Fire services attending to a fire scene in Franschhoek. The Cape Winelands District Municipality says crews fighting a raging fire in Franschhoek have succeeded in diverting flames away from properties early on Friday morning. Firefighters are still battling the blaze that ignited almost a week ago in the mountains above the town, amid hot and…
Gauteng Police Commissioner: Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni on an oversight visit at Spoorong informal settlement. Gauteng Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Tommy Mthombeni has assured residents of the Spoorong informal settlement in Randfontein that police are intensifying operations following allegations that illegal miners forced more than 500 people from their homes. Mthombeni says a stabilisation team…
SAPS Search and Rescue vehicle Limpopo police divers have confirmed the recovery of two bodies of persons who drowned during the recent floods in separate incidents in the province. This brings to 21 the number of flood deaths in the province. The bodies were retrieved in the Selati River outside Phalaborwa and the Mvudi River in Thohoyandou, respectively. …
Memorial Prayer gathering in Vanderbijlpark to honour the lives of the 14 learners who died in scholar transport crash. African National Congress (ANC) First Deputy Secretary-General Nomvula Mokonyane has called on the scholar transport fraternity to ensure compliance in honour of the fourteen learners who perished in a horrific crash involving their minibus taxi and…
Certificate, Paperwork, Agreement image. Legal analyst Mpumelelo Zikalala has urged those who intend to get married to seek legal counsel before engaging in lobolo negotiations to avoid problems that might emerge later. Zikalala’s comment follows Wednesday’s Constitutional Court ruling that a spouse is prevented from entering into an antenuptial contract in a bid to override…
Bullets seen n top of a table. The community of Ntabankulu has been left traumatised following the shooting of three female educators at Ntabankulu Primary School on Thursday afternoon. It is alleged that a 52-year-old man, who is a suspended deputy principal at the school, barged into the premises and started shooting randomly at teachers…
Two of the accused in the Meyiwa murder trial The defence in the Senzo Meyiwa trial is expected to call a new witness after Sifiso Gwabini Zungu concluded his testimony on Thursday. Zungu had been testifying at the High Court in Pretoria, where five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana…
A person signals for help under water. Residents of Moshana village in Zeerust in the North West are disheartened over what they say is a lack of police resources and response time in their area. This follows the drowning of two girls, aged 15 and 18, while swimming in a dam. Although residents say they alerted police immediately, their bodies were only…
Candles lit amid a power outage. The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape is currently facing a major power outage affecting large parts of the Metro. Areas affected include Forest Hill, Newton Park as well as the Western Suburbs. The municipality has also has urged residents to exercise extreme caution as windy conditions…
WOH G64 is a system composed of a red supergiant (at left, in orange) and a smaller hot star (at right, in blue). Astronomers using the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) have solved a scientific mystery involving a red supergiant star that has been misbehaving. “In the last decade, the star’s behaviour changed radically. It…
