Year: 2020

Drunk school transport driver suspended after letting pupil drive bus A video shows him drinking alcohol and allowing the pupil to take the wheel of the school bus, which was packed with children. Picture: EWN CAPE TOWN – A scholar transport driver in the Eastern Cape is in hot water after he apparently allowed a […]

A group of Nigerians based in South Africa are set to join the #endsars protests in solidarity with those caught in the crossfire on Tuesday night. Protesters gather in Lagos on October 20, 2020, after the Governor of Lagos Statedeclared 24-hour curfew in Lagos as violence flared in widespread protests that have rocked the country. […]

As part of the facility’s bicentennial celebrations this week, astrophysicists and other delegates gathered at the SAAO’s site in Observatory on Tuesday. Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande. Picture: @HigherEduGovZA/Twitter CAPE TOWN – The South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) has been unveiled as a National Heritage Site. As part of the facility’s bicentennial celebrations this week, […]

Treasury said, “it’s the prerogative of the ministry who he appoints to his team as per the prescripts of the Ministerial Handbook”. Ranjeni Munusamy. Picture: @RanjeniM/Twitter JOHANNESBURG – Ranjeni Munusamy, former senior journalist from the Tiso Blackstar Group, was appointed in the Ministry of Finance as a community outreach officer. Treasury responded to public criticism […]

On Monday, the gang targeted two security cash vans. The suspects blew open the back of one of the vehicles. CAPE TOWN – A police officer in the Eastern Cape has killed following a high-speed chase with robbers in the Port St Johns area. On Monday, the gang targeted two security cash vans. The suspects […]

MMC Moerane sends condolences to family of child (9) electrocuted in Rabie Ridge The child was electrocuted last week after coming into contact with an illegal power connection running alongside the family’s shack in the Kinana informal settlement. FILE: City Power officials on 3 June 2020 disconnected illegal electricity connections at Phumula Mqashi informal settlement […]

13 people killed in KZN accident Details were still unclear around the accident, but it was the latest deadly crash in KZN. 13 people were killed on 21 October 2020 in a major crash on the R66 between Ulundi and Melmoth in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: @_ArriveAlive/Twitter. JOHANNESBURG – Thirteen people were killed on Wednesday morning in […]

Parts of the country were gripped by a heatwave this week with extreme temperatures rising up to 40 degrees in some places. JOHANNESBURG – The weather service on Wednesday said while temperatures in parts of Gauteng had dropped a few degrees, residents could still expect warm temperatures. Parts of the country were this week gripped […]