Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi addresses the Africa Tech Fest on November 12, 2024. 2 minutes Public Interest SA has formally written to the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications, Khusela Sangoni Diko, to request an opportunity to make a formal submission to Parliament. EFF SAYS NO TO STARLINK IN SOUTH AFRICA!…
A suspect has been taken into custody following swift police response to a robbery in Eldorado Park Gauteng Traffic Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the robbery of an e-hailing driver in Eldorado Park, Johannesburg, on Saturday. According to police reports, the incident occurred when the driver was booked for a trip from…
Africa remains high on the global agenda in 2024, with the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Beijing in September this year demonstrating the new aspirations of the leading geopolitical players. The Forum addressed a host of issues including governance, industrialization, agricultural modernization, global security and the development of cooperation. Thirty new infrastructure development projects…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivers the State of the Province Address in Pretoria. 3 minutes Political analyst Dr Dale McKinley says Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s State of the Province Address (SOPA) lacked the required interventions to address the challenges facing the province. He says the challenges include crime. McKinley says the province should not have…
SA soldiers during a parade. 2 minutes The funeral services of seven of the 14 SANDF soldiers who were killed in Goma in the DRC, are being held in Limpopo over the weekend. The remains of the fallen soldiers were handed to the families at the Swartkop Air Force base in Centurion last week. The…
Community members watch police inspect a mine shaft in Stilfontein, South Africa, November 15, 2024. 2 minutes Twenty-six illegal mineworkers were retrieved from a disused mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West during the first day of the official rescue operations funded by government. According to Mametlwe Sebei representing Lawyers for Human Rights two…
Young learners in the Eastern Cape during a Child Protection Week activity (June 2019). 2 minutes More resources will be required to include Grade R as a compulsory grade for schooling. This is according to the Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube. She briefed the media in parliament yesterday on the implementation of the Basic…
Team South Africa could not add to the one gold medal it’s won at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Tuesday. Teenager Chris Smith was the only South African in action in the evening session on day four of the swimming event. Swimming in lane two, the 19-year-old who qualified joint fifth fastest for…
Person in prison 1 minute A 57-year-old Northern Cape man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Kakamas Regional Court for raping an 11-year-old girl in 2022. The man accosted the minor at Augrabies when she was walking home. When the child refused to accompany him to the shop, he forcefully dragged…
United States’ Coco Gauff embraces Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka after winning the women’s singles final in the French Open at Roland Garros, Paris, France on June 7, 2025. Wimbledon top seed Aryna Sabalenka says she has cleared the air with Coco Gauff after she raised eyebrows with her remarks in the aftermath of her French Open final loss to the…
