FILE | Moroadi Cholota appears in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court. 1 minute Bloemfontein High Court Judge Phillip Loubser has dismissed the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)’s application for leave to appeal the decision to free Moroadi Cholota from standing trial in the R255 million asbestos roof removal scandal. Loubser set Cholota free last week when he…
A view shows MMR vaccine The Gauteng Health Department says it is undertaking measles vaccination campaigns targeting schools as children under the age of 15 are mostly affected. Measles is a highly infectious viral disease. A person can get infected by the air droplets from coughing and sneezing. Tshwane is currently the hotspot for measles…
A hospital room. 1 minute More than 30 patients have been moved from the General De La Rey Hospital in Lichtenburg in the North West to nearby hospitals after the hospital was flooded last night. The storm water system failed to channel water away from the facility. MEC of Health Sello Lehari inspected the hospital…
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal. Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge has called his second witness to the stand in the landmark sexual harassment probe against him. The second witness is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert, Dr. Vincent Mello, who is expected to give evidence on the…
Mkambathi Nature Reserve. 1 minute The Mkambathi Nature Reserve community in the Eastern Cape has been granted an internationally recognised certificate. The Ramsar Certificate is for global wetlands and rivers that have ecological significance. The tourist destination, located between Port Edward and Port St John’s, consists of over 7 000 hectares of unspoilt landscape. It…
SASSA and Easy Pay cards 3 minutes Human rights organisation, Black Sash has raised concern about the growing number of borrowers whose IDs, bank and SASSA cards are withheld by illegal loan sharks. The organisation says desperate South Africans, who struggle to put food on the table, end up borrowing money at exorbitant interest rates…
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers parade on the streets near the Union Buildings. 2 minutes Some members of Parliament’s Defence Portfolio Committee have threatened to press for a commission of inquiry into South African National Defence Force’s (SANDF) participation in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where 14 soldiers have…
Accused Percy Ridzana at the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court 2 minutes The Thohoyandou High Court in Limpopo has rejected the version of accused number two in the killing of South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) leaders. Percy Radzuma testified that when he appeared in court with Thabo Sibanze in 2021, he was not charged with the…
Sign with the word ‘Missing”. A family from Rietvlei in Greytown in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) midlands, whose son has been missing for over two months, is seeking answers. 27-year-old Vukani Zondi is alleged to have disappeared on April 15 when he did not return from an outing with friends. Vukani’s mother, Khumbuzile Zondi last saw…
DA leader John Steenhuisen and ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa. 6 minutes After nearly 24 years in opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has finally ascended to the highest levels of South Africa’s government. This achievement has seen it having to join hands with old foes and negotiate strategic compromises. But even as it proceeds to work…
