File image | Taxis at taxi rank. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Taxi Task Team has impounded 66 unroadworthy minibus-taxis this week in Tsakane, Germiston and Boksburg. The operation was conducted in collaboration with Gauteng Traffic Police and SAPS officers. During the joint operation, officers discovered that the vehicles were operating without proper permits…
EFF leader Julius Malema addresses the Limpopo Provincial General Assembly at the Westernburg Community Hall in Mpumalanga. 3 minutes EFF President Julius Malema says factionalism, disunity and disloyalty will not be tolerated ahead of the party’s third National People’s Assembly (NPA) to be held in Johannesburg next month. Malema was speaking during the EFF Limpopo’s…
[FILE] The municipality is unable to maintain its infrastructure and is struggling too meet its obligation to pay staff salaries. 2 minutes Government contractors in Limpopo are hopeful that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s upcoming budget will prioritise infrastructure development. This follows ongoing complaints from small businesses over delayed payments and slow project implementation. The Forum…
[File Image]: Flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. Disaster management teams across KwaZulu-Natal have been placed on standby to react to possible disruptive rainfall. The provincial Department of Cooperative Governance says the South African Weather Service has issued warnings for the whole of the province for Wednesday and the rest of the week. The rain can lead to…
A forensics team is seen at the scene where the bodies of three missing SAPS constables were discovered at the Hennops River in Centurion in this image captured on 29 April 2025. 2 minutes Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says the retrieval of a VW Polo hatchback from the Hennops River has brought some relief…
Koeberg Power Station 1 minute Eskom can run Koeberg Unit 1 for another 20 years. This is according to Electricity and Energy Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. Ramokgopa has thanked Eskom head of Generation, Bheki Nxumalo for his commitment to ensuring that electricity supply is consistent. Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says that for this year’s winter, there…
The main campus of the University of Cape Town A full bench of judges of the Western Cape High Court is expected to continue hearing of Professor Adam Mendelsohn’s application against the University of Cape Town. This follows a UCT resolution taken in solidarity with the people of Palestine. The resolution stipulates that no UCT…
Clinical lead doctor points to an x-ray showing a pair of lungs infected with TB. Professor Limakatso Lebina, Director of Clinical Trials at the Africa Health Research Institute, says it’s important for South Africa to prepare early for rolling out new TB vaccines, which are currently undergoing clinical trials. The institute, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, is…
Onlookers at the site of an accident in Pietermaritzburg involving scholar transport. Another crash involving scholar transport has left three learners with minor injuries in the same area where five learners lost their lives in Thursday’s crash at Imbali township in Pietermaritzburg. Five learners aged between 11 and 15 died and nine others were seriously injured…
Matjhabeng municipality is among others that is struggling to pay workers’ salaries. 1 minute Major parts of Matjhabeng Municipality in the Free State are likely to experience water shedding due to non-payment. The municipality owes the water board entity six billion rand. In a statement released, the Matjhabeng Municipality has called on residents and businesses…
