seven suspects, aged between 19 and 31, arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition Police in the Northern Cape have arrested seven suspects aged between 19 and 31 for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. They were arrested in Kuruman after two members attached to the Kuruman Crime Prevention Unit stopped and…
African National Congress (ANC) MP Molapi Lekganyane delivers opening address on August 5, 2025 after being elected as Chairperson of the ad hoc committee investigating KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations. The number of proposed witnesses set to testify before the Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi…
File image Defending champions, South Africa, have been forced into a late change ahead of Saturday’s Rugby Championship test match against Argentina in Durban. Prop Boan Venter will start in the number one jersey in place of Ox Nche, who was forced to withdraw from the team due to an injury. Venter was initially named…
Experts agree that Transnet has shown progress in turning around the delays and inefficiencies at ports. This, despite the latest Containers Port Terminal Index, compiled and released by the World Bank and S&P market intelligence, ranking some of South Africa’s ports at the bottom, with Durban ranked the lowest, followed by the Port of Ngqura…
Accident signage. Five people have been killed and six injured in a head-on collision along the R518 road in Lephalale, Limpopo. According to traffic authorities, a sedan overtook and collided with an oncoming vehicle. Transport department spokesperson Tshifhiwa Dali has cited reckless driving as a possible cause of the crash. “Both drivers of the two…
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa has called on businesspeople and society to pull South Africa’s metros out of the mire. Hlabisa has told the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber that the country was facing a real problem. He says the City of…
An inspector checks cattle for foot and mouth disease. The Minister of Agriculture, John Steenhuisen, says plans are underway for South Africa to produce its own foot-and-mouth disease vaccine. Steenhuisen was addressing farmers in Eshowe in northern KwaZulu-Natal, which is the epicentre of the disease. He says currently the country is importing vaccines from Botswana….
File image| Ditsobotla Municipality head office building. The national Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Department says it’s determined to ensure the resumption of the delivery of basic services in the Lichtenburg-based Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West. Years of instability have led to the collapse of the delivery of services and financial management….
File image| National Taxi Alliance Chairperson Thamsanqa Moya. The slain taxi boss Thamsanqa Moya’s funeral service will take place in Pimville, Soweto, on Saturday morning. Scores of families, friends and colleagues are expected to attend the service at Grace Bible Church. The National Taxi Alliance’s (NATA) Gauteng chairperson was gunned down along the Soweto Highway…
Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced a plan to completely eliminate load reduction across the country within the next 12 to 18 months. Ramokgopa says this follows the successful turnaround on national load shedding, with the energy availability factor consistently holding above 70%, a significant jump from 48% in early 2023….
