The Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand on fire in this image captured on 17 November 2024. 1 minute The fire in the Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand Municipality in the Western Cape that broke out yesterday on the mountainside and spread towards Hawston has been contained. Overstrand…
A nurse in a hospital ward 1 minute As South Africa marks International Nurses Day, the Department of Health has announced plans to recruit 200 new nurses in the coming months to address the ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals. The theme for this year’s commemoration, “Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring for Nurses Strengthens Economies,” underlines…
File Image: Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute Police in the Western Cape are still searching for suspects in the shooting incident at the Mfuleni taxi rank near Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats on Friday. Four people were killed and three others, including a commuter, were wounded. Police officers have since been deployed…
HIV medication 2 minutes Botswana has reassured foreign inmates, including South Africans and Zimbabweans, serving time in the neighbouring country that the southern African country’s government will not falter in providing them with free antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). This is despite the decision of halting foreign health assistance by the US administration under President Donald Trump….
EFF leader Julius Malema briefs the media on the suspension of the VAT increase. 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has termed the denial of his visa to the United Kingdom as an “act of cowardice”. Malema was speaking at Ward 24 in Freedom Park, Soweto, just days before Wednesday’s by-election. “They…
[File Image]: Former ANC, SA President Thabo Mbeki. 2 minutes Former president Thabo Mbeki has urged government to implement an inclusive national dialogue. Mbeki addressed the South African Communist Party (SACP) conference in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg on Saturday. Mbeki says the country has been stricken by massive unemployment, poverty and lawlessness. He added that…
Riverlea High School classrooms 1 minute The Gauteng Education Department says it cannot afford to have a security person at each and every school after it emerged that there were no security personnel at Riverlea High School where 11 classrooms and several toilets were gutted by fire over the weekend. Locals say they saw people at…
SAPS arrest graphic Police have arrested 14 suspects in connection with various shooting incidents in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats. Five people were killed and seven others wounded in the area yesterday. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says 43 houses in Beacon Valley, Tafelsig and Portlands were searched. He says suspects aged between 20…
Today marks 30 years since the South African national rugby team won the Rugby World Cup at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, beating New Zealand 15-12 in the final. The victory became significant because it was the first sporting success for a newly democratic South Africa. The win was said to help unify the country and…
Handcuffs on the prison cell floor. 1 minute A 47 year old pastor has been sentenced to two life imprisonment for the rape of a 12-year-old girl in the Edenburg Regional Court in the Free State. Police Spokesperson, Martin Xuma, says the victim was staying with the accused when the rape incidents happened. He says…
