A sign cautioning of an accident. Two separate vehicle crashes in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on Sunday morning have claimed the life of a pedestrian and left 19 people injured. Advanced Life support paramedics say in the first incident, a taxi and a bakkie collided on the intersection of Umlaas road and the R56. Eighteen passengers in…
Participants in the IFAS Unrecorded Voices AI programme, Top (left to right): Lomawa Elizabeth Maelane, Henrietta Scholtz, Siphokazi Matshaka, Mika’il the Muezzin, Middle (left to right): Nhlanhla Michael Dhlamini, Elize Vossgätter, Chelsi Leonora Goliath, Nicola Pilkington, Bottom (left to right): Irish Éire Sloane, Dune Tilley, Vanessa Chen, Xopher Wallace (Image supplied) These disciplines range from…
2 minutes Lawyers for Human Rights is demanding that the government provide R7.8 million to fund the retrieval of illegal miners still trapped at Stilfontein’s Buffelsfontein Gold Mine in the North West. The matter awaits a Constitutional Court ruling to determine whether the responsibility lies with the state or the Buffelsfontein Gold Mine. On Thursday,…
Five people, including a toddler, have been killed in a road accident in Bergville, in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. Traffic authorities say the accident occurred after a driver lost control of his vehicle, causing it to collide with an oncoming car carrying seven occupants. The Road Traffic Inspectorate’s Sindi Msimang says five people died on the…
[File photo]: Bullets, a gun and police tape pictured. 2 minutes Eastern Cape police have opened a case of murder and attempted murder after a shooting incident in Gqeberha on Saturday left one person dead and another injured. Police spokesperson Sandra Janse Van Rensburg says officers responded to a complaint in Korsten. She says they…
Child stands over an area with informal dwellings 2 minutes Extreme poverty and lack of proper housing remains a major challenge for families in rural parts of the Eastern Cape. The Mtshopi family from Port St. Johns has been living in a dilapidated mud house since 2013. Their home continues to collapse due to heavy…
1 minute Residents of Quarry Road at Springfield in Durban are threatening to take legal actions against the eThekwini Municipality for what they call failed provision of crucial services. They are accusing the city of failing to maintain its water drainage infrastructure and sewer pipes. Extreme Weather | Heavy rains lead to road closures in…
Source: Supplied. Winner: Rising Green Star. Georgina Smit (presenting award), Mellissa Titus, Independent Quality Assurers (Pty) Ltd. The event has gathered the top role players in sustainability in the built environment under the banner: Zero+: Net Zero Today, Climate Positive Tomorrow, which is fittingly the theme of this year’s convention. Lisa Reynolds, chief executive officer…
A view of the sun on Monday as seen in UV light showing a hole in the sun’s hot corona 1 minute The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) reported on Monday that a geomagnetic storm caused by a stream of particles ejected by the sun last week, hit the earth’s magnetic field on Sunday,…
People attending Africa’s Travel Indaba. 2 minutes Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille says the Africa Tourism Indaba generated over R500 million for KwaZulu-Natal last year. She opened the second G20 tourism working group meeting in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. This was ahead of Africa’s Travel Indaba, which will open in Durban on Tuesday. De Lille says the…
