Court gavel. A 25-year-old suspect is expected to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Thursday in connection with a shooting incident in Nyanga on the Cape Flats on Christmas Day in December 2025. Four people were killed when two armed men entered a room, opened fire on them and fled the scene. Witnesses helped…
Sporong informal settlement residents in Randgate communit hall Residents of the Sporong informal settlement in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg, claim that the conditions in which they are living at the local community hall are unhygienic. They say that the hall is overcrowded and that they are sharing it with people who have chronic illnesses. About 500 Sporong residents…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi testifying at the Madlanga Commission last year. Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Deputy Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi is expected to testify before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on Thursday morning. Mkhwanazi is expected to shed light on his relationship with alleged criminal cartel kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. He is accused of…
The scene of a deadly scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark on 19 January 2026. The scholar transport driver, who allegedly caused the crash that claimed the lives of 12 learners in Vanderbijlpark on Monday, is expected to appear in the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate Court in Vaal on Thursday. The 22-year-old faces 12 counts of culpable homicide,…
The late Senzo Meyiwa Defence witness Sifiso Gwabini Zungu has distanced himself from a signed statement linking the five accused in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, to his killing. Gwabini is testifying for the defence at the High Court in Pretoria where the 2014 murder trial of the Bafana Bafana captain is under way. It’s…
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia (centre) Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says organised crime in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape has become increasingly complex, requiring new strategies beyond traditional policing. He was speaking in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape during the first leg of a stakeholder engagement focused on tackling crime. These remarks come as communities in both provinces continue to…
A building destroyed by flooding in Limpopo The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) CEO, Themba Matlou says they will continue providing three meals a day for the next 15 days to the families whose houses were flattened by floods at Mbaula village outside Giyani in Limpopo. Matlou engaged with the families at the local…
Court gavel and handcuffs Accused Number Two, Aphiwe Ndende’s defence lawyer in the mass murder of 18 people at Ngobazana Village in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, has accused state witness, Lwando Abi, of contradicting himself. Advocate Mawande Nokhwali was cross-examining, accused turned state witness, Abi, at the Mthatha High Court sitting in Lusikisiki. Six…
Flooding at the Mohlapitsi river in Ga-Mampa village in Limpopo on 14 January 2026. Flood-related deaths in Limpopo have risen to 19 following the discovery of a body in Phalaborwa. The body is believed to be of one of the two boys who were swept away in the overflowing Selati River. Limpopo Disaster Management spokesperson Tsakani Baloyi says communities…
Barrier tape and gun cartridges. Police say three of the five men killed outside a local tuck shop in Jeffsville, Atteridgeville, in Pretoria are foreign nationals. The other two have not been identified. The motive for the murders is not yet known. Gauteng police are currently combing through the crime scene at the informal settlement….
