KIMBERLEY – Residents of Kimberley was astonished by the discovery of Catfish breeding and swimming down Easton Avenue in Cassandra. Two videos of the discovery went viral on local social media groups in the community. Easton Avenue’s Catfish A resident thanks Sol Plaatje Municipality for Easton Avenue’s Babers in one of the videos. “People it’s […]
CAPE TOWN – Three animal rescuers from the Mdzananda Animal Clinic in Khayelitsha was hijacked while on duty in the area. According to a statement on the clinic’s Facebook page, this hijacking follows a recent armed robbery incident. “Quinton, Maria and Mzo were hijacked at gunpoint this morning. Mzo refused to give them the keys […]
KLEINMOND – Twee verdagtes is gisteroggend met ’n vrag van 11840 kreefstert in Kleinmond in hegtenis geneem. Volgens Lourens Theron, ’n inwoner van Hermanus, het die Overstand Wetstoepassing-taakspan op die verdagtes toegeslaan en hulle vasgetrek. “Die voertuig is ook op beslag gelê,” sê Theron.
GEORGE – Police just confirmed to the George Herald that one person died in a shooting incident in Thembalethu this morning just after 07:00. The deceased was driving a white Audi with a CA registration. There were two other passengers in the vehicle. Read more: George Herald
KIMBERLEY – Watch this video showing the quality of the municipal water supply in Beaconsfield, Kimberley, on 19 February 2021.
LANSERIA – South Africa’s low-cost airline kulula.com, today announced that it will restart its operations at Lanseria International Airport from 1 April 2021, servicing its Durban and Cape Town routes. Similar to the re-introduction of its other routes, kulula.com will commence with a limited schedule, adding additional frequencies over the next couple of months. Customers […]
Deputy Minister for Sport, Arts and Culture has been inundated with calls referring to her Facebook account being active. The Facebook account of the Deputy Minister for Sport, Arts and Culture, Ms Nocawe Mafu was hacked some time ago and has been since then deactivated. The Department would like to put it on record that her […]
SOUTH AFRICA – In response to the outcry on the newly adjusted National Minimum Wage rates, Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi would like to reiterate that the adjustment comes after a consideration of many factors including submissions from all sectors. The minimum wage is a tool to ensure that vulnerable workers do not fall […]
The Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour today received an update on the case of suspended officials of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), accused of defrauding the department’s Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS). The officials were suspended following a report by the Auditor-General which discovered that about R170 million from the TERS fund meant for […]