FILE| Rain falling on an umbrella. A severe thunderstorm accompanied by heavy downpours, damaging winds, excessive lightning and hail is expected to hit areas in the southern and midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a yellow level 2 warning for Thursday and Friday. Areas that could be affected include Greater…
The R102 crash near Lotus Park at Isipingo south of Durban, January 29, 2026 The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport says a joint team of highly trained officers from various law enforcement agencies has been established to investigate the exact cause of a crash that claimed the lives of 11 people on R102 near Lotus Park…
KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head General Lesetja Senona at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on January 29, 2026. Evidence leader Adv Adila Hassim has rejected an argument advanced by KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Lesetja Senona’s legal counsel that they have been prejudiced by the Madlanga Commission. Senona has returned to the commission for a third consecutive day. Adv…
Violence against women In South Africa, more than 7.3 million women have experienced physical or sexual violence at some point in their lives. This is according to the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) First South African National Gender-Based Violence Study published in 2024. Since the beginning of this year, SABC News has been sharing daily…
Ministers and deputy ministers attend Cabinet Lekgotla. The extended Cabinet Lekgotla will end in Pretoria on Thursday afternoon, with its outcomes set to form the basis of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on the 12th of next month. The two-day meeting was called to discuss plans and priorities for the year,…
EFF MP Leigh-Ann Mathys EFF MP serving in Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee Leigh-Ann Mathys says they support calls for both private investigator Paul O’Sullivan and North West businessman Brown Mogotsi to be subpoenaed to appear before the committee. The committee, looking into concerns around national security, has taken a decision that the two must be subpoenaed. This after it emerged that both will not be available…
The EFF says it rejects Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero’s decision to suspend Rea Vaya feeder buses in Soweto. According to the EFF’s Dumisani Baleni, the unilateral decision was taken without consultation with affected communities and commuter structures. He says this will directly deny Soweto residents access to safe, affordable and reliable public transport. Baleni states…
Person using a cellphone The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it will push for an earlier implementation of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) amended rules on mobile data bundle expiration. From January 23 next year, South Africa’s telecommunications companies will be required to allow consumers to roll over unused mobile data bundles….
Empty benches inside a court The High Court sitting in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, is expected to sentence a 44-year-old Sibusiso Mahlalela of Naas in Nkomazi. Mahlalela was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, Fikile Mokoena, in August 2024. Evidence in court indicates that on the day in question, the accused and the deceased engaged in a…
Three of five suspects accused of killing former Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa. The state in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial intends to take defence witness Makhosonke Zungu through a signed statement this morning when the trial continues. Five men are on trial at the High Court in Pretoria for the 2014 murder of the…
