Police station The parents of a two-year-old boy and four-year-old girl from Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg have been arrested on charges of attempted murder and defeating the ends of justice. This after the mother confirmed to police that her partner has been allegedly sexually abusing and assaulting the children. The girl child is fighting…
Crime scene in Eldorado Park. An Eldorado Park ward councillor, Juwairiya Kaldene has asked the community to pray for a 4-year-old girl reportedly on life support at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. The little girl was allegedly assaulted by her own father in Eldorado Park south of Johannesburg this week. Gauteng police are yet…
National Schools Nutrition programme Service providers in KwaZulu-Natal are calling on Premier Thami Ntuli to act swiftly against Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka. There are claims that Hlomuka manipulated the bidding process for the school nutrition programme, with an aim to benefit a company linked to his relatives. It is alleged that several companies associated with prominent…
The trial of the six men accused of the mass murder of 18 people at Ngobozana Village in Lusikisiki last year has been postponed until Friday by the special sitting of the Mthatha High Court in the Eastern Cape. On Thursday, the state called a police crime scene expert as its only witness. The court…
Court proceedings from the Limpopo pig farm murder trial, 07 August 2025. One of the defence lawyers in the killing of two women whose bodies were fed to pigs at a farm at Onverwacht, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, has welcomed the withdrawal of charges against his client. Former accused number two, Rudolf de Wet, had…
A police officer wears a bullet-proof vest. Police in KwaZulu-Natal say they have made over 12 000 arrests for a variety of crimes committed in the province during specialised operations and routine policing last month. 331 firearms and 16 000 rounds of ammunition were recovered. Crimes related to murder, attempted murder and assault recorded the…
Menstruation Foundation charity The University of the Western Cape has launched its Students On The Go programme, which is about installing sanitary pad vending machines aimed at making sanitary pads available to students who need them. This is part of a nationwide programme at five universities, sponsored by a well-known chain store. After applying for…
Caution Limpopo Transport department says heavy rain and hail are causing hazardous conditions on the N1 outside Mokopane. Department spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene says they have deployed the traffic officers and emergency services personnel to monitor the situation. “Heavy rain and hail are causing hazardous conditions on the N1 South outside Mokopane, leading to cars…
Minister Gayton McKenzie. Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie has apologised to the SABC after he accused the corporation of being involved in an independent podcast, The Open Chat Podcast. Presenters on the podcast made derogatory remarks about the Coloured community in South Africa, and McKenzie assumed that the SABC aired the podcast on its…
A hospital ward National nursing association Denosa has called on both the Northern Cape Health MEC Maruping Lekwene and the department’s HOD to step down. The call follows the findings of the Health Ombudsman, which reflected the systematic failures of the department following the death of two people, and patient neglect at both the Northern…
