Bogus colleges are mushrooming all over South Africa, the Department of Higher Education and Training has warned as it embarks on a countrywide public awareness campaign. It has urged students and parents to first verify if institutions are registered with the department. “The message to students is to verify if[…]
A 40-year-old man has been shot dead outside the Mayfair Jummah Masjid in Johannesburg on Tuesday night. Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Lungelo Dlamini told News24 the incident occurred at about 19:00. He said two unknown suspects are believed to have shot a man who was leaving the mosque. “When he[…]
The bodies of four South Africans who went missing at sea while on holiday in Mozambique have been repatriated back to country. The families’ spokesperson Bongani Diako said the bodies were brought back to South Africa on Tuesday. “The past eight days were a painful experience of uncertainty and sadness[…]
A firefighter has been injured and two houses destroyed in a blaze in Mossel Bay’s Hartenbos Heuwels, Mossel Bay municipal spokesperson Rowena Hendricks said on Monday. “A veld fire is currently raging out of control in the Hartenbos Heuwels area of Mossel Bay,” said Hendricks.”Two houses have been destroyed while[…]
The father of twin boys who died in a fire in their Kleinvlei home in Eerste River on Friday has taken to social media to express his grief. Earl Eksteen’s four-year-old boys, E-Jay and Em-Jay, and their three-year-old cousin were in an upstairs room of their home when the bed[…]
More than 10,000 people have lost their lives on South African roads during the festive season in the past six years, according to figures from the Road Traffic Management Corporation. According to the RTMC, there is a 30-day waiting period between the provisional and final death toll number presented to[…]
It’s expected that Angelo Agrizzi will implicate a sitting minister in his testimony at the Zondo commission this week. Agrizzi is set to resume his testimony on Monday. It will be the fourth day of evidence from Bosasa’s former COO. Agrizzi remains in witness protection. He’s tipped to secure immunity[…]
A violent altercation between Durban revellers and the president’s bodyguards is under investigation A dramatic late-night shootout between three military members of the presidential protection unit and revellers at a Durban beachfront birthday party is now under investigation by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid). At least 52 bullet shells[…]
Lindiwe Sisulu, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, on Monday paid her respects to the family and friends of the former permanent representative of South Africa to the United Nations (UN) in New York, Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo, who died on Sunday. Born in September 1947, Kumalo left a rich[…]
A judicial commission of inquiry into allegations of impropriety at state asset manager the Public Investment Corporation gets underway in Pretoria on Monday morning, with senior executives set to give evidence. The inquiry was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in mid-August 2018, following allegations of poor governance, kickbacks and perplexing[…]
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