[FILE] The Black Spitting Cobra is one of Africa’s most private and shy snakes. 2 minutes Northern Cape Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Koliswa Otola has commended Captain Joanita Becker from the Air Wing unit for ensuring the safety of the community and her SAPS colleagues. Captain Becker successfully caught a venomous Cape cobra and a puff…
1 minute A group of unemployed doctors in KwaZulu-Natal is preparing to march from the UNISA Pietermaritzburg campus this morning. The doctors are seeking to highlight their plight and demand urgent government action. The state’s failure to employ qualified doctors has become a serious concern. Over 1 500 of them are jobless in South Africa. One of the conveners, Dr. Mxolisi Xulu says, “Our Minister (of Health) said…
Security company Reaction Unit South Africa’s vehicles seen were the bodies were found. 1 minute The bail application of 12 suspects, who are accused of hacking to death five people in Inanda in Durban, earlier this month, is expected to take place at the Ntuzuma Magistrate’s Court today. They were arrested just hours after the…
An illegal miner 2 minutes Eleven people have been arrested at the Nuttabooi informal settlement in Kleinzee, in the Northern Cape, during Operation Vala Umgodi. Police say nine suspects were arrested for being in the country illegally, while the other two were arrested for illegal mining. Two other people were fined for selling liquor without…
File image: A court gavel, handcuffs and law books. 1 minute Three individuals accused of kidnapping a 51-year-old businessman and demanding a R15 million ransom are set to appear in the Louis Trichardt Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The victim, who was abducted in October 2024, was found unharmed at a house in Nkuzana village on…
File image, Electricity Minister, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa addresses the media. 3 minutes Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramakgopa says bringing down the cost of electricity is a pressing priority for the government. Ramakgopa was speaking on the sidelines of the African National Congress (ANC) National Lekgotla taking place in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Amongst the issues the…
[FILE IMAGE]: A crime scene cordoned off. 1 minute Police say four suspects broke into a business’ premises near Cape Town International Airport and stole precious metals worth an estimated R200 million. Police Spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says the suspects destroyed a fence and entered the cargo section, where they accessed a vault. Swartbooi says they…
[File Image] Abalone seen in packets. 1 minute The police say they have seized abalone with a street value of R54 000 at a premises in Bellville in Cape Town. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says an officer received information about a consignment of abalone that was delivered to an address in the area. Swartbooi says…
Oshoek Border Post to Eswatini. 1 minute Operations at the Oshoek border post with Eswatini in Mpumalanga have been suspended after a truck driver and two other people sustained injuries when his truck crashed into 15 vehicles. It is alleged that the 32 ton coal truck experienced brake failure while descending towards the port of…
Lt-Gen Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi 1 minute KwaZulu-Natal police say that they have noted with grave concern what they term a malicious character assassination against provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. They say accusations are being peddled via social platforms. The police would, however, not state what these allegations are. Police in KwaZulu-Natal are appealing to anyone who…
