A person signals for help under water. Residents of Moshana village in Zeerust in the North West are disheartened over what they say is a lack of police resources and response time in their area. This follows the drowning of two girls, aged 15 and 18, while swimming in a dam. Although residents say they alerted police immediately, their bodies were only…
Candles lit amid a power outage. The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape is currently facing a major power outage affecting large parts of the Metro. Areas affected include Forest Hill, Newton Park as well as the Western Suburbs. The municipality has also has urged residents to exercise extreme caution as windy conditions…
WOH G64 is a system composed of a red supergiant (at left, in orange) and a smaller hot star (at right, in blue). Astronomers using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) have solved a scientific mystery involving a red supergiant star that has been misbehaving. “In the last decade, the star’s behaviour changed radically. It…
The group comes from different provinces around the country. The workers were officially welcomed by health MEC Sasekani Manzini. The Department of Health in Mpumalanga has strengthened its healthcare system with the arrival of more than 500 new intern health workers. The group comes from different provinces around the country. The workers were officially welcomed…
Residents are seen walking on a road submerged in water after heavy rains in Dindela village in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga in this image captured on 19 January 2026. The Mpumalanga Department of Agriculture, Land Development and Environmental Affairs needs over R165 million to assist farmers affected by the recent floods. About 600 farmers were affected by the…
MEC for Roads and Transport – Kedibone Diale-Tlabela and the Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy inspecting scholar transport vehicles. More than 60 scholar transport vehicles have been impounded in an operation that Transport Minister Barbara Creecy is leading in Lenasia, south of Johannesburg. Two drivers have also been arrested for overloading. The operation follows a…
Handcuffs depicting an arrest. The Plettenberg Bay Regional Court in the Western Cape has sentenced a former police officer to six years’ imprisonment for corruption, fraud, forgery and defeating the ends of justice. Ralston Petersen, who served in the South African Police Service (SAPS) for 16 years, was convicted on eight counts after pleading guilty…
Bullets on the ground. Eastern Cape police have confirmed that the alleged shooter at a school in Ntabankulu has been declared dead at the scene. This as they are investigating a fatal shooting of a teacher that occurred earlier today at Ntabankulu Junior Secondary School where two other teachers were also injured in the incident. Police Spokesperson Nobuntu…
A board showing the Pretoria High Court. Sifiso Gwabini Zungu has refuted the state’s claims that his hostel residence was a gathering spot for his KwaZulu- Natal homeboys and the Senzo Meyiwa murder accused. Zungu has been on the stand at the High Court in Pretoria, where five men are on trial for the 2014…
The 22-year-old driver, who was behind the wheel when a scholar transport minibus taxi crashed with a truck, is appearing before the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court on 14 counts of culpable homicide, as well as reckless and negligent driving. Twelve learners died at the scene on Monday and two more learners died in hospital on Thursday…
