File Image: Matric learners in an exam room. The National Investigative Task Team, set up following a matric exam cheating scandal, is set to submit its preliminary report to Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube this week. Twenty-six matric candidates from seven schools in Pretoria were found to have allegedly accessed matric exam papers in English…
An SAPS chopper searchers for missing SANDF member at the Nkomati river in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga. The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Diving Unit in Mpumalanga says it is getting difficult to search for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) member who remains missing as the river is again breaking its banks after Saturday night’s…
Handcuffs depicting an arrest. Three suspects arrested on the Cape Flats are expected to appear in court on Monday. The suspects are charged with murder, attempted murder, possession of illegal firearms, and contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act. The arrests followed police anti-gang violence operations during the weekend. The three include a suspect…
Empty benches in court. Eleven people, including ten alleged illegal miners, are expected to appear in the Westonaria Magistrate’s Court in western Johannesburg on Monday. They were arrested in Bekkersdal on Wednesday last week after allegedly being found in possession of illegal firearms and ammunition. #sapsGP Ten foreign nationals suspected to be illegal miners were…
Handcuffs. Police top brass in the Western Cape say sterling detective work led to the breakthrough in several investigations. That resulted in the arrest of three wanted suspects during raids in various areas on the Cape Flats, in the early hours, on Sunday. Police Spokesperson, Brigadier Novela Potelwa says the arrests happened during operations in…
A collapsed building in Soweto. A Soweto man has described how he battled to rescue members of his family after their double-story property collapsed in Doornkop, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Three of his relatives including a child died after being trapped under the rubble. Three others were rushed to Chris Hani Baragwanath…
FILE | KwaZulu-Natal Chairperson of the African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) Mbongeni Sikhakhane. The family of the slain KwaZulu-Natal Chairperson of the African Farmers Association of South Africa (AFASA) Mbongeni Sikhakhane is calling for justice. He was attacked at his home in Sweetwaters, in Pietermaritzburg, on Friday. It is alleged that five armed…
The International Pentecostal Holiness Church is hosting a mass wedding. More than 50 couples are expected to tie the knot this afternoon during a mass wedding at the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC), in Westonaria on Gauteng’s Westrand. WATCH | The International Pentecost Holiness Church is hosting a mass wedding at its headquarters in Zuurbekom,…
An NSRI motorboat used in rescue operations. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI), in the Western Cape has rescued several people at sea, including two children. It has commended the role played by good Samaritans in saving lives. Spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says two girls were rescued at Miller’s Point near Simon’s Town Beach. Lambinon says…
A broken windscreen seen after a car crash. Three people have died in a head on collision on the N3 between Warden and Villiers, in the Free State. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) acting spokesperson, Sidney Dywili says the road is open while work to clear the wreckage is under way. Dywili has also called on…
