FILE | Border Management Authority (BMA) border guard checks passport. The Border Management Authority (BMA) says its joint operations are successfully alleviating congestion at the Beit Bridge border post in Musina, Limpopo. BMA Assistant Commissioner in Limpopo Joyce Sebanyoni says their teams are ready to process holidaymakers as they return from various destinations. She also…
Multi-award winning songstress, Makhadzi. Multi-award winning songstress Makhadzi is recovering well at a hospital in Polokwane, Limpopo, after being hit by a car while getting out of her vehicle. Makhadzi, whose real name is Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona, was driving on the N1 outside Mokopane on Wednesday when the incident occurred. She had alighted from her vehicle…
The BMA officials checking cars before crossing the border. The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it has enlisted the help of health specialists to examine returning travellers at the Beitbridge border post in Musina, Limpopo. It says the aim of the screening is to curb the spread of communicable diseases in the country. BMA spokesperson…
Large quantities of dead shellfish washed ashore at St Helena Bay and Elandsbaai, in the Western Cape The Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Department has warned the public against consuming all shellfish, irrespective of whether they are washed or collected from shore. This after large quantities of dead shellfish, including white mussels and whelks, washed…
FILE | NSRI rescue boat The second body of a group of five swimmers who were swept to sea at the beach, at Pennington on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, has been recovered. Police rescue teams, the national sea rescue institute and lifeguards recovered one body on Thursday. UPDATE | The second body from a group…
Water faucet, Water. Some residents in Polokwane, Limpopo, are reportedly suffering from gastrointestinal infections. The residents say they are experiencing diarrhea, stomach pain and fever among other symptoms. They say they have been consulting clinics, hospitals and surgeries as well as buying medication over the counter at pharmacies since November last year. Three family members…
Initiates seen at an initiation school Police are still investigating the death of an initiate at a Vereeniging initiation school in Gauteng. The 19-year-old collapsed and died in the presence of other initiates on Sunday. Two other critically ill initiates were taken to hospital. Gauteng police spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says, “An inquest docket has been…
Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae welcomes New Year’s Day babies. Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae has commended the fathers who were present at the hospital to support mothers of new babies born on New Year’s Day. The Premier visited both Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein and Dr JS Moroka in Thaba Nchu to welcome newborns on…
Police crime scene tape. In the early hours of New Year’s morning, a 38-year-old man was stabbed to death outside a tavern in Lethabong in the North West after a fight broke out over fireworks. Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Sam Tselanyane says patrons were setting off fireworks inside the establishment. They were confronted by another…
[File image] Crime scene from a fatal shooting. Police are investigating a case of murder after discovering the bodies of a man and a woman in holiday accommodation in Margate on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on New Year’s Day. Police spokesperson Paul Magwaza says the couple is believed to have been on holiday with family….
