Flooding Hospital 1 minute Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is expected to visit General De La Ray Hospital in Lichtenburg, North West Province, in response to reports of flooding of three hospitals in the province. The Minister will inspect this hospital, which is currently non-operational. More than thirty patients were moved from the General Delarey Hospital…
2 minutes Former board members have described the situation at the North West Parks and Tourism Board as dire. They recently appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism in the North West Provincial Legislature. The former board members painted a bleak picture of what they left at the entity during…
City Power employees The City of Johannesburg’s energy utility, City Power used the country’s current energy crisis to encourage the Energy Efficiency Schools Competition. The aim is to galvanise pupils to actively engage in the dynamic world of energy efficiency and renewable resources. The Competition’s awards ceremony was held at the City Power offices on…
X-SAPS file image A 39-year-old man, Clifford Ngwenya, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Ermelo Regional Court in Mpumalanga for raping his former landlord in 2021. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Provincial spokesperson, Monica Nyuswa, says Ngwenya denied the rape allegations. He claims that Ngwenya and the victim met at a tavern and…
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…
Plumes of smoke rise above dense vegetation. 1 minute The Cape Winelands District Municipality in the Western Cape says fire crews are making steady progress in battling the Paarl Mountain blaze. Spokesperson Jo-Anne Otto says the left flank of the fire has been contained but the right flank remains challenging due to dense vegetation. Otto…
Robert McBride appears before the Ad Hoc Committee, January 20, 2026. Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride will on Wednesday morning return to testify before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee. McBride started testifying on Tuesday. RELATED VIDEO | SAPS Crime Intelligence Unit riddled with impropriety and corruption: McBride His testimony follows testimonies of previous…
Marshals assist Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jack Miller after his crash during the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang International Circuit. 2 minutes Australian Jack Miller said luck was on his side when the Red Bull KTM rider survived a nasty crash in the opening lap of the Malaysian Grand Prix at the Sepang…
Haniff Hoosen announced as DA’s mayoral candidate in eThekwini, 26 September 2025. The Democratic Alliance’s (DA) mayoral candidate for the eThekwini metro, Haniff Hoosen, says next year’s elections will be a watershed moment for the future of the city. Hoosen says with the African National Congress’s (ANC) dwindling support at the polls, there’s a great…
Nobutho Thethani, a local farmer works the land at Lawley informal settlement in the south of Johannesburg, South Africa. 1 minute South Africa’s economy contracted by 0 .3% in the third quarter from a revised 0.3% growth in the second quarter of the year. The latest data released by Statistics South Africa shows that various…
