Residents walk between flooded shacks following severe weather from a cold front in Masiphumelele, Cape Town. Mop-up operations are expected to begin on Wednesday, following severe weather events since two cold fronts made landfall in the Western Cape over the weekend. Schools in the province have also reopened. The Education department says there may, however,…
Minister Patricia De Lille addresses Africa’s Travel Indaba in Durban. Tourism Minister Patricia De Lille says South Africa’s tourism industry is aiming to attract 50 million international visitors by 2030, as part of a broader strategy to grow the economy and create jobs. Speaking at the opening of the Africa’s Travel Indaba at the Durban…
Commander of the Crime Information Management and Analysis Centre (CIMAC) at Zonkizizwe Police Station in Gauteng, Warrant Officer Marumo Magane gives evidence at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on May 12, 2026. The police commander attached to the Crime Information Management and Analysis Centre at the Zonkizizwe Police Station, south east of Johannesburg,…
Inside the High Court in Pretoria where the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is taking place. The third witness regarding one of the accused, Bongani Ntanzi, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder case, Police Colonel Silas Thoka, is expected to continue with his testimony at the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday morning. Thoka, the station commander…
VIP protection vehicle blue lights. It has emerged that one of the vehicles of the convoy of Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, allegedly hit and killed two pedestrians on the N1 outside Bela Bela in Limpopo on Saturday. In a statement, police say the official vehicle was being driven by a member of the Protection Security…
ANCYL President Collen Malatji addresses the media at the party’s headquarters in Johannesburg. The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has backed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to take Parliament’s Independent Panel report on review. During the address to the nation on Monday, Ramaphosa announced that he would not be resigning, insisting that he had not…
FILE IMAGE | Men hold placards offering temporary employment services while waiting for potential customers. Data released by Statistics South Africa points to a reduction in both formal and informal sector employment, which dropped by 189 000 and 127 000 respectively. The quarterly labour force survey revealed that the official unemployment rate rose by 1.3%…
President Cyril Ramaphosa looks on during a media briefing, at the Union Building Legal analyst Mpumelelo Nyoka says President Cyril Ramaphosa’s intended court review of the Section 89 Independent Panel Report, cannot halt Parliament’s constitutional obligation to begin impeachment processes. Nyoka argues that while the president has the right to seek judicial review, the Constitutional…
President Cyril Ramaphosa is welcomed by Minister of Tourism Patricia De Lille as he arrives at the 2026 Africa Travel Indaba in Durban. President Cyril Ramaphosa has described tourism as a major economic contributor in the continent. Ramaphosa has officially opened the 2026 Africa Travel Indaba in Durban on Tuesday. The Indaba is one of…
Firefighters at a scene A massive fire has broken out at a factory in Clairwood, south of Durban. The eThekwini Fire Department is at the scene and no injuries or casualties have been reported so far. Motorists are urged to use alternative routes because Dayal Road has been closed off. Garrith Jamieson of ALS paramedics,…
