Chitungwiza Municipality Annette*, a 78-year-old woman with disability, sits in her wheelchair on the crumbling steps of her home in the Unit G hostels at Makoni Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza. From 1982, she has known this place to be her home, one that she has groomed a family, even when it was amid challenges that…
File image: Heavy rain causes flooding in Johannesburg. 1 minute The City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Services (EMS) has urged residents especially those in informal settlements to remain vigilant as the risk of disruptive rain and localised flooding increases in Gauteng. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a level five warning for severe…
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. 2 minutes African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says the party had not taken a decision on the future of the Government of National Unity (GNU). This after Democratic Alliance (DA), which is the ANC’s biggest GNU partner, did not vote to support the fiscal policy framework last week. Various…
A person looking for a job. 1 minute Economist at Nedbank Group Economic Unit, Johannes Khosa, expects a slight deterioration in the first quarter employment numbers for 2025 today. Stats SA is set to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey. The results of the previous survey showed a slight improvement in South Africa’s employment landscape,…
One of Ithala Bank branches. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says the provincial government will continue to legally challenge any attempts by the Reserve Bank’s prudential authority to take over operations of Ithala Bank. Ntuli says the provincial government welcomes the judgment by the High Court in Pietermaritzburg which barred the Repayment Administrator…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. 2 minutes Eleven accused have appeared in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court for alleged robberies that took place in the Bloemfontein CBD last week. Two of the accused were represented by their legal representative in absentia as the court heard they were hospitalised following their arrests. The accused are facing charges of robbery…
File image: Putco buses at a depot. 1 minute Putco Bus Company says the number of its buses that have been torched in Mpumalanga overnight has risen to 50. The company says an unknown group of people ambushed security personnel at the Moloto depot and then set buses on fire. Two Putco workers were injured….
SANDF soldiers on patrol 1 minute Some community members at Ga-Mphahlele outside Lebowakgomo in Limpopo believe the return of the remains of the 14 SANDF soldiers killed on a peace keeping mission in the DRC will bring closure to the families. The remains will be handed over to the families at the Swartkop Air Force…
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi speaking at a government engagement. 2 minutes Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says the Fee-For-Service method of paying for healthcare, must be eradicated. Motsoaledi says South Africa is one of the two countries that still pay cash for healthcare services in the world. He says other ways of accessing healthcare must…
Person writes out the word debt 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it is concerned by the rising municipal debt as it will affect basic services. This is after National Treasury issued a circular revealing that the total amount owed by municipalities has increased by R24 billion in the 2024/2025…
