File image: A Metrorail train coach in the Western Cape. 1 minute A train has collided with a vehicle at a level crossing near Phillipi Station on the Cape Flats. Metrorail spokesperson Zino Mihi says reports indicate that the train driver observed a vehicle approaching the level crossing and sounded the warning horn. Mihi says…
A prison guard stands behind bars in a file photo. 1 minute A man convicted of robbing, kidnapping, raping and attempting to kill two matric learners has been handed two life sentences and an additional 45 years by the Mothibistad Regional Court in the Northern Cape. 33-year-old Thabo Magwatane and his co-accused, who is still…
KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma at the scene of the fatal crash on the R34 in Vryheid on June 17, 2025. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in KwaZulu-Natal says most of its members who had been hospitalised following a bus crash on the R34 between Ulundi and Vryheid on Monday night, have been…
Operation Dudula members in KZN. 1 minute The anti-migration group, Operation Dudula has called for the rehabilitation of hijacked buildings in the City of Johannesburg. The call follows complaints from residents of Rosettenville of heightened criminal activities in the area due to the rise in hijacked buildings. The residents claim that owners are being forced…
Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. 2 minutes South Africa will continue to work with other African countries in its efforts to achieve an effective energy transition. This was highlighted by the Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in Cape Town. The Minister was the keynote speaker at the official opening…
SANDF soldiers. 1 minute The fifth cohort of SANDF members returning from the SADC peacekeeping mission is expected to arrive on Thursday. The fourth batch of over 200 members, that arrived at the Bram Fischer International Airport in Bloemfontein today, will also go through the demobilization process at the Tempe Military Base. This is part…
FILE | A view shows MMR vaccine. 1 minute The Gauteng Health Department has intensified its response to public healthcare following a continued rise in measles cases across the province. A total of 181 cases have been confirmed from January 1 to June 13. Many of these cases emanate from Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni districts….
Mopping up operations have begun in the Eastern Cape. 1 minute Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane says her department is in the process of assessing land for the relocation of families displaced by floods in Mthatha. Simelane began her three-day visit to the Eastern Cape yesterday, where devastating floods have claimed the lives of at…
FILE: Used ammunition on the ground. 1 minute Two men have been shot dead in Kuyasa, Khayelitsha, on the Cape Flats. Western Cape Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the victims, aged 30 and 40, were declared dead on the scene. He says no arrests have been made. Twigg says, “Police members attended to the crime…
Accused in Thabo Bester’s escape case appear in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on May 29, 2023. 1 minute The accused in convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester’s prison escape case will be back in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein on September 19 for a pre-trial hearing. The hearing will determine…
