A tap with running water. 3 minutes The government plans to streamline the grant system to reduce duplication and administrative burdens in municipalities. The proposed measures include merging water reticulation grants into a unified water infrastructure fund and consolidating energy grants, among other measures. This comes as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is set to deliver…
Coach Rassie Erasmus 2 minutes Springbok coach, Rassie Erasmus, has assembled a management squad of 21 individuals to help steer the national team through the 2025 season. Erasmus has no less than six assistant coaches, one of whom is Irish coach, Felix Jones. Jones is back in the fold, after a brief stint with England,…
[File photo] 3 minutes More than 50 people were arrested on Saturday morning following a joint police operation in the Johannesburg CBD. Operation NomakanjaniManje Namhlanje is aimed at targeting undocumented foreigners, as well as general crime prevention. Amongst those arrested are suspects found in possession of drugs, suspected stolen copper cables, and undocumented foreign nationals….
New Liverpool manager Arne Slot inside the AXA Training Centre, Liverpool, Britain on July 5, 2024. 2 minutes Liverpool manager Arne Slot acknowledged they were outplayed by Paris St Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday and while his side secured a smash-and-grab win in Paris he said the level of performance must be much…
Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke 1 minute Adopted at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action remains a landmark global agreement, outlining 12 critical areas to achieve gender equality and empower women and girls worldwide. As 2025 marks its 30th anniversary, the call to accelerate efforts toward dismantling legal,…
SAPS to destroy confiscated drugs 1 minute The South African Police Service (SAPS) is working in partnership with other countries in South America, Europe, and Australia to remove drugs off the streets. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says a number of operations with these countries have yielded good results in getting drugs off the…
South African Police Service (SAPS) 2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has sought to clarify why it is investigating the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID). It says it wants to determine whether the directorate has sufficient resources to enable it to hold police officers accountable. The party launched a Parliamentary probe into the IPID following…
Proteas celebrating on the field. 2 minutes South Africa’s national cricket team, the Proteas, is gearing up for their ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against New Zealand at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. The mood in the camp is upbeat and the Proteas are confident that they can progress to Sunday’s final for the…
Traffic officer checking if the vehicle is roadworthy. 2 minutes Johannesburg motorists say it’s unfair to be expected to pay unknown speeding fines at a roadblock, when stopped by the city’s Metro Police. The JMPD is experiencing a backlog of issuing Camera generated speeding fines to motorists who have infringed the road speed limit. JMPD…
JMPD officer checking a motorist driving licence. 2 minutes The South African Post Office says the delays in dispatching traffic infringement notices is due to a historical debt by the City of Johannesburg (COJ). Johannesburg Metro Police Department is experiencing a backlog in issuing camera-generated speeding fines to motorists who have infringed the road speed…
