The funeral service of relatives 18-year-old Phehello Motaung and seven-year-old Lesego Sefatsa in Sebokeng, 24 Jan 2026. Seven-year-old Lesego Sefatsa was filled with promise and his absence at Oakwood Primary School in Vanderbijlpark is deeply felt. That’s according to the school principal, Wilmari Botha, who was speaking at Sefatsa’s funeral in Sebokeng. The little boy…
Memorial service held for the 14 learners who died in scholar transport accident in Vanderbijlpark, January 23, 2026. The funeral of relatives 18-year-old Phehello Motaung and 7-year-old Lesego Sefatsa is underway at their home in Sebokeng Zone 14 in the Vaal. The two were among the fourteen learners who died when their scholar transport taxi…
Family of a 51-year-old man who was shot and killed allegedly by a farmer at Maphalle outside Giyani in Limpopo gathered at his homestead. Limpopo police say they are investigating the killing of the 51-year-old man who was shot and killed allegedly by a farmer at Maphalle outside Giyani in Limpopo. Joseph Machipi was shot…
File image of scholar transport. The Human Rights Commission has called for the gaps within the National Learner Transport Policy to be addressed urgently. The Commission says the policy needs to be clear on the vetting of scholar transport drivers and the number of trips they can make in a day. This comes in the…
SAPS file image. Police in Cape Town are probing a shooting incident that claimed the lives of three young people and injured one person in Samora Machel on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Andre Traut says the victims were seated in a vehicle when unknown suspects opened fire at them. He says the victims, aged…
Memorial Service for the learners who lost their lives in a Vanderbijlpark scholar transport accident takes at Saul Tsotetsi Sports Ground in Sebokeng, Vaal on January 23, 2026. Several funeral services for some of the 14 learners who died in Monday’s Vanderbijlpark crash will be held in separate locations across the Vaal in Gauteng on…
FIle Image | A view of Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria. The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) says it is perplexed by the conduct of the City of Tshwane following an attempted electricity disconnection at Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria on Friday. The department says the action was based on an incorrect…
An accident scene Two people have been killed and several others injured in separate crashes in Durban. Earlier on Saturday morning, a man in his thirties died after the vehicle he was travelling in collided with another car in the Durban CBD. Three other people from both vehicles were injured and treated at the scene…
FILE| A building destroyed by flooding in Limpopo. Several houses have been left damaged at several villages outside Thohoyandou in Limpopo following the recent floods. Some residents at Mpandoni, Duvhuledza and Mubvumoni say their houses are no longer safe to stay in due to structural damage. Persistent rainfall has left schools, roads and houses damaged…
The accused, Imanuwela David, Froliana Joseph and her brother Ndilinasho Joseph, who are linked to the theft of $580,000 USD at South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm, Phala Phala, appear in the Magistrate’s Court in Modimolle, South Africa. The Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo has adjourned the trial of three people accused of stealing 580-thousand…
