Two Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) trainee candidates have died during selection programme training exercises on separate occasions. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says 24-year-old Michael Nyambi died on the 29th of August after becoming ill from heat exhaustion while participating in a fitness programme. 26-year-old Zwelethu Tekete died on Monday, 1 September. Fihla explains, “Marvellous…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile at the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality, in the Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape ahead of the Land Reform Outreach Programme on September 4, 2025. Deputy President Paul Mashatile has called on farmers to negotiate with government so that land is made accessible to more people through the land reform program. Mashatile visited…
Kroonstad Magistrates Court, Free State. Where a bail hearing is underway. An 80-year-old farmer and his 16-year-old grandson are alleged to have murdered a 25-year-old man. The state has submitted that it is not in the interest of justice for the court to grant bail to an 80-year-old Free State man, accused of being involved…
[FILE IMAGE]: Bicycles at a school. Learners who received 120 bicycles at Hanyani Secondary School in Niani, outside Musina in Limpopo, have expressed gratitude. Non-profit organisation Qhubeka, ABSA and the University of Johannesburg identified the school for the donation. Some learners travel several kilometres to and from school because they have no transport. One of…
Taxis parked at the Cartwright Taxi Rank in Durban. The taxi strike which has left thousands of commuters stranded for a third consecutive days in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, has been called off. The announcement was made during a joint media briefing between transport authorities and the taxi industry in Durban. The strike action was started by the KwaDabeka and…
Handcuffs for arrest. A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a shooting that left a 31-year-old man dead and a four-year-old girl wounded in Saxonsea, Atlantis on the West Coast. Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie says the victim was on his way to his girlfriend on Wednesday when he was approached by a suspect who fired…
Former International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor addressing a press conference. Former International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says that the upcoming G20 Summit will be an excellent opportunity for South Africa to showcase the country and the continent. South Africa, which has the G20 Presidency, will host the summit in November this year. Speaking at the…
Sign board showing direction to Kroonstad The family of the 25-year-old man who was killed and buried in a shallow grave on a farm at Kroonstad in the Free State, wants justice to be served. The family, which was present during the bail application of the 80-year-old man accused of the murder, say they are…
Cattle eating hay at a farm. Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen says efforts to contain and combat foot and mouth disease is being hindered by people illegally transporting cattle. Steenhuisen visited Rysmierbult outside Ventersdorp in the North West on Thursday to oversee a Cattle Vaccination Campaign aimed at combating the spread of the disease. The…
A picture of the late journalist and editor Tshidi Madia is seen at her funeral service in Germiston on 04 September 2025. The father of the late editor Tshidi Madia says he is proud of the prolific journalist his daughter became. Madia passed away last week after a short illness. Speaking at his daugther’s funeral…
