Lightning flash from severe weather and thunderstorms. The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre has urged people to take the necessary precautions to safeguard their homes, following an advisory that was issued for adverse weather conditions expected in parts of the Western Cape. The Weather Service has warned of a cold front that’s…
Illegal miners or zama zamas Police Provincial Head for Corporate Communication and Liaison in Limpopo Hlulani Mashaba has urged residents to report incidents where police are colluding with illegal miners. Some residents in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo say illegal mining is continuing unabated. Community members in areas such as Ga-Nkoana believe that little…
Press briefing on the kidnapping Authorities say they have full confidence in law enforcement agencies to arrest those behind Mazwi Kubheka’s kidnapping. Kubheka, a tuck shop owner, was abducted a month ago. Following protests for his safe return on Friday, Khubeka presented himself at the Vosloorus Police Station Saturday night. He was taken to a…
Gauteng Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni has confirmed that spaza shop owner, Mazwi Kubheka, was kidnapped. Addressing a media briefing, Mthombeni says Kubheka was allegedly picked up by a motorist near Carnival City in Brakpan, who then took him to the police station in Vosloorus. Kubheka went missing on April 2, 2026, while on his…
Community members and civic movements marched in Vosloorus calling for Mazwi Kubheka’s safe return. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and Provincial Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni are expected to brief the media later on Sunday morning on the latest developments around Vosloorus spaza shop owner Mazwi Kubheka. An unharmed Kubheka presented himself to the police…
Police say they have found the missing spaza shop owner from Vosloorus Ekurhuleni, Mazwi Kubheka, alive this evening. Kubheka went missing a month ago, the day he went to pay rent for his spaza shop. Yesterday, hundreds of people marched calling for his safe return. Police say Kubheka presented himself at the Vosloorus police station…
Rain drops on a window The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says conditions in parts of the Western Cape are expected to clear by Sunday morning, following a cold front that brought rain and strong winds earlier on Saturday. Forecaster Mathebula Langutelani says the cold front moved across the south-western parts of the province, resulting…
Komati River in Mpumalanga. Police in Mpumalanga are awaiting DNA test results to enable them to identify the partial human remains found inside a crocodile in the Komati River, near Komatipoort, on Saturday. Police say they suspect the remains might be those of the 59-year-old Gauteng businessman who went missing while attempting to cross a…
File Image: Broken glasses on the ground following car crash. Three people have died in a crash on the Du Toitskloof road near Paarl, in the Boland in the Western Cape. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the accident involved a single vehicle. He says officers arrived on the scene and found the victims, who were…
[File image] Flooding after heavy rains. The Free State Department of Cooperative Governance will start a mop-up operation in Phomolong and the Thandanani Informal Settlement in Welkom on Sunday, following heavy rains. More than 500 people were evacuated to the Setshabelo Primary School after their homes were flooded. The department’s spokesperson, Zimasa Mbewu, says some…
