All four lanes have been completely blocked off to traffic. 2 minutes Twelve people have died and several others left injured, following a bus crash on the R21 northbound near the OR Tambo International Airport, on Gauteng’s East Rand. The accident occurred on the R21 northbound, just after the R24 at the OR Tambo International…
A road has been barricaded with rocks and burning tyres during a service delivery protest. 2 minutes North West Police have raised concerns around the escalating incidents of service delivery protests in the province. According to the Police, the province has registered the highest number of protests nationally. 88 protests were reported in a period…
[File photo] The City of Cape Town’s Metro Police officer. 2 minutes The City of Cape Town’s Metro Police says they have rescued two people from alleged armed kidnappers. Metro police Spokesperson, Ruth Solomons, says one woman and three men were accosted by three armed suspects when they were about to enter a shop in…
The Gauteng Health Department says it’s attending to the recommendations made by the Health Ombud about the Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg. 3 minutes The Health Ombud has recommended that the infrastructure at Helen Joseph hospital in Johannesburg be revamped. The Office of Health Standards Compliance and the Health Ombud released the findings of an…
2 minutes The South African Policing Union (SAPU) says it will wait for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s (IPID) full investigation into the matter of the six Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) officers accused of corruption. The officers from the Drug Unit, arrested on charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances and defeating the ends of justice,…
1 minute Police have rescued an Ethiopian businessman kidnapped outside a restaurant in Norwood on Sunday. One of the kidnappers was shot dead and five others arrested. Police say the victim was inside a house in Kensington, Johannesburg where a shoot-out ensued with the kidnappers. Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says police seized four illegal firearms,…
Joshlin Smith’s mother Kelly appearing in court last year. 2 minutes At least two state witnesses have described Kelly Smith as a good mother to her children. This as the trial into the disappearance of Joshlin Smith enters its second week. A detective from the police’s FCS Unit, a neighbour of Kelly Smith, and a…
South African playwright, actor, and novelist Athol Fugard. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has lauded the late dramatist, novelist and actor Athol Fugard who passed away on Sunday at the age of 93. The President has described him “as an extraordinary storyteller in extraordinary times and the moral conscience of a generation”. Fugard’s world view…
The three accused in the murder case of Joslin Smith. 1 minute The second week in the trial of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith continues in the Western Cape Circuit High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. The first week saw several police officers testify about Smith’s disappearance in February last year, with the…
