Roads completely flooded. 1 minute The Groblersbrug border post linking South Africa and Botswana in Lephalale, Limpopo, has been closed due to flooding. Services have also been disrupted in and around Lephalale. Lephalale Mayor Aaron Mokgehle says the border post has suspended its services while the local Witpoort Hospital has had to evacuate patients to…
Learners from Sikhoba Nombewu Technical School in Cofimvaba. 1 minute The Greater Johannesburg Learner Transport Organisation has urged parents and guardians, to verify the authenticity of their children’s scholar transport operators, before allowing them to use the transport. This as learners prepare to start the new school year on Wednesday. Parents and guardians have complained…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini 2 minutes Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Rural Development and Land Reform says it needs to tread very carefully, when dealing with the fallout between the Ingonyama Trust Board, and the AmaZulu King. This follows recent media reports about the suspension of the board members by the king. Minister of Rural Development…
Gauteng government officials celebrating the 2024 matric results. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says he is extremely proud of the province’s matric class of 2024 despite being the third best performing province in the country. Gauteng obtained an 88.4% matric pass rate. The Free State came in number one at 91% pass rate, followed…
Delegates at the G20 Finance and Central Bank Deputies meeting, December 12, 2024. 1 minute National Treasury and the Reserve Bank will jointly host a two-day technical meeting under the Group of 20 Finance Track. The Framework Working Group meeting will take place virtually starting today. Participants will mainly include officials from finance ministries and…
Shooting crime scene 1 minute Police in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape are investigating a case of attempted murder after a four-month pregnant employee was shot at a drive-through window in one of the fast-food outlets. Police spokesperson Andre Beetge says the incident occurred last night at Koyana street in Zwide. “It is alleged that…
Rhinos seen at a range. 1 minute Two suspected rhino poachers have been shot and killed in the Kruger National Park’s Sabie Sands in Mpumalanga. According to the police, the park’s rangers spotted the two poachers and when approached, they opened fire on the rangers. The rangers retaliated and fatally shot the suspected poachers. Provincial…
Special equipment being used at Stilfontein 1 minute A total of 34 illegal mine workers have been brought to the surface at an abandoned mine shaft in Stilfontein in the North West to date. Nine bodies were also retrieved. A 16-day operation funded by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and the Minerals Council…
Crime scene tape and bullet casings. 2 minutes The 39-year-old man accused of allegedly killing eight people in Pienaar, Mpumalanga has been remanded in police custody until next week Tuesday for a formal bail application. The man is alleged to have gunned down six people at a tavern and six others were wounded in the…
The top achievers of the 2024 matric class seen at the Mosaiek Church in Johannesburg. 1 minute Minister of Higher Education Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane has encouraged the matric class of 2024 to venture into tertiary studies that will help them find jobs. Nkabane was addressing some of KwaZulu-Natal’s top matric achievers at an awards ceremony…
