File | Sewage spillage. A five-month water outage has forced residents of Kokosi near Fochville on Gauteng’s West Rand to fetch water from a sewage drain. Rand Water reduced supply to the Merafong Municipality, saying it owes them over R1 billion and that negotiations to settle the bill fell off. Community leader Shimani Ramatshosa says…
Police search a vehicle and occupants Over 200 suspects have been arrested in the Northern Cape for various crimes, including rape, murder, attempted murder, robbery and drug-related offences. The suspects were apprehended during the week-long Operation Shanela. Provincial police spokesperson Cherelle Ehlers says compliance inspections were conducted at numerous liquor premises, farms and scrapyards. She…
King Misuzulu at his traditional wedding King Misuzulu KaZwelithini is involved in the final stages of his traditional wedding at KwaKhangelamankengane Palace, as he marries his second wife Queen MaMyeni from Jozini. The King was accompanied by Amabutho. Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema is also among the guests in attendance. Royal family spokesperson…
File | Poster bearing slogan, Not in My Name for 16 days of activism against GBV. Family and friends of murdered 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela, are calling for justice. Mathabela was allegedly stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend and his friend in her home in Mattafin in Mpumalanga on Monday. The suspects were arrested and subsequently…
A shooting crime scene. Durban Central Police are investigating two counts of murder after an off-duty Metro Police officer and another person were shot and killed at a parking lot at Durban’s North Beach in the early hours of this morning. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says reports indicate that the off-duty Metro Police inspector…
An Eskom power plant. South African Communist Party (SACP) General Secretary Solly Mapaila has called for policy reform in the energy sector to ensure that Eskom has capacity to provide electricity for all. Mapaila was speaking outside the regional offices of Eskom in Bellville during a march to call for labour centres in rural areas….
File: Scene of the Marlboro shooting. City of Johannesburg Transport MMC Kenny Kunene has called on the government to deploy a Taxi Killings Task Team following the death of taxi boss Molefe Moekeletsi. He was the chairperson of the Alexandra, Randburg, Midrand and Sandton Association (ARMSTA). Kunene was speaking at Moekeletsi’s funeral in Midrand, north…
A person holds up a sign against shielding of rapists. A Limpopo woman has accused police of not ensuring that justice is served. This after her five-year-old child was repeatedly raped allegedly by a close family member, in January and August this year. The woman says she has been banished from her parents’ homestead in…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. Preparations have been finalised for the AmaZulu king Misuzulu KaZwelithini to tie the knot with Queen Nomzamo Myeni at the Royal Palace in Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Meanwhile, the Myeni family members are singing at the Royal Palace. Dora Myeni from the Queen’s family says the family is happy to be…
No to bullying signage. The South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) has called on the Gauteng Education Department to investigate allegations of bullying at a boarding school in Vanderbijlpark. The incident allegedly led to the suicide of a 16-year-old Grade 10 learner, Lerato Motjhadibane. SANCO says the boy had informed his parents that three classmates frequently assaulted and sexually harassed him. Motjhadibane died…
