Bullet casings on the ground at a crime scene. Five suspects have been killed during a shootout with the police’s Technical Response Team and National Intervention Unit in separate incidents in the Eastern Cape. The incidents occurred over the weekend. In the first incident, two alleged extortionists were in a vehicle linked to a kidnapped…
File: Robert Mugabe’s son being taken in for questioning. The son of the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and another suspect are expected to appear in the Alexandra Magistrates Court on Monday morning. Bellarmine “Chatunga” Mugabe and another man were arrested following the shooting of a 23-year-old gardener at Mugabe’s Hyde Park home, north…
Acting SIU head Leonard Lekgetho briefs media on finding into corruption at Home Affairs on 23 February 2026. South Africa’s immigration system has been turned into a marketplace where permits and visas are allegedly sold to the highest bidder. That is the stark finding presented before an official inquiry by the Home Affairs department. Acting…
Acting SIU head Leonard Lekgetho briefs media on finding into corruption at Home Affairs on 23 February 2026. South Africa’s immigration system has been turned into a marketplace where permits and visas are allegedly sold to the highest bidder. That is the stark finding presented before an official inquiry by the Home Affairs department. Acting…
An open road shown on the picture above. The N1 outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo has been re-opened to traffic in both directions following a truck crash. Transport department spokesperson Matome Taueatsoala says a truck driver lost control, hit three vehicles, fell into a ditch and caught fire near the Hendrik Verwoerd tunnel. A truck…
Sanitary pads Head of the Department of Chemistry at the University of the Free State Professor Deon Visser says prolonged exposure to chemicals found in some sanitary pads could lead to several different disorders, including infertility and endometriosis in women. A study by the institution found that 23 sanitary pad brands contained at least two…
A South African Police Service graphic, illustrating a hunt for shooting suspects. Three people have been shot dead in Milnerton, Cape Town. Police say the incident occurred at the Ekuphumleni informal settlement in Du Noon in the early hours of Monday morning. Unidentified suspects opened fire on the deceased in front of a shack and…
Thembisa resident in the East Rand blockade roads. The City of Ekurhuleni has suspended electricity disconnections for indigent households in Thembisa in the East Rand. This as tensions rise over a planned community shutdown. Executive Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has announced urgent measures following consultations with ward councillors and community representatives over concerns about the city’s…
Court gavel The Hawks say that 27 people arrested for allegedly defrauding the Mpumalanga Education Department of more than R100 million will appear in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Twenty-one suspects were arrested in Mpumalanga, four in Gauteng, one in Limpopo and one in the Western Cape. Forty-one people, including government officials, service providers…
Six people arrested in connection with the murder of an e-hailing driver are expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Dikeledi Mphela, Goitsione Machidi, McClaren Mushwana, Tumishang Mabutla, his girlfriend Ofentse Senwamadi (18), and Thabang Mothwa are suspected to have acted in common purpose to kill Isaac Satlat. LIVE STREAM:
