92 people lost their lives due to the floods The Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Thandi Mahambehlale, is expected to visit the flood-stricken areas in the Eastern Cape today. Mahambehlala will be accompanied by her counterparts from the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli, Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuzo and Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Deputy…
Outside the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court. The case against a Gauteng woman believed to be part of a syndicate targeting young female professionals will resume in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court tomorrow. The syndicate kidnaps the women and robs them of their belongings. Recently, SABC NEWS reported on two cases in which young women were…
Broken windscreen of a car seen after a vehicle accident. Two people have died and several others have been injured following a collision involving a minibus taxi and a vehicle on the R55/N14 Interchange in Olivenhoutbosch north of Pretoria. The cause of the collision is not yet known. And investigations are underway. Gauteng Traffic Police…
Outside the Gauteng Health Department office. As part of Youth Month commemorations, the Department of Health in Gauteng will, from tomorrow, host a series of expos aimed at exposing the youth to a variety of careers in the public healthcare sector in an attempt to tackle unemployment. Gauteng Health spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says these include…
Welcome home Peter Huxham & Frederic Potgieter from Equatorial Guinea. The South African government has welcomed the release of two South African nationals from detention in Equatorial Guinea. This release follows the granting of clemency by the President of Equatorial Guinea. Peter Shane Huxham and Frederic Potgieter are engineers in the oil and gas industry….
Food parcels. The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it rejects plans by the Gauteng Social Development Department to centralise food bank operations. The party’s Refiloe Nt’sekhe says this will see food parcel distribution from the 288 Non-Profit Organisations (NPO) and the five regional food banks transferred to a central food bank. She says this is concerning…
Funeral service for seven of the 10 victims of the bus crash underway in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal. Live stream below:
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille launches the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State. Live stream below:
Premier Dr Zamani Saul, together with the MEC responsible for Education, Mr. Abraham Vosloo, on behalf of the Northern Cape Government, launched the Basic Education Employment Initiative at Roodepan Primary School. Over 4800 unemployed young people have been deployed by the Department of Basic Education to various schools across the Northern Cape. The aim of…
Photos of some of the bus crash victims victims displayed on stage ahead of the funeral service Large numbers of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members have started arriving at a hall in Vryheid to attend the funeral of eight of the 10 party members who died in a horrific crash on Monday. The victims…
