Aftermath of a shack fire in Ekurhuleni Five family members have died in a shack fire at Steve Biko informal settlement in Etwatwa, Ekurhuleni, on Sunday night. Ekurhuleni Emergency services says firefighters arrived and found the roomed shack engulfed in flames. Father, mother and three children all perished in the blaze. The cause…
File image: Electricity pylons. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country is making a significant progress in addressing the energy crisis it faced in the recent past. In his New Year message, he described 2024 as a year of change and progress. Power utility, Eskom has made strides in stabilising the electricity grid as…
Bullet casings and broken glass at a crime scene. 1 minute Police at Phuthaditjhaba in Qwaqwa in the Free State have made an urgent call on the community to assist in tracing two armed suspects. This after a 61-year-old woman and her 40-year-old son were shot and killed in their home on Friday. The suspects…
Minister in the Presidency responsible for State Security, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni The Minister in the Presidency responsible for State Security, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, states that one of the country’s risks identified in the National Security Strategy for 2024-2028 is a possible coup d’état. She was briefing the media at Parliament after the debate of her department’s budget…
Teboho Mokoena is set to represent South Africa on the continental stage. As Bafana Bafana prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon), pride is growing in the Free State township of Bohlokong. One of their own, Teboho Mokoena is set to represent South Africa on the continental stage. Midfield maestro Teboho Mokoena joins the…
The Launch of Six Multi Month Dispensary HIV Treatment Campaign at MUCPP in Bloemfontein Patients who suffer from chronic diseases have welcomed the launch of the Six Multi-Month Dispensation (6 MMD) health strategy by the Department of Health in Bloemfontein, in the Free State. They say the new programme saves them time and money as they only have to collect their…
Learners at the Siyathuthuka Secondary School in Inanda, Durban. As the third school term begins, the Department of Basic Education, in collaboration with the South African Police Service (SAPS), has launched school safety raids in Inanda, north of Durban. The operation targets drugs and weapons in schools and forms part of efforts to improve safety…
A man is seen walking at an informal settlement located next to Lenasia, south of Johannesburg on May 30, 2018. The Gauteng Infrastructure Department is in a court battle with some residents of Diepkloof, Soweto, who have unlawfully occupied the Bagomane Primary School. The school closed down in the early 2000s due to low learner…
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos and his technical team. With Bafana Bafana having reached the semifinals of the previous Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast, coach Hugo Broos is aiming higher in the next edition in Morocco. The Belgian coach says anything less than a semi-final berth should be considered a failure. Bafana surprised…
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) is calling on road freight and logistics companies to stop employing undocumented foreign nationals as truck drivers. The union says it is unacceptable that employers overlook qualified unemployed local truck drivers in favour of foreign nationals in an attempt to cut costs. Satawu General Secretary Jack…
