Cattle at a farm. Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) in the Western Cape says a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease in a dairy herd in the Mossel Bay area has been brought to their attention. In a statement, the MPO says further information will be communicated as soon as there are more developments or confirmation. The…
An ANC flag seen at the party’s Mpumalanga January 8 Anniversary Rally at Lilian Ngoyi Stadium. The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West has sent a stern warning to its deployees, saying resolutions taken at its Extended Provincial Executive Committee Lekgotla will not be a box-ticking exercise. Speaking on the second day of…
A view of the scene in Brakpan where Wiandre Pretorius shot himself. Police have confirmed that they are investigating whether members of a criminal syndicate implicated in the 2022 murder of Emmanuel Mbhense are assassinating each other. This follows the killing of three of the twelve suspects in apparent hits. Mbhense was allegedly tortured and…
Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head, Major General Johan Booysen. Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has alleged that former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head, Major General Johan Booysen, together with members of the Cato Manor Police Unit, received monetary rewards from their employer for what he described as extrajudicial killings carried out under the guise of combating taxi violence in the…
A person cleans the scene where Wiandre Pretorius shot himself, February 8, 2026. Police have confirmed that former police reservist Wiandre Pretorius was a person of interest in the murder of Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D from the Madlanga Commission. This was revealed on Sunday morning, hours after he took his own…
South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke. Evidence leaders at the Nkabinde Enquiry are expected to apply for a postponement until Thursday due to the absence of additional witnesses. This follows the conclusion of testimony by former KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Moipone Noko, on Friday. The enquiry is investigating the…
South African Police Service building. Two suspects are expected to appear in the Christiana Magistrate’s Court in the North West on Monday after they allegedly stabbed to death a police sergeant at a local tavern. Provincial Police Spokesperson, Adele Myburgh, says the 47-year-old police official was involved in a verbal altercation with two other men…
The 25-year-old Armindo Pacula who is linked to the murder of DJ Warras appears in court, 2 February 2026. The bail application of the second man accused of allegedly pulling the trigger in the assassination of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, is expected to continue on Monday at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-five-year-old Mozambican national Armindo…
A drop of water coming out of a tap. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed a declaration by the national government of the drought in the province as a national disaster. He says this enables authorities to be preventative, to move money around and to use the disaster as a risk management tool. He…
England’s Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett bump fists before batting. Two-time champions England survived a major scare before labouring to a four-run victory against a plucky Nepal in a Group C last-ball thriller at the Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday. A mismatch looked on the cards after fifties by captain Harry Brook (53) and Jacob…
