File: Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). A South African military veteran has encouraged soldiers to continue to protect the country’s sovereignty and defend the nation with honour and discipline. William Siwanda was speaking on the sidelines of Saturday’s Armed Forces Day celebrations in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. Armed Forces Day is commemorated annually…
President Cyril Ramaphosa will officiate the Armed Forces Day commemoration at Thohoyandou, Limpopo. Armed Forces Day is the annual commemoration of the sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917. 616 South African troops lost their lives when the vessel sank en route to France.
File: water shortages in Gauteng Residents of Melville, Brixton and Parktown West in Johannesburg are set to take to the streets again on Saturday morning to protest against the ongoing water supply outages. They say they’ve been without water for over a month despite promises by the City of Johannesburg that the water will be…
[File] South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers parade. Armed Forces Day will be taking place in Thohoyandou, Limpopo on Saturday. It is the annual commemoration of the sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917. 616 South African troops lost their lives when the vessel sank en route to France. Democratic Alliance MP,…
Cows being vaccinated against FMD in the Western Cape. The Western Cape government says the ongoing foot-and-mouth disease will not affect provincial food security. Foot-and-Mouth disease is a viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including cows, pigs, sheep and goats. Western Cape Minister of Agriculture, Ivan Meyer, says the current biosecurity protocols will ensure that…
Police crime scene tape wrapped around a tree. The South African Police Service (SAPS) says Gauteng recorded the highest number of contact crimes in the country in the third quarter of 2025. This is contained in the third-quarter crime statistics released in Pretoria earlier today. The statistics are for the period 1st October to 31st December 2025….
Anti-Apartheid activist, Steve Biko. The inquest into the death of Black Consciousness Leader Steve Bantu Biko has been adjourned to the 4th of March by the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape. The postponement is to sort out legal representation for both persons of interest in the inquest. The reopened inquest seeks to re-examine…
FILE | The accused, Imanuwela David, Froliana Joseph and her brother Ndilinasho Joseph, who are linked to the theft of $580,000 USD at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm. The trial involving three people accused of stealing 580 000 US dollars from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm in February 2020 has been postponed to March 13…
Anti-rape activists’ sloganeering. South African Police Service (SAPS) crime registrar Major-General Thulare Sekhukhune has announced that the country has seen a decrease in the number of reported rape cases. He announced this when he outlined the third-quarter crime statistics in Pretoria. The statistics are for the period from October 1st to December 31st. Sekhukhune says…
Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial , Bongani Ntanzi. Accused number two, Bongani Ntanzi, insists he does not know three of his co-accused in the Senzo Meyiwa trial. Ntanzi is on the stand at the High Court in Pretoria, where he is appearing alongside four other accused of the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana…
