. 2 minutes The South African Reserve Bank Governor, Lesetja Kganyago says almost all the governors from G20 countries were represented at the Finance Track meeting. This week’s talks in Cape Town were overshadowed by US aid cuts and the absence of several key finance chiefs from major economies…
Jannik Sinner 2 minutes World number one Jannik Sinner has accepted an immediate three-month doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said they had reached a settlement on his period of ineligibility, making him eligible to return before the French Open in May. WADA had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)…
Image source: Leo Arslan from Pexels Waste electronics are outpacing recycling efforts globally, with the rate of e-waste recycling in African countries at below 1%, according to the latest United Nations report. In an effort to drive this up, ERA has rolled out over 100 e-waste drop-off points across the country in collaboration with the…
