Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop over the Overberg The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning of severe thunderstorms in parts of the Western Cape on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop over the Overberg and Southern Cape Winelands early morning. The weather service says this may…
[FILE IMAGE] School children having lunch. Eastern Cape medical teams say they suspect that organophosphate poisoning may be the cause of the deaths of two children who died after consuming snacks bought at a spaza shop at Msintsi Location. Organophosphate poisoning occurs when the body reacts to chemical compounds found in certain agricultural products. The…
Cattle at a farm. Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) in the Western Cape says a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease in a dairy herd in the Mossel Bay area has been brought to their attention. In a statement, the MPO says further information will be communicated as soon as there are more developments or confirmation. The…
A view of the scene in Brakpan where Wiandre Pretorius shot himself. Police have confirmed that they are investigating whether members of a criminal syndicate implicated in the 2022 murder of Emmanuel Mbhense are assassinating each other. This follows the killing of three of the twelve suspects in apparent hits. Mbhense was allegedly tortured and…
A person cleans the scene where Wiandre Pretorius shot himself, February 8, 2026. Police have confirmed that former police reservist Wiandre Pretorius was a person of interest in the murder of Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D from the Madlanga Commission. This was revealed on Sunday morning, hours after he took his own…
South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke. Evidence leaders at the Nkabinde Enquiry are expected to apply for a postponement until Thursday due to the absence of additional witnesses. This follows the conclusion of testimony by former KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Moipone Noko, on Friday. The enquiry is investigating the…
South African Police Service building. Two suspects are expected to appear in the Christiana Magistrate’s Court in the North West on Monday after they allegedly stabbed to death a police sergeant at a local tavern. Provincial Police Spokesperson, Adele Myburgh, says the 47-year-old police official was involved in a verbal altercation with two other men…
The 25-year-old Armindo Pacula who is linked to the murder of DJ Warras appears in court, 2 February 2026. The bail application of the second man accused of allegedly pulling the trigger in the assassination of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock, is expected to continue on Monday at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-five-year-old Mozambican national Armindo…
A drop of water coming out of a tap. Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has welcomed a declaration by the national government of the drought in the province as a national disaster. He says this enables authorities to be preventative, to move money around and to use the disaster as a risk management tool. He…
Police arrested three suspects in Bekkersdal after finding three AK‑47 rifles and ammunition in a vehicle during patrols. Three suspects have been arrested in Bekkersdal on Gauteng’s West Rand after police discovered a cache of illegal firearms. The arrests were made in the early hours of Sunday morning when South African Police Service (SAPS) officers…
