# Jagersfontein residents are marking the third anniversary of the Jagersfontein dam collapse in the Free State. In 2022, the mine dam wall broke, flooding parts of the town and affecting 140 families. Two people died and one remains missing. While 90 families accepted 150-million-rand rebuilding led by Jagersfontein Development Mine, others are pursuing legal […]
# The US today marks 24-years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly three-thousand lives were lost when Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in a field in Pennsylvania. Families will gather for the reading of names and six […]
# The Gauteng Education Department has confirmed that the 18-year-old shot dead during a hostage incident involving his family in Mamelodi on Tuesday, was a Grade 12 learner at Silverton High School in Pretoria. Spokesperson Steve Mabona says the incident occurs amid September trial exams. The department has deployed its psycho-social support team to provide […]
# The Gauteng Department of Education has dismissed a male student governing body-appointed teacher from Sunward Park High School in Boksburg after allegations of sexually assaulting and verbally abusing female learners. The educator, suspended in August, was found guilty of misconduct and dismissed in absentia at a disciplinary hearing. Spokesperson Steve Mabona says MEC Matome […]
# Statistics South Africa reports that mining production rose by 4.4-percent year-on-year in July. Principal Survey Statistician, Juan-Pierre Terblanche, says iron ore and platinum group metals drove growth, with increases of 12.2-percent and 6.2-percent respectively. He confirmed that despite diamonds, chromium ore, and coal contributing positively, gold, manganese ore, copper, and nickel declined:
# The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has arrested policeman Mandla Buthelezi, accused of murdering his girlfriend, Gauteng Crime Warden Chesnay Keppler, last December. IPID spokesperson Lizzy Suping says Buthelezi was taken into custody at the High Court in Johannesburg today for alleged intimidation. She confirmed he will remain detained at Moroka Police Station until his […]
# The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee is expected to meet next week to discuss inflation and the repo rate. Economists predict the repo rate will remain steady at seven-percent as inflation has climbed to 3.5-percent, its highest in ten months. BetterBond’s Bradd Bendall says the property market momentum is building, with home […]
# Three children aged between nine and eleven have been killed after a taxi ploughed into a crèche in Imbali, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. According to SABC News, eleven others sustained injuries, with two in critical condition. It is believed the driver lost control before the crash. Emergency services rushed to the scene to assist the injured, […]
# The Constitutional Court has made a historic ruling that men can now legally adopt their wives’ surnames, declaring parts of Section 26 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act unconstitutional. The case, brought by two couples, argued discrimination on gender. Justice Leona Theron said the norm was rooted in colonial patriarchy placing women in […]
