African Roots

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy conducts a special visit to assess progress on the R573 Moloto Corridor Road Project from Limpopo to Gauteng. 1 minute Transport Minister Barbara Creecy is expected to launch the 2025 Easter Road Safety campaign in Pretoria later this morning. The campaign aims to manage high traffic volumes and reduce fatal crashes,…

Malusi Booi Is pictured during a media briefing in Cape Town on 12 February 2023. 1 minute The case of former City of Cape Town Member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements, Malusi Booi, and his co-accused is set to proceed in the local Magistrate’s Court today. The group’s charges include money laundering, racketeering and…

Group of African penguins walk across Seaforth Beach, near Cape Town, South Africa, November 3, 2020. 1 minute Executive Director of the Biodiversity Law Centre Kate Handley says the landmark ruling to protect African Penguins is not subject to a legal appeal. The High Court in Pretoria has imposed six no-fishing zones around key breeding…

1 minute A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Madadeni Regional Court in northern KwaZulu-Natal for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The court heard that the girl was raped while visiting her father in Osizweni outside Newcastle in 2020. The 31-year-old accused helped an old woman brew traditional beer in a…

2 minutes Khotsong-Bothaville in the Free State has been brought to a standstill as angry community members launched a shutdown to protest poor service delivery. Roads were barricaded with stones and burning tyres, forcing schools and businesses to close. The community is demanding the removal of the Nala Municipality mayor, municipal manager, and chief financial…

{FILE IMAGE]: A poster is seen at a candlelight vigil against rape. 2 minutes The NPA in the Western Cape says the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to a pastor who appeared on various charges including rape and attempted murder. The pastor was arrested for the alleged crimes that took place at a church…

picture of gauteng traffic police chopper 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Community Safety has welcomed the arrest of two alleged ‘blue light hijackers’ on the N3 highway last night. In recent months there has been a spate of blue light hijackings that took place along the N3 highway between Villiers and De Hoek Toll…

A sewerage treatment plant. 2 minutes Access to water and sanitation is recognised as a fundamental human right, essential for health, dignity and prosperity, according to the United Nations (UN) Water. But for many in South Africa, this is not the case, as communities endure the daily inconvenience and health hazards of sewage spills. In…

Picture of the Sentech tower. 3 minutes The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has stated that the Minister of Communication & Technologies’ submission that he did not have to consult on the 31 March 2025 analogue switch-off deadline is not sustainable. This as Counsel on behalf of the minister argued that it did not have…