NSRI search and rescue boat 1 minute The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) in KwaZulu-Natal has advised anglers to be cautious as the new moon spring tide is peaking this weekend. NSRI spokesperson Andrew Ingram says the high tide will cause strong currents in the afternoon. “Anglers are reminded to wear life jackets and carry…
[File photo] 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Agriculture and Rural Development, Thembeni kaMadlopha-Mthethwa, has commended the arrest of two suspects, including a department official, for stealing tractors from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The official, based at Inkosi Owen Sithole College of Agriculture, formerly Cedara, allegedly coordinated the theft of two tractors…
Construction work, earth moving machine 2 minutes Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has committed to ensuring that companies involved in corruption who abandon government projects unfinished will face the full might of the law. He says government loses billions, as in the case of the Sarah Baartman Centre of Remembrance in Hankey, Eastern…
1 minute A recent video circulating on social media platforms of suspects committing robberies in broad daylight in the Bloemfontein CBD, Free State, has sparked a public outcry. This as people are worried about their safety. However, nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the robberies. One of the suspects has been arrested for…
[FILE IMAGE] 1 minute A 58-year-old teacher has been arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping a 13-year-old learner at a primary school outside Polokwane, Limpopo. Provincial Education Department spokesperson Mike Maringa says the teacher was found with the learner at the school office on Thursday. Maringa says social workers have been dispatched to counsel the learner,…
Patriotic Alliance (PA) Leader, Gayton McKenzie’s addresses a prayer meeting organised by the party’s youth league in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape on March 18, 2024 following Joslin Smith’s disappearance. 1 minute Patriotic Alliance (PA) leader Gayton McKenzie’s name was brought up during the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking case at the Western Cape High Court…
Entrance to the Zanzou nightclub in Pretoria. 1 minute A 41-year-old man accused of involvement in the Zanzou nightclub attack is expected back in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court this morning to apply for bail. The man who is a Congolese national was arrested last month. This after a video showing him and seven other men sexually assaulting…
Investigating officer Captain Wesley Lombard testifies before the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on 27 March 2025. 2 minutes The investigating officer in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking case is expected to continue to testify this morning in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay. Captain Wesley Lombard has been testifying for the state in the case in…
Police arrest 1 minute A 16-year-old boy has briefly appeared in the Atlantis Magistrates Court on the Cape West Coast for allegedly planning to attack Cape Town International Airport and a nightclub in Cape Town in 2023. The Hawks say the juvenile was arrested today by a multi-disciplinary intelligence-led operational team. Hawks spokesperson Siyabulela Vukubi,…
2 minutes The Water and Sanitation Department’s deputy minister, David Mahlobo, says there are ongoing engagements with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to establish an anti-corruption forum. This is viewed as a major step in addressing widespread corruption in the sector. Stakeholders are meeting to discuss critical water issues at the Water and Sanitation Indaba…
