Baby Savers South Africa aims at ending unsafe infant abandonment. 2 minutes The Eastern Cape Department of Social Development has raised concerns over the increasing number of infant abandonment cases in the province. Since March 2024, nearly 40 infants have been abandoned, with the most recent case involving a week-old baby girl found in a…
1 minute Women activists say society needs to come up with proactive and preventative measures to curb the scourge of gender-based violence. This was part of a dialogue at the International Women’s Day commemoration hosted by the Eastern Cape government in Bhisho yesterday. One of the delegates at the dialogue, Wendy Kiviet, has called on…
A car drives past the Sibanye Stillwater logo, as efforts continue to rescue mine workers trapped underground at one of its shafts at the Kloof gold mine, in Westonaria, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 23, 2025. 1 minute Sibanye says efforts to rescue 289 miners that are trapped underground at its Stillwater shafts near Johannesburg are…
SG Commander Floyd Shivambu delivered the Africa Day lecture in Tembisa 3 minutes uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party Secretary General, Floyd Shivambu, has criticised President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent engagement with US President Donald Trump, accusing him of misrepresenting the country. Shivambu’s remarks came during an Africa Day memorial lecture in Thembisa, Ekurhuleni. He called for renewed…
Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, unveil newly built flushing toilets at the Deda Primary School in KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, says she wants to eradicate pit toilets at schools by next year. She was speaking at an event where 22 low-cost flush toilets…
1 minute Eskom briefs the media on load-shedding and warns of a high risk of rolling blackouts this weekend after multiple generation unit breakdowns last week. Livestream:
A dairy cow stops to look up while feeding at a dairy farm. 3 minutes A total of 26 cattle have been recovered following a stock theft raid which was led by acting provincial commissioner, Major-General Zeph Mkhwanazi in Verena in Mpumalanga. After years of uncontrollable stock theft in the area farmers can finally breathe…
Wits University’s Great Hall in Braamfontein. 2 minutes The University of the Witwatersrand’s (Wits) management and the Student Representative Council (SRC) are working to assist academically deserving students. The university’s management and the SRC also agreed to approach private accommodation service providers for support in sponsoring extra beds for students through the Hardship Accommodation process….
Forensic personnel load bodies of victims after the deaths of patrons found inside the Enyobeni Tavern, in Scenery Park, outside East London in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa, June 26, 2022. 1 minute The Enyobeni Tavern tragedy inquest in the East London Regional Court sitting in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape will continue today….
A doctor wearing a stethoscope. The Section 59 Investigation Panel into allegations of racial discrimination by medical schemes against black healthcare providers in South Africa, has concluded in its final report that the allegations are true. The Panel was setup in 2019 following reports that some medical aid schemes in South Africa practiced unfair racial…
