One of the guns used by the perpetrator A 31-year-old suspect is expected to appear before the Orkney Magistrate’s Court on Monday, on charges of unlicensed firearms, unlawful possession of ammunition, two counts of attempted murder and contravention of the Dangerous Weapons Act. The suspect, who is a Lesotho national, will also face a charge…
A house on fire. A charred body of a four-year-old boy has been discovered inside a burnt house in Brakpan in Ekurhuleni this morning. City of Ekurhuleni Emergency Services says the boy’s parents, as well as his two-year-old sibling, sustained minor injuries. The cause of the fire is still being investigated. City of…
92 people lost their lives due to the floods The Deputy Minister of Human Settlements, Thandi Mahambehlale, is expected to visit the flood-stricken areas in the Eastern Cape today. Mahambehlala will be accompanied by her counterparts from the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli, Home Affairs, Njabulo Nzuzo and Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) Deputy…
Outside the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court. The case against a Gauteng woman believed to be part of a syndicate targeting young female professionals will resume in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court tomorrow. The syndicate kidnaps the women and robs them of their belongings. Recently, SABC NEWS reported on two cases in which young women were…
Broken windscreen of a car seen after a vehicle accident. Two people have died and several others have been injured following a collision involving a minibus taxi and a vehicle on the R55/N14 Interchange in Olivenhoutbosch north of Pretoria. The cause of the collision is not yet known. And investigations are underway. Gauteng Traffic Police…
Outside the Gauteng Health Department office. As part of Youth Month commemorations, the Department of Health in Gauteng will, from tomorrow, host a series of expos aimed at exposing the youth to a variety of careers in the public healthcare sector in an attempt to tackle unemployment. Gauteng Health spokesperson Motalatale Modiba says these include…
Welcome home Peter Huxham & Frederic Potgieter from Equatorial Guinea. The South African government has welcomed the release of two South African nationals from detention in Equatorial Guinea. This release follows the granting of clemency by the President of Equatorial Guinea. Peter Shane Huxham and Frederic Potgieter are engineers in the oil and gas industry….
Funeral service for seven of the 10 victims of the bus crash underway in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal. Live stream below:
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille launches the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State. Live stream below:
Premier Dr Zamani Saul, together with the MEC responsible for Education, Mr. Abraham Vosloo, on behalf of the Northern Cape Government, launched the Basic Education Employment Initiative at Roodepan Primary School. Over 4800 unemployed young people have been deployed by the Department of Basic Education to various schools across the Northern Cape. The aim of…
