FILE | Former Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa. African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, will on Wednesday morning deliver the eulogy at the funeral service for former Gauteng Health MEC, Brian Hlongwa. Hlongwa passed away last week after a short illness. His funeral service will be held at the Walter Sisulu Hall in…
Gauteng police check motorist vehicle during Safer Festive Season campaign. Gauteng Police Provincial Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni says over twenty-six thousand offenders have been arrested by police for numerous criminal acts such as murder, car-hijacking, possession of illegal firearms and ammunition since October this year. Mthombeni revealed these stats during the Safer Festive Season…
A Border Management Authority guard seen checking a motorist’s documents. The South African National Defence Force ( SANDF) has intercepted more than a thousand undocumented foreign nationals trying to gain entry into the country. The interception of Zimbabwean nationals was made along the Groblersbridge Border Post outside Lephalale in Limpopo. During the interception, a South…
City of Johannesburg MMC for Finance Loyiso Masuku City of Johannesburg MMC for Finance Loyiso Masuku says there is a need to educate communities about compliance with building regulations, to ensure safety and prevent structures that strain infrastructure. This follows the demise of three family members including a toddler, during the collapse of a double-storey…
[File image] Anthony Joshua during his fight against Jake Paul REUTERS British former world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident in Nigeria’s Ogun State that killed two people, local police said on Monday. Joshua, 36, sustained minor injuries when his vehicle collided with another car, Ogun State Police Command said,…
Gauteng Traffic Police in operation The Gauteng government has raised serious concerns about motorists speeding and failing to wear seatbelts, children sitting on their parents’ laps, vlogging, and drink-driving on the province’s roads. This comes as the Premier’s Office, Gauteng Transport and Law Enforcement agencies conducted stop-and-search operations at the De Hoek Toll Plaza Tuesday…
The temporary shelter given to the 2022 flood victims, located in eNtshongweni. More than three years after the devastating 2022 floods, victims in Ntshongweni’s Ward 7 under the eThekwini Municipality continue to struggle. The residents were among those who survived the torrential rains that battered eThekwini, forcing them into temporary shelters. Despite repeated promises of…
Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala appears in the High Court in Johannesburg on October 20, 2025. Businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala was arrested in May this year and has been accused of orchestrating the failed assassination of his ex-partner, Tebogo Thobejane, in October 2023. After spending months at the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Facility in Pretoria, Matlala attempted…
CONTRALESA President, Chief Lameck Mokoena says initiation schools will have to follow strict COVID-19 regulations. The family of a 19-year-old Onalenna Booi, who died at an initiation school at Dithakong outside Mahikeng, North West, has called on the government to enforce more strict regulations for initiation schools. Booi, a Matric learner at Tiego Tawana Secondary…
NDPP The race to find the country’s next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) is facing a legal hurdle. This as the department of Justice and Constitutional Development has received an urgent application filed by B Xulu and Partners Inc, seeking to interdict the appointment of the National Director of Public Prosecutions. The said South…
