A crew from the National Sea Rescue Institute has been searching for the pilot. The 61-year-old Johannesburg-based pilot who crashed into the sea at Durban Suncoast Beach is still missing. The National Sea Rescue Institute says it has resumed its search for a missing pilot at sea in Durban. The 61-year-old pilot, who is from…
Scene of the N2 accident on KZN Five people have been killed in a collision between a truck and light motor vehicle on the N2 in Amatikulu, on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. The deceased are reported to have been in the same vehicle. Paramedics are still at the scene of the crash. The cause of…
[File Image]: The scene of the Marikana shooting on 16 August 2012. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) says all is set to mark the 13 years since 34 mineworkers were gunned down by police in Marikana tomorrow (16 August). The mineworkers had gathered at the infamous Marikana koppie, demanding R12,500 monthly salary…
E-hailing vehicle set alight at Maponya Mall as part of a dispute between taxi drivers and e-hailing drivers. The family of the 27-year-old e-hailing cab driver, who was brutally killed in an arson attack at Maponya Mall in Soweto, are pleading for assistance to have his remains returned home. Mthokozisi Mvelase, who hails from the…
South Africa’s National Dialogue starts on Friday with a Convention to outline its modalities. The dialogue aims to assess 30 years of democracy, identify challenges, and work towards a prosperous future. Here is a glimpse of what is happening at the 1st of the National Convention in pictures: Gallery by: Sibusiso Maphumulo and Walter Moropa…
FILE | NSRI swimmers on rescue vehicle. The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says it has resumed its search for a missing pilot at sea in Durban. The 61-year-old pilot, who is from Johannesburg, has been missing since Thursday when a light aircraft plunged into the ocean at the Suncoast Beach. He was giving an…
Calm has returned to the Maponya Mall in Soweto following Thursday’s protest. Mini-bus taxis have started to pick up and drop off passengers at the mall’s main entrance again. The gates leading to Maponya Mall have been reopened and people are freely walking in and out of the mall. Both e-hailing cars and minibuses are…
Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu. Opposition parties in the Mpumalanga government are demanding that Premier Mandla Ndlovu release the progress report of investigations into the laptop scandal in the education department. Premier Ndlovu missed the deadline he had set himself to release the progress report on the suspension of the HOD, Lucy Moyane. Moyane was suspended…
SAPS adds 1,900 new cops to the to tackle crime hotspots
The Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has called on residents of Soweto to allow the Maponya Mall to open for business on Friday. This comes after the mall was closed on Thursday following the gunning down of an e-hailing service driver and the torching of two vehicles on Wednesday night. Last night, residents held a…
