Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure Dean MacPherson briefs the media on the eThekwini Municipality’s Expanded Public Works Programme in Durban on 14 April 2026. Government has suspended funding to the eThekwini Municipality’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in KwaZulu-Natal. The announcement was made in Durban by the Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean MacPherson, during…
A placard advocating for an end to sexual violence. The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has condemned church-related abuse and has called for full accountability in the Dobsonville rape incident. A church elder is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in Soweto on Good Friday. The 56-year-old suspect, who is a member of a men’s…
A JMPD van is pictured during a roadblock at the Grasmere Toll Plaza in Johannesburg. An off-duty Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer has been shot dead at Orange Farm in the Vaal. Thirty-year-old Lindani Maleka was killed shortly after arriving at a residence in Sizanani Street, Extension 6A. Police believe the incident may have been a targeted killing. Preliminary reports indicate…
A person walks outside the Christ Apostolic Church during a Sunday service held for those killed and kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on November 18, in the town of Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, November 23, 2025. Nigerian police have arrested a 33-member gang over a November attack in which 38 people were abducted from…
21 learners have been injured in two separate crashes in KwaZulu-Natal Twenty-one learners have been injured in two separate crashes in KwaZulu-Natal. The first incident occurred on the P483 near the Karbochem turn-off in Newcastle, where a bus carrying approximately 30 passengers lost control. The second collision took place on Khan Road in Pietermaritzburg, involving…
COGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa is expected to lead a National Disaster Management Strategic Indaba in Kempton Park, East of Johannesburg, on Tuesday. The gathering aims to strengthen the country’s ability to prevent, prepare and respond to disasters. The Indaba is part of the government’s ongoing efforts…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on April 14, 2026. Evidence leader Adv Mahlape Sello has put it to the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi may have lied about his mother’s passing last…
FILE | Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu. The mother of one of the survivors of the Life Esidimeni Tragedy has expressed joy over the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) decision to pursue criminal charges against individuals linked to the deaths of over 140 psychiatric patients. The NPA announced on Monday, following years of investigation and…
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…
