A power meter City Power says it has resumed its meter auditing programme to identify approximately 140 000 offline meters within the city. The Johannesburg power utility says this initiative will also help correct billing inaccuracies and fix faulty meters to ensure that customers are able to purchase electricity. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says…
Accident signage. The Limpopo transport department says 39 people, including 30 learners from a special school have been wounded in a bus crash on the R71 at Magoebaskloof outside Tzaneen. The wounded have been taken to three hospitals in the Tzaneen area. The department’s spokesperson, Matome Taueatsoala, says traffic officers, emergency services personnel and police…
Candles lit in a room. A former SABC journalist Xola Ngcelwane has passed on. The veteran broadcaster died yesterday in East London. He was 75-years-old. He was part of the first group of the television news journalists in the country.
National Sea Rescue Institute personnel at sea. 1 minute A teenager remains missing following a drowning at Pennington Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast. In a statement, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says it is believed that four teenage boys were swimming when they were swept out to sea in rip currents. Several search…
Booysens Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Two people have been killed and several others injured following a shooting at the Booysens Magistrates’ Court, south of Johannesburg, earlier today. A heavy police presence has been deployed outside the court. It is understood that a lawyer was among those shot outside the court premises. The motive for the…
SASSA Black card. 2 minutes SASSA grant recipients who have not yet migrated to the new black PostBank card are advised not to use their old gold SASSA cards at retailers or ATMs following the migration deadline. Recipients had until Thursday to switch to the new card after an extension from the initial deadline at…
Vusi “Cat Matlala’s case and three others appear in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court north of Johannesburg, July 11, 2025. Embattled businessman Vusimuzi “Cat Matlala’s case has been postponed to August. Matlala and his three co-accused appeared briefly in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court north of Johannesburg. The four face multiple charges, including the attempted murder of…
[FILE] ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula addresses the party’s fifth National General Council in Boksburg. The High Court in KuGompo is expected to hear a contempt of court application filed by African National Congress (ANC) members this morning. The application is against ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula, NEC convener of deployees in the province Mmamoloko Kubayi,…
File image: Classroom. Dagga was amongst the drugs found at Masitakhe Secondary School, in Matsulu, in Mpumalanga. This as the Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison, the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Department of Correctional Services and other stakeholders raided the school. The school is reported to be one of the most notorious…
Cape fur seals lying on rocks. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) has encouraged swimmers, paddlers and divers to remain aware and cautious around seals, as rabies among Cape fur seals is an evolving situation along parts of the coastline. This follows an incident involving a seal and kayakers in Hout Bay, Cape Town, where…
