Shack where five children died. The KwaZulu-Natal Human Settlements Department has given the assurance that it is providing support to the surviving members of the family of five children that died in a shack fire in Ballito. The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday morning. The children’s mother is in hospital in a…
Former Free State Premier Ace Magashule appears in court. The 18 accused in the R255-million asbestos roof removal scandal are expected to return to the Free State High Court for another pre-trial hearing on Monday. The accused have been in and out of the High Court following a series of postponements, which, among others, included…
Smoke rises as protesters gather amid evolving anti-government unrest in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran, released on January 10, 2026. The Al Jama-ah party has taken a firm stance against the attacks, framing them within both religious and humanitarian concerns. “The Al Jama-ah political party is comforted by the wisdom of our faith, Islam, and…
A closed water tap. Limpopo’s Vhembe district municipality blames the budgetary constraints for its inability to provide water to the communities. Residents at Phugwani village in Malamulele are accusing the municipality of having failed to fulfil the promise to drill a borehole since 2024. 32 years into democracy, residents at Phugwani village outside Malamulele in…
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran The national coordinator of the Ahlulbait Foundation in South Africa and Africa, speaking on behalf of the Shia Muslim community, has asked for prayers for peace to prevail in the Middle East. A special prayer service was held in Ottery, in Cape Town, following the killing of the…
Court gavel The bail application of Katlego Mokoena, accused of the murder of 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela, is expected to continue at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Monday morning. Mokoena and his co-accused, Lungelo Sithole, were arrested after they allegedly stabbed Mathabela to death at her home in Mataffin last year (2025). Mokoena is…
Police raid at Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in Mahikeng in the North West. The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West intends to approach courts in a bid to recoup money from suspended municipal manager, Allan Losaba. This, after the Auditor-General issued a R4,6 million certificate of debt to Losaba in November…
The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran. The Iranian embassy in South Africa says it is mourning the death of Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali-Khamenei, who was killed in a joint US-Israeli military strike. The embassy has also committed to working together with the Department of International Relations and Cooperation to…
FILE| People walk near a mural of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2025. South Africans who are stranded in the Middle East as the joint US-Israeli military strike on Iran continues are pleading for urgent interventions from the government. The strikes have forced many airlines…
Flights are suspended across the Middle East as airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha remain empty following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. South Africans stranded in the Middle East and the Gulf will have to wait for airspace across the region to open in order to return home. Department of International Relations and…
