Cars driving on a wet freeway 1 minute The N3 Toll Concession is urging motorists to be extra cautious while travelling on the N3 route amidst today’s inclement weather conditions. A crash earlier this morning involving a truck and bus on the N3 near Colenso in KwaZulu-Natal left about 45 people injured. Four of the…
Scholar transport vehicle. The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has postponed its Scholar Transport Stakeholder Engagement Meeting to next week following an overwhelming turnout of scholar transport operators. WATCH | Gauteng MEC of Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says more than 1,500 scholar transport operators have applied for operating licences since last year, with…
Ballot papers discovered at a house in Pretoria on 25 January 2026. The African National Congress (ANC) Greater Johannesburg Regional Conference ballot boxes have been found in a house in Pretoria. They are believed to be linked to the controversial conference which elected Loyiso Masuku as regional chair and saw the defeat of Dada Morero,…
[File] Job seekers standing outside a construction site The unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape rose by 1.3 percentage points to 42.5% in the fourth quarter of last year. The figures were released during the Quarterly Labour Force Survey briefing by Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke. Some 30 000 jobs were lost in the province over the…
A baby sleeping. The National Department of Health says breastfeeding rates have declined from 32% in 2016 to 22% in 2024. Formula feeding has been highlighted as one the reasons for the decline. As the world observes World Breastfeeding Awareness Week from August 1 to 7 , health department spokesperson Foster Mohale has urged mothers to…
Investigation 2 minutes A tavern owner and three other suspects from Thembalethu in George in the Western Cape have been arrested on charges of murder and kidnapping. Police Spokesperson Chris Spies says officers were investigating the disappearance of two women reported missing at the weekend. Investigations led to a 23-year-old-woman with multiple injuries at a…
Amnesty International said recorded executions tripled and death sentences increased by 66% from 298 t0 494. ZIMBABWE is one of the three countries leading in the abolishment of the death penalty in Sub-Saharan African countries. In a Press statement to mark the World Day Against Death Penalty on Thursday, Amnesty International said there has been…
Brigadier Rachel Matjeng. Brigadier Rachel Matjeng has told the Madlanga Commission that she was sad when attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala lost his R360 million contract to provide medical and wellness services to the SAPS. The Medicare24 contract was cancelled last year following allegations of tender irregularities and corruption. Matjeng says the cancellation of…
SA inflation rose to 3.6% in October. Consumer inflation has continued on an upward trajectory, moving further from the Reserve Bank’s new target of 3%. Stats SA data shows the annual consumer price inflation was 3.6% in October, up from 3.4% in September. The main contributors to the acceleration were housing and utilities, and food…
1 minute Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says the government plans to make Gautrain more affordable and accessible to people in the province in March next year. She was speaking while visiting the Gautrain Park Station to encourage people to sign up for KlevaMova, a new product offering 50% off train fares for…
