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North West on high alert amid heavy rains

Friday, January 10, 2025

The North West Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PMDC), working together with Municipal Disaster Centres, remains on high alert for incidents of disaster across the province.

NICD calls for calm amidst reported HMPV cases in China

Friday, January 10, 2025

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued a statement assuring the public that there is no need to panic about the reported cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV).

Condolences for family of Kwaito legend, Doc Shebeleza

Friday, January 10, 2025

Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, Matome Chiloane, has expressed “deep sadness” at the passing of Kwaito legend and pioneer Victor ‘Doc Shebeleza’ Bogopane.

Mayor mourns five-year-old killed in Manenberg gang shooting

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the city mourns five-year-old Ameer Abrahams, who was shot and killed during a gang-related shooting in Manenberg, while on the way to a local tuckshop with his father on Monday.

Call for social cohesion to end gender-based violence

Thursday, January 9, 2025

The Minister in The Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has reiterated her call for social cohesion to end gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).

Call for caution on the roads

Thursday, January 9, 2025

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has called for caution on the roads amid persistent rain.