Service delivery vehicles unveiled by the Emfuleni Local Municipality at their offices in Vanderbijlpark. Some residents of the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality in the Vaal are skeptical that the new vehicle fleet unveiled by Executive Mayor, Sipho Radebe, will end their service delivery woes. The new fleet includes 15 pick-up trucks. The second phase of…
AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has called for calm amid a traditional leadership feud. A newly surfaced video shows AbaThembu King, Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo, announcing that three Amakhosi are no longer recognised as chiefs — among them Mandla Mandela. At the heart of the feud are the two…
Graphic depicting a bail application. One of the two teenagers accused of killing the 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela in Mataffin outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga, has appeared at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court for his bail application. Lungelo Sithole and co-accused Katlego Mokoena were arrested after the killing of Mathabela at her home in Mataffin last year. In the…
Graphic depicting a bail application. One of the two teenagers accused of killing the 19-year-old Lusanda Mathabela in Mataffin outside Mbombela, Mpumalanga, has appeared at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court for his bail application. Lungelo Sithole and co-accused Katlego Mokoena were arrested after the killing of Mathabela at her home in Mataffin last year. In the…
One of the four people accused of killing a Limpopo Department of Education’s Circuit Manager has pleaded guilty to all charges in the Polokwane High Court. Hlologelo Mogotlane has pleaded guilty of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and robbery with aggravating circumstance. Doctor Malekutu Mehlape was shot multiple times in December 2023. The accused is…
Three suspects in the e‑hailing murder case in Pretoria Magistrate Court, February 16, 2026. The three people accused of the murder of an e-hailing driver have abandoned their bail application in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate Christopher Chokwe postponed the case to February 23, 2026, for further investigation. Police say preliminary investigations suggest…
A SAPS graphic depicting an arrest. Police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the murder of an e-hailing driver in Pretoria. The two suspects, aged 30 and 26, join a female suspect who was arrested last week. The victim was allegedly killed on Wednesday after responding to a trip request in Pretoria West….
The Cornubia Integrated Housing Project in ward 102, north of Durban. The eThekwini Municipality says the first batch of houses being built for flood victims in Durban will be ready next month after construction was delayed. The first 113 houses out of the planned 1200 units, which were initially set for completion in December, are…
Taxi sign seen on top of an e-hailing vehicle. E-hailing operators in KwaZulu-Natal are demanding that police make arrests after a driver was assaulted and extorted in Phoenix north of Durban. It’s alleged three people from a local association assaulted the driver after dropping off a passenger at the Phoenix Plaza on Saturday. The suspects…
Three Trucks involved in Serious Crash N3 Pietermaritzburg Bound after Lion Park. The N3 near Pietermaritzburg off-ramp in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands has been closed to traffic following a multiple-truck collision. Paramedics say they have treated two drivers, with another still entrapped in the wreckage. Motorists are urged to use alternative routes as emergency personnel attend…
