1 minute Police union SAPU in the Northern Cape says more still needs to be done to reduce incidents of contact crime especially murder and rape in the province. The union was responding to the release of the fourth quarter crime statistics by Commissioner Koliswa Otola. Otola says they have recorded an increase in murder…
[File image] A man in handcuffs. 1 minute Free State police have arrested 271 wanted criminals. This follows the weeklong Operation Shanela which saw a total of over 1 200 arrests during targeted raids. Offences range from possession of dangerous weapons, illegal dealing in liquor, possession of drugs and assault. Police spokesperson Sinah Mpakane says…
Graphic depicting a drug arrest 1 minute Police in Cape Town have confiscated drugs worth R18 million and firearms at a storage facility in Roeland Street. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says officers acted on a tipoff about drugs and firearms being stored at the address. He says a suspect has been arrested. “They conducted…
An Eskom logo is seen at the entrance of its head offices in Sunninghill, Sandton. 2 minutes Eskom says 87% of municipalities approved for National Treasury’s municipal debt relief are not complying with the conditions of the arrangement. And that municipal debt currently stands at R94.6 billion. The power utility was briefing Parliament’s Standing Committee…
Arrest graphic 1 minute A suspect has been arrested after a blind pensioner in her 80s was brutally stabbed to death at her home in Phoenix north of Durban this week. Her 60-year-old daughter was also stabbed in the incident. Reports from the scene say the suspect was known to the women but police are…
N2 in KZN being cleared of snow 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Department says teams have been deployed to assess damages caused by strong winds and snow fall in parts of Umkhanyakude and Umsunduzi among others. The department’s spokesperson Senzelwe Mzila says many houses and schools have been destroyed, shelter…
Bafana Bafana Coach Hugo Broos addresses media briefing after friendly match with Mozambique at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, Limpopo on June 10, 2025. 1 minute Bafana Bafana Coach Hugo Broos says choosing a 23-player squad for World Cup qualifiers in September will be difficult. He was speaking after the national soccer team’s 2-0 win…
Initiates at a school 1 minute The Limpopo government says it has taken steps to ensure that this year’s initiation season is successful. It is set to run from the 23rd of this month until July 21. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Basikopo Makamu addressed more than 600 traditional surgeons, care givers and school…
Braamfischerville residents in Soweto protest on June 4, 2025, following Likhona Fose’s murder. 1 minute The case of the 39-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the murder of Likhona Fose, has been postponed to June 18 in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Mduduzi Mnisi is facing a murder charge after the 14-year-old girl’s mutilated…
2 minutes The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it has attained an order from the Special Tribunal to seize a portion of the Farm Zandrivierspoort, outside Louis Trichardt, Limpopo. Portion 15 of the farm was allegedly bought with funds obtained fraudulently from the National Lotteries Commission. The SIU found that three non-profit organisations fraudulently received…
