African Roots

Coffin at a funeral parlour 2 minutes Members of the Thekiso family in Wattville, east of Johannesburg are still reeling in shock after a funeral parlour mistakenly cremated their mother a few weeks ago. They went to B3 Funeral Parlour to collect the body of their loved one only to be told she had mistakenly…

SANDF Aeroplane 1 minute A second plane has landed in the country with more injured South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers evacuated from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Three of the critically injured ones arrived in the country last night. Last month, 14 South African soldiers were killed in fighting between…

FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Whatsapp logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 21, 2021. The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies says it will not tolerate digital platforms which fail to abide by the Films and Publications Act. The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered social media giant,…

Minister of Basic Education Ms. Siviwe Gwarube delivers the Uyinene Mrwetyana Memorial lecture 1 minute The Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube, has emphasized that one of the most effective ways to combat violence against women and children is to teach boys from an early age about respect and the treatment of women. She was…

Three missing constables, , 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda (male), 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys (female) and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge (female) 1 minute The family of one of the constables whose bodies were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, Gauteng, says it still wants answers. The bodies of constables Boipelo Senoge, Keamogetswe Buys and Cebekhulu…

[File photo] Firefighters work at the scene of a deadly blaze at Usindiso building. 1 minute The confession made to a magistrate in the Usindiso arson case is admissible in the trial at the High Court in Johannesburg. The trial within a trial on the matter has concluded at the court. Seventy-six people died in…

Inside the High Court in Pretoria where the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is taking place. Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial Muzi Sibiya has broken down in court, as he recounted the experience of being arrested and separated from his family. Sibiya is testifying for a third day at the High Court…