Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is prevented by washing hands often with soap and water. 1 minute Some parents are concerned that their children run the risk of getting infected at schools where learners have already been diagnosed with hand-foot-and-mouth disease in KwaZulu-Natal. Yesterday, the provincial Health Department said 168 cases had been reported. They expressed concern over…
FILE PHOTO: A coal-burning power plant can be seen behind a factory. As world leaders gather in South Africa for the G20 Summit this weekend, the African Civil Society Organisation is demanding real action on climate justice. The ACG20 Network – representing over 80 organisations, has issued three urgent priorities: a clear timeline to phase…
Police are still combing through evidence at the scene in Midrand where a suspect was arrested for child pornography related charges, January 17, 2025. 1 minute A 35-year-old suspect has been arrested for possessing, accessing, downloading and distributing child pornography. The suspect was arrested in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, this morning. Police spokesperson Amanda van…
IPID investigator Nomsa Masuku testifying at the Madlanga Commission, February 11, 2026. Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigator Nomsa Masuku has told the Madlanga Commission that it was wrong for the Police to register Emmanuel Mbense’s murder as an inquest. Mbense was tortured and killed in Brakpan in April 2022, allegedly by members of the…
File Photo: Operation Dudula members during a march. Anti-immigrant group, Operation Dudula, is expected to hold what it calls a peaceful protest on Nasrec road, in the south of Johannesburg, on Saturday. [ON AIR] Operation Dudula will hold a peaceful protest in Johannesburg, South Africa during the #G20 Leaders’ Summit this weekend to highlight concerns…
Hawks vehicle. A senior official at Maruleng Municipality in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, has been arrested by the Hawks for alleged fraud and contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act. Hawks Spokesperson Lethunya Mmuroa says the alleged fraudulent activities were committed in 2015 when the suspect was an acting municipal manager in the Ba-Phalaborwa Municipality. Mmuroa says…
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe at the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba in Cape Town on February 3, 2025. 1 minute Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister, Gwede Mantashe is representing President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba under way in Cape Town on Monday. The Presidency says this follows a…
Former Police Minister Bheki Cele testifying at Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee in Cape Town on October 24, 2025. Former Police Minister Bheki Cele says that he accepts KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi‘s withdrawal of his statement that he received money from Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala, who is accused of attempted murder. Cele is appearing before Parliament’s…
A man works with plants near a G20 sign at the Nasrec Expo centre ahead of the G20 Summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 20, 2025. The Sherpa of South Africa’s G20 presidency and Director-General of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, Zane Dangor, says both South Africa and the United States want the…
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga 1 minute There have been calls for Defence Minister Angie Motshekga has to resign after the deaths of 14 South African soldiers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The minister has been grilled by Parliament on the report she gave about the deaths of the South…
