Community members watch as Senzo Mchunu, South African police minister, inspects outside the mineshaft where it is estimated that hundreds of illegal miners are believed to be hiding underground, after police cut off food and water as part of police operations against illegal miners, in Stilfontein, South Africa, November 15, 2024. 2 minutes The task…
Sheep in a pen 1 minute Concerned residents of Tshikitsha locality in Katkop near Nqanqarhu in the Eastern Cape are pleading for government intervention to curb stock theft in their area. This follows an alleged attack on a local traditional leader whose home was burnt to the ground and his livestock stolen last night. The…
Matric results in a newspaper 1 minute The Information Regulator (IR) has urged the Department of Basic Education to implement a system in the near future that will allow consent to disclose matric results. The body has directed the department not to publish the results of this year’s matriculants in newspapers without consent from parents….
Gun being pointed 1 minute The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) says counselling is being provided to learners and schools affected by the incident in which a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Ravensmead on the Cape Flats earlier today. Two other teenagers aged 15 and 17, as well as a 55-year-old man were…
2 minutes One of the four men accused of the gruesome deaths of five teenage boys at an unregistered initiation school in Zeerust in the North West is expected to appear before the Lehurutshe Magistrate’s Court today for a bail verdict. This marks their seventh court appearance since their arrest. The other three accused previously…
An abandoned mining trolley seen outside a disused shaft 1 minute Some residents in Tzaneen and surrounding areas in Limpopo say government must resuscitate old mines to create job opportunities and stop illegal mining. They were speaking after the task team established to fight illegal mining, Operation Vala Umgodi conducted a search at the old…
A person next to a paraffin light during an electricity blackout. 2 minutes The Madibeng Local Municipality in Brits in the North West is facing a potential blackout. This is due to unpaid electricity and water bills totalling R129 million owed to the City of Tshwane as of October 31 this year. This debt has prompted Tshwane officials to…
The Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand on fire in this image captured on 17 November 2024. 1 minute The fire in the Hemel and Aarde Valley at Hermanus in the Overstrand Municipality in the Western Cape that broke out yesterday on the mountainside and spread towards Hawston has been contained. Overstrand…
The High Court in Cape Town. 1 minute The Cape Town High Court case of alleged underworld gang bosses Jerome Booysen, André Naude and others is set to resume today. The matter had to be postponed yesterday after an accused needed medical care for epilepsy. The case will resume without alleged kingpin, Mark Lifman, who…
A crime scene cordoned-off. 1 minute The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is probing a death in police custody. This after a 43-year-old man shot and killed himself in a police charge office at Ventersburg police station on Monday. The man was arrested at a tavern in Winburg over the weekend after his wife reported…
