A JMPD van is pictured during a roadblock at the Grasmere Toll Plaza in Johannesburg. An off-duty Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer has been shot dead at Orange Farm in the Vaal. Thirty-year-old Lindani Maleka was killed shortly after arriving at a residence in Sizanani Street, Extension 6A. Police believe the incident may have been a targeted killing. Preliminary reports indicate…
EFF leader Julius Malema at the East London Magistrate’s Court on October 1, 2025. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is expected to be sentenced in the East London Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on firearm-related charges he was convicted for. Magistrate Twanet Olivier found Melama guilty on charges including the unlawful possession of a…
FILE| Models of oil barrels and a pump jack are displayed in front of a rising stock graph. Markets have reacted positively to reports that the US and Iran may resume talks to end the war despite a blockade on Iranian ports. Local equities were trading slightly higher on Tuesday with the JSE All Share…
A person walks outside the Christ Apostolic Church during a Sunday service held for those killed and kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on November 18, in the town of Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, November 23, 2025. Nigerian police have arrested a 33-member gang over a November attack in which 38 people were abducted from…
Chairperson Ian Cameron addresses Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police on July 7, 2025. Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police says it will call the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to explain its role in the Phala Phala report. The Constitutional Court announced recently that it would deliver judgment in the Phala Phala matter within a month….
21 learners have been injured in two separate crashes in KwaZulu-Natal Twenty-one learners have been injured in two separate crashes in KwaZulu-Natal. The first incident occurred on the P483 near the Karbochem turn-off in Newcastle, where a bus carrying approximately 30 passengers lost control. The second collision took place on Khan Road in Pietermaritzburg, involving…
COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa is expected to lead a National Disaster Management Strategic Indaba in Kempton Park, East of Johannesburg, on Tuesday. The gathering aims to strengthen the country’s ability to prevent, prepare and respond to disasters. The Indaba is part of the government’s ongoing efforts…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on April 14, 2026. Evidence leader Adv Mahlape Sello has put it to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi may have lied about his mother’s passing last…
Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, January 25, 2023. Oil prices surged on Monday as the US moved to impose a blockade on Iranian shipping after the collapse of weekend peace talks, while the dollar rose and stocks and bonds fell. The US…
FILE | Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu. The mother of one of the survivors of the Life Esidimeni Tragedy has expressed joy over the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) decision to pursue criminal charges against individuals linked to the deaths of over 140 psychiatric patients. The NPA announced on Monday, following years of investigation and…
