April 2026

Crime scene cordoned-off. Police in Gqeberha are investigating a double murder after two unidentified men were found with multiple stab wounds behind Khayamnandi Kraal in Despatch. It is alleged that a local resident was walking along a footpath towards KwaNobuhle after feeding pigs when he came across the two men lying on the ground. Police…

Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen is pictured at the fourth nationwide mass vaccination rollout campaign in Limpopo on 16 March 2026. Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says the Department is working closely with its regional counterparts in the Southern African region to develop a unified approach to the foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak. Steenhuisen…

Police seen directing traffic at the N1 road between Modimolle and Mookgopong after a crash. Four family members who died in a crash on the N1 road between Modimolle and Mookgopong in Limpopo on Wednesday last week, will be buried at Xikundu village outside Malamulele on Saturday. The fifth victim of the head-on collision was…

File: Sergeant Fannie Nkosi testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Madlanga Commission has heard that Sergeant Fannie Nkosi had no authority to interfere with procurement-related matters in the Tshwane Metro Police Department. This is contained in the department’s chief Yolande Faro‘s testimony before the commission in Pretoria. Nkosi, who spent the Easter long…

FILE | SANDF seen on the Cape Flats. Residents of Mohlakeng, west of Johannesburg, are calling for the deployment of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members to assist the police in tackling high levels of crime in the area. The residents say there is not enough capacity of police officers to effectively combat the…

View of the Alice Campus of the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it has made significant progress in its investigation into maladministration and academic fraud at the University of Fort Hare in the Eastern Cape. The unit says its investigation is at an advanced stage, and…

Police are seen alongside members of the army in Cape Town as part of efforts to fight crime in this image captured on 01 April 2026. The Cape Flats Safety Forum says the recent shooting incidents in the area raise concerns about the effectiveness of the newly-deployed South African Defence Force (SANDF) members. The remarks…

A view of a portion of the Moon in what NASA describes as “along the terminator, the boundary between lunar day and night, where low-angle sunlight casts long, dramatic shadows across the surface” during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon, April 6. The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) says it worked tirelessly…

The national flags of Botswana Former Botswana President, Festus Mogae, has taken ill and is hospitalised. The government of Botswana has released a statement, indicating that he is being treated at a hospital in the capital, Gaborone. Government communications say he is in a stable condition. Mogae is the third president of Botswana, who took…