Imam Muhsin Hendricks at a march. 3 minutes The death of gay activist Imam Muhsin Hendricks has left his family and friends reeling in shock after he was shot multiple times in the back seat of a car on Saturday in the Eastern Cape. According to provincial police spokesperson, Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, Hendricks…
SANDF chief General Rudzani Maphwanya and other army top brass at the handing over of the bodies of 14 soldiers who were killed in the DRC, to their families in Pretoria. 2 minutes South African National Defence Force (SANDF) chief General Rudzani Maphwanya says that the deployment of the army in the Democratic Republic of…
Gauteng Education MEC Matome Chiloane. 2 minutes Gauteng Education MEC Motome Chiloane has called for faster police responses to incidents at schools. Speaking at a school safety Imbizo in Eersterust, east of Pretoria, Chiloane stressed the importance of police visibility to combat bullying, gangsterism, and drug peddling in schools. He said, “I will engage the…
The coffin of SANDF soldier Rifleman Derrick Maluleke draped in the national flag at his funeral outside Giyani. 2 minutes Hundreds of mourners including South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members are attending the funeral of one of the 14 soldiers killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in Limpopo. The funeral of Rifleman…
Kudakwashe Mpofu was arrested by members of the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation in January 2025, in Mahikeng. 1 minute A case of fraud against a 33-year-old Zimbabwean national has been postponed to the 19th of next month by the Mmabatho Magistrate’s Court in the North West. The matter has also been transferred to the Specialised…
An illegal miner holds a spade. 1 minute More details are emerging in an incident in which police found the bodies of six suspected illegal miners at a disused mine in Diepkloof, Johannesburg on Friday. Police say the bodies were found on top of each other in the vicinity of shaft 17. Each had a…
A staff member walks with children at a house sheltering children. 4 minutes The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department has started screening children at schools after an outbreak of foot-hand-and-mouth north of Durban. Since the outbreak over a week ago, the number of cases has risen to 117 at more than 10 creches, daycare centres and primary…
Miss SA 2024 Top 16 finalist Chidimma Adetshina 1 minute The Department of Home Affairs has detained Anabela Rungo, the mother of model Chidimma Adetshina, in Cape Town. Adetshina, who had entered the Miss South Africa pageant but later withdrew, also won Miss Universe Nigeria last year. Investigators from the Department of Home Affairs, with…
MK Party flag 3 minutes The Umkhonto WeSizwe (MK) party in Mpumalanga says it recently welcomed more than 1 000 new members. They were hosted at the Mgobodzi community hall in the Nkomazi municipality. Addressing the new recruits, MKP Mpumalanga chairperson Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane urges them to serve the party wherever they are without fighting…
Entrance to Wits University campus in Johannesburg 2 minutes Hundreds of returning students at Wits University have gone on hunger strike until they are all registered. The strike, now in its second day, will continue until these returning postgraduate students have their demands met. It’s been a week since all South African Universities started the…
