Chairs and desks in a classroom. The Gauteng Department of Education says it will outline its plans to address infrastructure challenges in the province. This follows complaints from parents at Bovet Primary School in Alexandra, north of Johannesburg, about severe overcrowding. Parents say some learners are forced to sit on the floor or on their…
File image| Police crime scene tape. Limpopo police are investigating two separate domestic violence incidents that occurred on Tuesday. In the first incident, a 48-year-old woman was shot and wounded, allegedly by her husband, following a domestic dispute in Wisani outside Tzaneen. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says the suspect has been arrested and is expected…
Correctional services commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale addresses officials. A raid by the Department of Correctional Services is underway at the St Albans Correctional Centre outside Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Operations started with the search of officials reporting for duty and the vehicles entering the centre. The unannounced operation aims to ensure safety within the premises…
File: Chairperson and commissioners at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is expected to continue with testimony relating to the City of Tshwane this morning. The City and its Metro Police Department are embroiled in allegations of tender rigging involving a security tender. The Commission has this week heard…
FILE IMAGE: Ace Magashule appears at the Bloemfontein High Court in the Free State. The R255 million asbestos roof removal case is expected to resume today at the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein after a four-week break. Judge Phillip Loubser had postponed the matter to give accused number one and former HOD of Free…
Commissioners at of the Madlanga Inquiry proceedings. Gubis85 Security Solutions was the subject of scrutiny at the Madlanga Commission on Wednesday. The security company is one of three that are under the spotlight at the commission for alleged tender rigging. Evidence before the Madlanga Commission has revealed that Gubis85 Solutions also received the biggest allocation…
File: Phala Phala farm in Limpopo The Constitutional Court judgment on the Economic Freedom Fighter’s bid to revive the Phala-Phala saga is said to be at an advanced stage with its delivery expected to be delivered within a month. This is revealed in correspondence from the apex court to the EFF who have been calling…
Some of the people that were intercepted trying to cross the Beitbridge border into South Africa. The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it is concerned about the rising number of minors intercepted trying to illegally cross the Beitbridge border into South Africa. BMA Commissioner Dr Mike Masiapato says 12 minors were intercepted in the past…
Four suspects arrested for drug trafficking appear before the Benoni Magistrate’s Court. The legal representative of five women arrested at OR Tambo International Airport last month has suggested the accused may have been coerced into committing the offences. Three of the five have appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court. The group was en route…
Members of the South African National Defence Force are stationed in the Cape Flats on 03 April 2026. The community of Kalkesteenfontein in Bishop Lavis on the Cape Flats has called for urgent intervention as gang violence and crime continues to claim lives in the area. This comes after the deployment of the army in crime-ridden areas on the Cape…
