FILE | A crash scene The Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) says it hopes the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act will help to change driver behaviour. The act will take effect on December the first. It seeks to improve road safety, hold offenders accountable and introduce a points demerit system…
The scene of the fatal accident A head-on collision has claimed the life of a four-year-old girl and left several others injured. The crash, which occurred near Trafford Road in Pinetown, Durban, involved two vehicles and brought emergency services rushing to the scene. Rescue teams, including ALS Paramedics and the eThekwini Fire Department worked tirelessly…
University of the Free State The University of the Free State Executive Committee, Institutional Representative Council, and Campus Student Representative Councils of the three campuses have reached an agreement on the implementation of the phasing out of provisional registration. University management and student leadership agreed that provisional registration will be phased out over a period…
A sinkhole in the road. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng says lives are at risk in Mogale City as large sinkholes continue to damage the Hekpoort R563 and Zwartkops R374 roads. The DA accuses Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, of failing to address the issue promptly. The party says a sinkhole that…
[File image] The chief of the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre, Gregory Critchley, says one of the two light aircraft missing along the misty Nottingham Road in Howick in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has been located. The crash was confirmed by the Midlands Emergency Medical Services. Critchley has also confirmed that the pilot was found dead at…
Former accused turned state witness Rudolph De Wet testifies before the Limpopo pig farm murder trial on 09 October 2025. The accused, who had become a state witness in the murder case against a Limpopo pig farmer, has testified at the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo that the farmer had instructed him to dispose of…
A sewerage treatment plant. Two men died in Orkney in the North West earlier today after they seemingly inhaled toxic gasses while unblocking a sewer pipe. According to the Matlosana Local Municipality, the men were not employees of the municipality, neither were they contracted by the municipality to provide such services. Executive Mayor Fekile Mahlope says investigations are…
SANDF troops. Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Defence says it will be recommending that Treasury increase the budget to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in order to re-enforce border patrols. The committee is on a two-day oversight visit at the Beitbridge Border Post and the borderline outside Musina in Limpopo. The borderline is…
Pupils getting into a scholar transport. The Eastern Cape government has committed to paying all outstanding, compliant invoices of scholar transport operators by Thursday and clearing payment backlogs by the 16th of November. Premier Oscar Mabuyane held a meeting with scholar transport operators in East London on Wednesday, following a two-day shutdown by the operators…
Migrants attempting to enter South Africa illegally. Chairperson of the Joint Standing Committee on Defence, Dr Malusi Gigaba, says underfunding for the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is making it difficult to prevent illegal immigration, smuggling, and other cross-border crimes. Gigaba is leading the committee on an oversight visit to the borderline between South…
