Smoke is seen on the Mitchell’s Pass outside Ceres as a fire rages in this image captured on 24 November 2024. 1 minute The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services says firefighters are continuing to battle the blaze on the Mitchell’s Pass outside Ceres in the Boland, Western Cape. Cape Winelands District Municipality Spokesperson Jo-Anne…
The shoreline near the Umhlanga Lighthouse. 1 minute The body of a 23-year-old Limpopo student who drowned at Umhlanga at the start of the week has been recovered in Ballito, further north along the KwaZulu-Natal coast. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon says the missing man’s body was found and recovered from the sea by police and…
Police vans at the scene of an arrest. Limpopo police say they have arrested four suspects in connection with the apparent abduction of a 72-year-old elderly man to an initiation school. Matlankane Mathobela had been abducted to an initiation school at Ga-Mamatsha village east of Polokwane a week ago. Mathobela alleges that he was assaulted…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting held at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa says the centre of the Government of National Unity (GNU) is intact despite partners’ disagreements on a range of issues. In his weekly letter to the nation, he says the postponement of the budget…
Communications and Digital Technology Minister, Solly Malatsi 2 minutes Communications Minister Solly Malatsi says he understands that some view the timing of the gazetting of policy directions for equity equivalent investment programmes and communication sector licencing as suspicious. Some reports claim the directions are aimed at favouring Elon Musk’s satellite-based internet service, Starlink. Malatsi has…
The four-day tournament is featuring 22 teams from USA, Mozambique, France and the United Kingdom amongst others. 2 minutes Female elderly citizens and football players have expressed happiness in taking part in the bi-annual international grannies tournament being held at Nkowankowa Stadium, outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. The four-day tournament is featuring 22 teams from USA,…
Supporters of the African National Congress (ANC) wave party flags at a rally. 1 minute Key organisational matters, including the vetting of members, are topping the agenda of the ANC’s four-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Boksburg, in eastern Johannesburg. The meeting which started yesterday will also reflect on recent domestic developments, including Finance…
Doctor’s stethoscope. 2 minutes ActionSA says the number of unemployed qualified doctors in South Africa creates a bad impression that health education is not significant. This has emerged during an urgent debate held by the National Assembly to discuss the non-filling of the vacant posts for doctors in the public sector. ActionSA Member of Parliament,…
The ID scanning device, also called the zip-zip machine is used to confirm the registration status of a voter. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has tabled a private member’s bill in Parliament to amend the Electoral Act of 1998. The proposed legislation aims to automatically register all South African citizens on the national voters’ roll…
Person holding South African money. 1 minute Standard Bank economist Dr Elna Moolman expects the economy not to have grown in the first quarter of this year. This comes after South Africa’s economy grew by 0.6% in the final quarter of last year, helping to avoid a recession. Statistics South Africa will today release the…
