Dobsonville community protest following teenager’s rape. Members from various political parties, including the Democratic Alliance (DA), the African National Congress (ANC) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), have clashed outside the Roodepoort Magistrates’ court in Johannesburg, where a church elder appeared for the rape of a 13-year-old girl in Dobsonville, Soweto. The case has been…
Christine Nxumalo of the Life Esidimeni Family Committee with a picture of her late sister Virginia Machpelah and late niece Shanice. A member of the Life Esidimeni Family Committee and sister to one of the deceased, Christine Nxumalo, has expressed relief after the National Prosecuting Authority confirmed it will prosecute those implicated in the deaths…
Hawks arrest two Mpumalanga lawyers over alleged R14m fraud linked to a Nelspruit property deal. The Hawks in Mpumalanga have arrested two legal practitioners for alleged fraud, theft and money laundering linked to a 2021 incident. It is alleged that a 40-year-old suspect, the daughter-in-law of the second suspect, defrauded a businessperson of R14m under…
[File image]: Nafiz Modack in a court room. A witness in the trial of alleged underworld crime boss, Nafiz Modack, has testified that the accused informed him that former detective boss Major-General Jeremy Vearey and Charl Kinnear allegedly extorted money from him. Police Captain Alfred Benjamin Barker, who worked for Crime Intelligence to investigate the…
Four people have died and 10 others injured at Lutanadwa bridge at Levubu outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo Four people have died and 10 others have been injured following a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a light delivery truck at Lutanadwa bridge at Levubu outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo. The injured have been…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM: Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial | 14 April 2026
The Emfuleni Local Municipality says it’s confident police will arrest the suspect behind the murder of municipality employee Martha Rantsofu. She was the municipality’s acting accountant. Rantsofu was shot execution style while at a tyre shop in Vanderbijlpark last month. It is still unclear what the motive for her murder is, but reports suggest that…
Three people have been gunned down in Gugulethu, on the Cape Flats. Western Cape police spokesperson, Andre Traut, says officers were called to a residence on Monday night where they discovered the bodies of a man and a woman with gunshot wounds inside the house. A third victim was found outside the premises with a…
Rainfall in an area Johannesburg Emergency Services says no major incidents have been reported overnight and on Tuesday morning due to rain that continues to fall across the city. Emergency Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi says the city’s response teams are on standby to respond to any incidents, especially in informal settlements, which are prone to…
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers keynote address at the opening of the National House of Traditional and Khoisan leaders in Parliament. Parliament has confirmed that the African Transformation Movement (ATM) has lodged an impeachment motion request against President Cyril Ramaphosa with National Assembly Speaker, Thoko Didiza. This flows from the release of a report by the…
