Phala Phala farm in Limpopo The report of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) into the break-in and theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm has been declassified. That’s the reply given by acting Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia to a written parliamentary question from the ATM. Cachalia says the report was declassified on…
FILE | Bullets on top of a table at a police station. A traditional leader has been shot dead and a family member wounded during a robbery at Makhuvha village outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo. The wounded person has been taken to the hospital. Fifty-nine-year-old Chief Ntikedzeni Makhuvha was shot by armed robbers wearing balaclavas and…
Dean Macpherson, Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says he has authorised court proceedings against three former MK Party Members of Parliament, for unlawfully occupying Parliamentary village properties in Cape Town. The minister says the three were removed from Parliament in August 2024. Macpherson also wants the court…
Johannesburg Emergency Management Services on the scene at the Ormonde building after it collapsed. Six people have died following a building collapse in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg. It has been confirmed that 12 people were in the building. According to EMS, two people remain trapped, one person has been rescued and three people have not…
[FILE IMAGE]: KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli speaks during community engagements at Cecil Emmett Hall in Vryheid on November 6, 2025. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli says the economy of the province has been showing signs of recovery after the devastations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 unrest. Ntuli was delivering his third State of…
Accused number two in Senzo Meyiwa murder trial , Bongani Ntanzi seen appearing in court. Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case Bongani Ntanzi has accused police officers of using his phone while he was in custody. The cross examination of Ntanzi has continued at the High Court in Pretoria where he is…
Droplets of water from a tap. Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says government is exploring a range of measures to alleviate the country’s water crisis. She elaborated on the measures while visiting the Lower Umkhomazi Water Project on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. She says government will focus mostly on people who have no water…
File: Rain drops hitting the roof of a house. The City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services says it is on high alert following heavy downpours that affected parts of the metro over the weekend and into Monday morning. While no life-threatening incidents have been reported so far, emergency teams remain on standby to…
Global reaction to US, Israel attacks on Iran. A South African father is pleading for urgent government intervention as tensions escalate in the Middle East following attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran and the latter’s retaliation. Syed Abdullah Husseini says he has not been able to contact his daughter, who lives in…
Smoke rises after the state news agency reported a missile attack on the service center of the U.S. Fifth Fleet, following strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran, in Manama, Bahrain on February 28, 2026. The Iranian embassy in South Africa has committed to working together with the Department of International Relations and…
