Roadsafety Campaign. Traffic authorities in the Eastern Cape have their hands full as thousands of travelers making their way to various destinations to usher in the New Year. Driving under the influence of alcohol remains a big concern for law enforcement officials and more than 1300 motorists have already been arrested in connection with this…
Defence Minister Angie Motshekga briefing the media The Minister of Defense and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga, has expressed deep sadness following the tragic deaths of two South African National Defence Force members aged 33 and 39 who were swept away while crossing a low-lying bridge in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. The two soldiers were on patrol when…
Handcuffs seen on top of a table. The phone snatcher. who was captured on camera snatching the phone of a lady arriving at an establishment in Brooklyn on the East of Pretoria, has been nabbed. The assailant was quickly identified after a video of him snatching the phone was uploaded on social media. Johannesburg Metro…
Forensic officials hold a meeting outside a tavern, the scene of an early morning shooting in Bekkersdal, December 21, 2025. The five people who are accused of shooting nine patrons dead at the KwaNoxolo tavern in Bekkersdal, Gauteng, will be back in the Westonaria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The five who appeared in court on…
Alleged criminal cartel kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala gives evidence before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria on November 26, 2025. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has confirmed that alleged cartel member and attempted murder-accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has been moved to a super maximum correctional centre in Kokstad,…
Picture shows barrier tape and gun cartridges. An eight-year-old boy and three adults have been shot and wounded in a crossfire between rival gangs in Parkwood on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Ndakhe Gwala, says the child sustained wounds to his pelvis and right leg. Gwala says all the victims were taken to a nearby hospital…
A search and rescue police vehicle seen in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga were an SANDF member went missing. Rescue teams have recovered remains believed to be that of the missing South African National Defence Force (SANDF) member on the borderline of Mozambique and South Africa in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. The two soldiers were swept by the Nkomati River…
Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. The Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo has postponed to February 19, 2026, the case of one of the three suspects in the shooting incident in Saulsville, Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria. Twelve people were killed and 13 others were wounded in the incident, which happened earlier this month. The suspect was arrested on…
The Bekkersdal shooting crime scene, December 21, 2025. The case of the five people suspected to be linked to the shooting incident in Bekkersdal has been postponed to Monday next week in the Westonaria Magistrate’s Court west of Johannesburg. Nine people were killed in the incident, which happened at the KwaNoxolo tavern earlier this month….
A view of the collapsed double-storey building in Soweto. Johannesburg MMC for Economic Development, Nomoya Mnisi says the Xaba family will be relocated following the collapse of a double-storey building in Doornkop, Soweto, which claimed the lives of three of their family members, Hloniphile Xaba (60), her daughter Nqobile (24), and her granddaughter, Langelihle (one-year-old),…
