A new report by advocacy group WaterCAN has revealed that nearly 40% of water samples tested at South African schools are unsafe to drink. The month-long project saw pupils from 95 schools test tap, tank and river water, with most samples showing contamination and low pH levels. The report further reveals that pupils in rural…
ANC Deputy Secretary General, Nomvula Mokonyane. 2 minutes ANC’s Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane says partners in the Government of National Unity (GNU) must hold each other accountable. Mokonyane spoke to the media after a site visit to the Mandela Park sports field in Khayelitsha, where the party will have its 113-th celebrations. ANC big wigs…
A flooded river stream. Johannesburg Emergency Services have urged residents to avoid river streams used for baptisms and cleansing rituals, as heavy rains continue across the province. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) upgraded its Orange level 5 warning to Level 9 for heavy downpours. The rain is expected to cause localised flooding in parts…
The vehicle that was shot Two women have been shot dead in Mitchells Plain on the Cape Flats on Thursday afternoon. Two women have been shot and killed in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats in Capet Town this afternoon. Police say a young boy was also injured in the shooting. For more visit Pictures…
A South African Police Service (SAPS) cap The Gauteng Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety says it views the recent killing of two police officers in Roodepoort, not only as an attack on the country’s law enforcement officers, but also a direct assault on the rule of law. The committee’s chairperson, Dr Bandile Masuku has…
File image: Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda. 2 minutes Former Johannesburg Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says he is vindicated now that the state has dropped all charges against him. The Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto has provisionally withdrawn Gwamanda’s case as the state failed to present the charge sheet. It was alleged that Gwamanda and a…
GBVF graphic Community activist and councillor, Dr. Jonathan Annipen, says while the South African Police Service (SAPS) uses domestic relationship-related crimes as a proxy to measure intimate partner violence, Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) not being defined as a specific offence in South African law is “unacceptable”. #PODCAST Community activists urge South Africa to criminalize Gender-Based-Violence (GBV) as…
FILE | Protesters condemned a new by-law by the City of Cape Town, claiming that it will criminalise people without formal houses. 2 minutes Cape Town based civil society organisation, Ndifuna Ukwazi, says the proposed changes to laws aiming to clamp down on illegal occupation of public land, will be unfair to homeless people. The…
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia being briefed on the shooting in Westbury, Johannesburg, March 7, 2026. Acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia, says the deployment of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to Westbury in Johannesburg, will take longer than expected. This is despite the recent scourge of gang violence in the area. In the latest…
[File Image] Men march against gender-based-violence (GBV) in Cape Town, South Africa. 2 minutes A number of protests are expected to take place around the country today, to demand justice for a seven-year-old who was raped allegedly at the Bergview College in Eastern Cape. The matter drew the ire of civil society organizations, calling for…
