Attendees seen at an initiation school 1 minute Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Velenkosini Hlabisa, has called for initiation schools to adhere to safety measures as the winter initiation season gets under way. Hlabisa officially launched the 2025 winter customary initiation season in Bloemfontein, emphasizing a nationwide goal of zero deaths among…
Outside City Hall where Parliament sits. 1 minute 259 written questions from members of Parliament to Ministers were not answered by 27 December this year. This has emerged on a parliamentary publication list regarding unanswered written and oral questions. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu as well as Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson are the…
DOJ describes the shooting of a witness at the Lenasia Magistrate’s court as concerning. 2 minutes The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has expressed concern following the killing of a witness at the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday. A witness scheduled to testify in a 2021 murder case was shot and killed…
Missing child graphic. 2 minutes The search for the five-year-old who went missing after a vehicle crash on the N4 toll road outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga, last week, is underway. Three people died and four others sustained injuries when the driver of a bakkie lost control and hit a guardrail. It is suspected that a tyre…
1 minute The Portfolio Committee on Mineral and Petroleum Resources will be briefed by the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources on the Junior Mining Exploration Fund and small-scale mining projects. The small-scale mining sector consists of artisanal or subsistence mining operations, sub-optimal formal mining operations and entrepreneurs with upfront capital. LIVE STREAM:
1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has announced that Johannesburg Water will be throttling water in the City of Johannesburg from Thursday 14th of November until the water system has fully recovered. This comes as the department attempts to address the water supply challenges faced by the City and Gauteng province. Johannesburg has…
Constitutional Court 2 minutes Political analyst Sandile Swana says there are still people who are intolerant of free speech in the country. This after lobby group, AfriForum, strongly criticised the judiciary after the Constitutional Court dismissed its application for leave to appeal a ruling that the chant “Kill the Boer” did not amount to hate…
Erling Haaland scores a goal that was later disallowed 3 minutes Bernardo Silva scored an early goal but Erling Haaland missed a penalty as struggling Manchester City could only muster a single point in a 1-1 Premier League draw with Everton to kick off a full slate of Boxing Day games on Thursday. The champions’…
The Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner, Dr. Mike Masiapato addresses a media briefing at the GCIS in Pretoria on January 31, 2025. 1 minute The Border Management Authority (BMA) says more than 58 000 people who were attempting to enter South Africa illegally were detected and apprehended during its festive season operations. The majority of…
Gun being pointed 2 minutes Two suspects accused of killing police constable Callan Andrews are set to appear at the Gelvandale Magistrates’ Court in Gqeberha today. The pair allegedly shot the 29-year-old officer and robbed him of his service pistol while he was attending to a complaint on Voisen Road in Gelvandale. Andrews was taken…
