HIV/Aids awareness ribbon The Eastern Cape Department of Health has launched 2 door-to-door campaigns to encourage HIV positive patients to receive treatment. This follows statistics that have shown that about 148 000 people living with HIV, who know their status, are not on treatment. A Limpopo human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activist says it’s important to…
African Bank Soweto Marathon runners. A taxi driver has been arrested after he allegedly struck and injured a female runner participating in the annual Soweto Marathon on Saturday. Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) says the incident occurred near the intersection of Soweto Highway, where JMPD officers were deployed to monitor traffic for the marathon. JMPD…
One person has died following a shack fire that swept through the LA Rochelle informal settlement in Klapmats outside Cape Town, Saturday night. Police spokesperson, FC Van Wyk, says the body of an unidentified man was found amongst the debris after the Fire Department extinguished the blaze. He says the body was burned beyond recognition….
Police officers standing in line. Police are continuing to search for two suspects who fatally shot two on-duty police officers on Friday evening in Ivory Park, in Ekurhuleni. The officers were conducting crime prevention duties at Ivory Park Extension 9 when they were fatally shot. The suspects fled the scene with two SAPS pistols, a…
Leaders of religious and faith-based organisations, as well as dignitaries from government, are expected to attend the event Gauteng Traffic Police are urging motorists to stay alert and drive safely ahead of the National Prayer Day at FNB Stadium on Sunday. Heavy traffic is expected on major routes, including the N1 and all roads around…
Free State police detective arrested by HAWKS The Hawks in the Free State have seized various SAPS exhibit bags containing used buccal DNA samples, police dockets that are not yet finalised, police registers, ammunition and cellphones from the house of a police detective. Hawks Spokesperson Fikiswa Matoti says the suspect is a 58-year-old detective attached to…
KZN ANC provincial coordinator, Mike Mabuyakhulu The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal says it will not support a motion of no confidence against Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli. The KZN Legislature is expected to debate the motion brought by the uMkhonto weSizwe Party next month. The ANC forms part of the Government of Provincial Unity with…
Disaster management teams remain on high alert as more rains are expected in parts of the KZN Midlands. A massive hailstorm has hit the uMshwathi Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, damaging a number of houses. The area was also battered by heavy rains two weeks ago, which left one person dead. Two are still missing….
Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) during a protest. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) welcomes Parliament’s adoption of a motion for the establishment of an inquiry into violent crimes in Cape Town. While the party initially called for an Ad Hoc committee to be established, the National Assembly resolved for it to be amended…
Water levels are rising. The Department of Water and Sanitation has opened ten of the Vaal Dam’s sixty sluice gates as heavy inflows and persistent rainfall continue to swell the Vaal River system. With water levels rising, emergency teams remain on high alert to protect communities living along the riverbanks from potential flooding. Ten sluice…
