Sergeant Rachel Kutumela arrested for insuranve fraud, 1 minute The bail application of the Limpopo police officer who allegedly benefitted from R10 million insurance fraud is expected to resume in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court this morning. Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her daughter Florah Shokane and sister Anna Shokane were charged with fraud in October last year….
1 minute Sentencing procedures continue for convicted kidnappers in the Joshlin Smith trail at the Western Cape High Court.
SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks on a screen during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, June 29, 2021. 1 minute Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, maintains the government had started considering the introduction of satellite technologies, including low-earth orbit providers like Starlink, a long time ago. Ntshavheni says President…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. 1 minute The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein is scheduled to hear an appeal by President Cyril Ramaphosa today and tomorrow. The appeal challenges a 2023 Pretoria High Court decision that set aside the president’s recognition of King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the King of the Zulu Nation. The High…
Tanker delivers water to residents amidst water outage. 1 minute Rand Water’s planned maintenance in Gauteng is set to start tomorrow and end on Tuesday next week. It will result in low water pressure and temporary water outages in some parts of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Ekurhuleni. The water utility says that after Gauteng, it will…
FILE: Actor, Presley Chweneyagae. 2 minutes South Africans have taken to social media platforms to pay tribute to the late internationally acclaimed actor Presley Chweneyagae. Chweneyagae, who was affectionately known as ‘Cobrizi’ or ‘Mokwepa’, died yesterday at the age of 40. He gained international recognition for his leading role in the film ‘Tsotsi‘. The film…
Buckets and bottles of water 1 minute Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) says nearly one-in-five South Africans lack access to safely managed sanitation. According to the General Household Survey, 71.8% of urban residents have access to safely managed water, but only 36.7% of the rural population do. The report further states that even though access…
FILE: Mpumalanga Emergency Medical Service’s ambulance. 1 minute Four people have been killed in an accident between a bakkie and a car on the R38 between Kaapmuiden and Louws Creek near Barbeton in Mpumalanga. Provincial transport authorities say all the deceased were in the car when the crash happened last night. They say they did…
Communications and Digital Technology Minister, Solly Malatsi 2 minutes Communications Minister Solly Malatsi says he understands that some view the timing of the gazetting of policy directions for equity equivalent investment programmes and communication sector licencing as suspicious. Some reports claim the directions are aimed at favouring Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service, Starlink. Malatsi has…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a media conference at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on April 24, 2025. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Government of National Unity (GNU) is still intact despite the Democratic Alliance (DA) taking a resolution that it was opposed to land expropriation without compensation. Ramaphosa was speaking on the sidelines…
