Odendaalsrus fraud suspects have been arrested for a bank loan scam A multi-police task team has arrested 10 suspects, one woman and nine men, for alleged fraud in Odendaalsrus, in the Free State. This, after a 47-year-old woman applied for a bank loan using fraudulent documents. Spokesperson Palesa Thabana says police were alerted to a…
A shooting crime scene. A 43-year-old man has been shot dead and a 12-year-old boy wounded in a suspected gang-related shooting in Leiden in Delft, on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says that the victims had reportedly been sitting outside a house when unknown suspects approached and opened fire, on Friday. He says…
Corrugated asbestos cement roofing. Community members in the Mafefe area, outside Lebowakgomo in Limpopo, are facing a serious health crisis due to asbestos contamination in local rivers and streams. The water has tested positive, according to an independent company, AssureCloud. Contamination is allegedly linked to an abandoned rehabilitation project of the old asbestos mine by…
The scene of the head-on collision between two vehicles at Ga-Chuene, outside Lebowakgomo in Limpopo. The number of people killed in a head-on collision between two vehicles at Ga-Chuene between Polokwane and Lebowakgomo in Limpopo has now increased to two. The Transport Department says one of the two people who had been admitted at a…
Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen seen during Foot and Mouth vaccination drive at ZZ2 Kareebosch Farm. The Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape says no new cases of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) have been reported over the past two weeks. The official number of farms in the region affected by the disease remains…
Image depicting a CIT heist A traffic officer has been shot and wounded following a cash-in -transit (CIT) robbery near Hillside View in Bloemfontein. The CIT vehicle was travelling on the OR Tambo road when another vehicle rammed into it. The vehicle rolled into the field next to the road. The driver, Isaac Miya says…
An official vaccinates cattle during a foot and mouth disease mass vaccination rollout campaign at Colbourne Dairy Farm in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, on 27 February 2026. The Free State Department of Agriculture has urged farmers, livestock owners, traders and members of the public to exercise heightened vigilance and strict compliance with biosecurity measures during the…
A view of Mankweng hospital Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has visited the bereaved mother after one of the conjoined Sithole twins, who were separated at the Mankweng Hospital outside Polokwane in Limpopo, died. The twins had been separated almost three weeks ago. WATCH | Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says he hopes the parents will…
FILE | Police seize a large quantity of suspected illicit alcohol, including whiskey, gin, and vodka The Drinks Federation of South Africa has warned consumers about the growing dangers of illicit alcohol, particularly during the Easter period. It says fake and counterfeit alcohol can contain harmful substances such as methanol and industrial chemicals, posing serious…
FILE | Front bus tyres. Free State MEC for Community Safety Jabu Mbalula, has confirmed that the driver of a bus that was transporting 32 undocumented Zimbabwean nationals into South Africa possessed a legal ID and valid driver’s license. The MEC has, however, raised concerns that the bus was only intercepted in the Free State…
