A Russian vessel arrives at the Simon’s Town Naval base ahead of the BRICS Plus countries which include China, Russia and Iran for a joint naval exercises in South Africa’s, in Cape Town, South Africa, January 9, 2026. President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country needs to re-look the manner in which the South African National…
JMPD have arrested a man for overloading his vehicle and driving without a permit. The man who was transporting learners to school was found travelling with more than 20 of them in his minibus, which is supposed to carry fewer passengers. Johannesburg Metro Police have arrested a man for overloading his vehicle and driving without…
A view at the scene of the scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark. Gauteng police have confirmed that two more learners involved in the Vanderbijlpark scholar transport crash have died. This puts the death toll at 14. Twelve learners were initially killed in Monday’s crash involving a minibus taxi and a truck. The 22-year-old scholar transport…
Two of the accused in the Meyiwa murder trial Defence witness Sifiso Zungu is expected to continue to testify when the Senzo Meyiwa trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria this morning. Zungu has distanced himself from a signed statement linking the five accused. According to the statement the accused were together in Vosloorus, south east of Johannesburg…
2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. World leaders in government, business and civil society are gathering in Davos, Switzerland, for this week’s annual meeting, being held under the theme “A spirit of dialogue”. Team South Africa, led by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says the message they are taking to the world at this year’s…
City of Cape Town Fire & Rescue Service vehicle. Cape Town firefighters have managed to bring a blaze on the premises of Strand foam in Strand under control in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon, fuelled by strong winds. Police were called in after some of the bystanders…
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Willie Aucamp is briefing the media on the latest developments following the flooding at the Kruger National Park as well as on the Kruger Recovery Fund that has been established by SANParks’Honorary Rangers. LIVESTREAM:
Robert McBride at Ad Hoc Committee The assassination of senior Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigator, Mandla Mahlangu, is once again in sharp focus at Parliament today. This as former IPID head Robert McBride is appearing for a second day before the Ad Hoc Committee probing criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal…
Court gavel. A 25-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Thursday in connection with a shooting incident in Nyanga on the Cape Flats on Christmas Day in December 2025. Four people were killed when two armed men entered a room, opened fire on them and fled the scene. Witnesses helped…
Sporong informal settlement residents in Randgate communit hall Residents of the Sporong informal settlement in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, claim that the conditions in which they are living at the local community hall are unhygienic. They say that the hall is overcrowded and that they are sharing it with people who have chronic illnesses. About 500 Sporong residents…
