The scene of a deadly scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark on 19 January 2026. Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane says preliminary investigations into the cause of the scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark indicate that the driver was attempting to overtake multiple vehicles when a head-on collision with a truck occurred. The crash claimed the lives of 13 learners. Five other learners were injured, with…
The Letaba River in Limpopo is over flowing. Matric learners at the Sekgoari Secondary School at Ga-Modjadji village in Bolobedu, Limpopo, have expressed concern that their academic year was delayed due to flooding. The opening of the schools in the flood-hit areas in Mopani, Vhembe and parts of Sekhukhune districts was halted due to persistent…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is continuing in the High Court in Pretoria . Police officers involved in investigations and the arrests are expected to take the stand again. LIVESTREAM:
Police presence outside the North Gauteng Hight Court in Pretoria on 16 October 2023. The state in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has highlighted contradictions in the testimony of defence witness, Sifiso Gwabini Zungu. He is back on the witness stand at the High Court in Pretoria after the presiding judge ruled that the state can…
Six people have been shot dead in separate incidents in Cape Town. Western Cape Police Spokesperson Andre Traut says officers responded to a report in Melck Street in Ndabeni, where they found four people dead inside an informal dwelling. The motive for the incident is unclear. He says in a separate incident, two men were…
The Cape Winelands Fire Services vehicle parked a burning veld in Franschhoek, Western Cape. The Cape Winelands District Municipality says a fire burning above Franschhoek remains out of control. Municipality’s Spokesperson Jo-Anne Otto says firefighters faced challenging conditions overnight, with strong winds driving the fire through the Assegaai-bos area. She says the blaze jumped the…
The three accused of breaking into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm appear in court. The Modimolle regional court in Limpopo is expected to continue with the trial of three people accused in the February 2020 theft of a large amount of US dollars from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm. A cell phone screening expert is expected to testify. Immanuela David and the Joseph…
Alleged mastermind behind Ngobozana massacre, Mzukisi Ndamase. The trial of six men accused of the murder of 18 people at Ngobozana village in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape is expected to resume on Tuesday. One of the accused who turned state witness, Lwando Abi, will continue to be cross-examined by accused number two’s defence attorney when the trial resumes in…
Outside the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court. Eight learners from Milnerton High School are expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm. A video went viral on social media last year in which a grade ten learner was beaten with objects, including…
A fire rages on a mountain in Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands District Municipality on 19 January 2026. The Cape Winelands District Municipality Fire Services says air support has been forced to stand down due to strong wind conditions, hampering firefighting efforts as a blaze continues to burn in Franschhoek. Municipal spokesperson Jo Anne Otto…
