A road has been barricaded with rocks and burning tyres during a service delivery protest. 2 minutes Police say that a protest in Ikageng township near Potchefstroom in the North West will not disrupt the 2025 National Youth Day commemoration today. This after residents used stones to barricade roads in the township. They are demanding…
Waterfall in Augrabies Falls National Park 1 minute Police in the Northern Cape have launched a search operation after a 66-year-old visitor from Cape Town was reported missing at the Augrabies Falls National Park. The missing man booked into the park last week Thursday. It is believed that he went hiking on Friday and failed…
HARARE City Council HARARE City councillors have blasted council management for prioritising self-enrichment, showering themselves with luxurious cars and lucrative perks, while neglecting service delivery. This emerged during a full council meeting on Tuesday where councillors expressed concern over poor and in some cases, non-existent services while management lived comfortably. Human resources committee chairperson, councillor…
Minister handing over the classrooms Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has handed over three recently built classrooms to the Boschrand Primary School in Msholozi, near White River in Mpumalanga. Gwarube visited the area as part of celebrating International Mandela Day. During her back-to-school campaign in January this year, a group of residents gathered outside the…
A light bulb. 1 minute More than 1 000 Gauteng residents have been without electricity since the beginning of the week. This follows an outage due to weather conditions – affecting several areas in the province including Roodepoort, Hursthill, Reuven and Randburg. Power utility, City Power has dispatched its technicians to clear the backlog of…
Senzo Meyiwa murder trial 1 minute The murder trial of former Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the Pretoria High Court. LIVE STREAM:
Nuclear power station. 2 minutes The Electricity and Energy Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, says that going into peak winter, the country should not have less available electricity than the winter of last year, and hence, there should be no loadshedding. Ramokgopa was speaking on the sidelines of the second G20 Energy Transitions working group meeting…
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina The inaugural three-day water investment summit in Cape Town has managed to get annual investments of betwt een $10b and $12b. The African Union AIP (Continental Africa Water Investment Programme) Water Investment Summit is aimed at attracting investment to address water scarcity on the continent as well…
The Randburg Magistrates’ Court The Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg will today hear the bail application of 12 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members accused of killing Hawks Specialist Investigator, Lieutenant-Colonel Frans Mathipa. He was shot and killed while travelling on the N1 near Hammanskraal in August 2023. At the time of his death,…
SANDF troops 3 minutes As the Finance Minister is set to deliver his budget speech in March, concerns over the country’s military budget are now growing. The recent deaths of 14 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers in clashes between Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) forces and M23 rebels come after years of…
