Residents look on as the fire gutters the shacks. 2 minutes Johannesburg Emergency Services says although the fire that destroyed hundreds of shacks at the Booysens Informal settlements in Johannesburg has been extinguished, it is still not safe for residents to rebuild their homes at the site. This is after more than 400 families lost…
A 3D printed model of men working on computers are seen in front of displayed binary code and words “Hacker” in this illustration taken, July 5, 2021. 1 minute Cybersecurity is in the spotlight at the inaugural National System of Innovation Transformation Summit, currently under way in Boksburg, Ekurhuleni. Nelson Mandela University’s Programme Manager for…
ACDP Leader Kenneth Meshoe 2 minutes The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) says it does not support Israel’s ongoing bombardment of Gaza, however, it believes that every state has the right to defend itself when threatened. The party’s statement follows strong criticism for its trip to Israel. The trip, which included eleven MPs from the…
A worker shows the mouth of a cow. 2 minutes The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has urged livestock farmers across the province to be alert and exercise extreme caution following recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) reported in KwaZulu-Natal. The contagious viral disease, which affects cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs,…
Broken glass from a crash seen on the road. 2 minutes A 22-year-old male student has been killed and 10 more people injured after a suspected drunk taxi driver plowed into them during the early hours of today at Nelson Mandela University Campus in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Police say reports indicate that the…
Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba and MEC for Health Ms Dieketseng Mashego receive the South African patient who was airlifted from Beit Bridge. 1 minute Limpopo Premier Phophi Ramathuba and Health MEC Dieketseng Mashego have received a South African patient who couldn’t receive required treatment at a hospital in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The patient was airlifted from…
SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya and other army top brass at the handing over of the bodies of 14 soldiers who were killed in the DRC, to their families in Pretoria. 2 minutes South African National Defence Force (SANDF) chief General Rudzani Maphwanya says that the deployment of the army in the Democratic Republic of…
South Africans waited in long queues to vote. 2 minutes The Electoral Reform Commission Panel says it will be ready to hand over its report to the Home Affairs Minister in May next year. The panel was established six months ago, under the Electoral Amendment Act, to consider South Africa’s current voting system. The panel…
File Image: Former President Kgalema Motlanthe says ANC members should raise issues within party structures. 2 minutes Amid rising youth unemployment and calls for young people to consider entrepreneurship, former President Kgalema Motlanthe has expressed doubts about the viability of informal trading, such as spaza shops. Speaking at the University of Johannesburg, where he was…
File Image: Suspect apprehended by police 1 minute A 26-year-old man is expected to appear at the Hendrina Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga for the alleged rape of a 6-year-old girl. It is alleged that two children were sent to buy some items at the accused’s shop when the incident happened. Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Donald…
