ANC regains power in highly contested by-election at the Karoo Hoogland Municipality. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape won a ward off Democratic Alliance (DA) in the highly contested by-elections at Karoo Hoogland Municipality in Namakwa yesterday. The ANC received 803 votes, DA received 230 and Patriotic Alliance attained 247…
An illegal miner 2 minutes Police in North West say they have now retrieved seven bodies from the disused mine shaft in Stilfontein. Six more bodies were retrieved in the last 24 hours. One body was retrieved last month. The High Court in Pretoria granted an interim order, allowing for food to be delivered to…
Signage directing people to a voting station. 1 minute The Patriotic Alliance (PA) has won the by-election held at Ward 9 in Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, that includes parts of Dysselsdorp, Schoemanshoek and other outlying areas. Ferlecia Abrahams from the PA went up against candidates from the Democratic Alliance (DA), the African National Congress…
Pit latrines at an Eastern Cape school 1 minute The Eastern Cape Department of Education says it is working around the clock to eradicate pit toilets at rural schools. Briefing the media on the state of readiness for the 2025 academic year, MEC Fundile Gade says the department has utilised its allocated infrastructure grant and…
Minister Thembi Simelane speaking at a government event. 1 minute Non-governmental organisation, Defend our Democracy says the decision to move Minister Thembi Simelane to the Human Settlements Department, instead of firing her, is an injustice to the country. Simelane is accused of being involved in the VBS scandal and also allegedly living beyond her means…
An entrance to an underground mine. 1 minute Community organization, Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has called for the acceleration of retrieval operations at the Stilfontein mine in the North West. Last month, police retrieved one body and six others have been retrieved since Monday. According to media reports, a note from the…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute ActionSA parliamentary leader, Athol Trollip says the fact that President Cyril Ramaphosa has the Phala Phala scandal hanging over his head means that he is not inclined to take serious action against corrupt implicated officials. This follows the cabinet reshuffle which saw Thembi Simelane being moved from Justice to Human…
Debris left on the road following protest action. 2 minutes Residents of Protea Glen in the south of Johannesburg took to streets to protest against the lack of water in the area. The protest started early on Wednesday, with residents saying they’ve been without water for over a week. Disgruntled community members took to the…
Packets of crystal meth. 1 minute Three Mozambican nationals, Alexandre Alberto Chissano, Raul Silvadore Homo, and Antonio Lisboa, have been remanded in custody following their brief appearance at the Johannesburg Regional Court. The suspects were arrested by the HAWKS on Monday during a special operation targeting drug trafficking. They are facing charges of dealing in…
Transport Minister Barbara Creecy at the Launch of the 2024 Festive Season Road Safety Campaign. 1 minute South Africa has committed to a global initiative aimed at reducing traffic-related deaths by 50% by 2030. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that road crashes claim over 1.19 million lives globally each year, with 20 to 50…
