Fire at SAB Baragwanath Depot. Firefighters are battling a blaze at the South African Breweries depot, south of Johannesburg. Johannesburg Emergency Services says the fire started after nearby grass caught fire before spreading and igniting crates at the depot. Joburg Emergency Services Spokesperson Xolile Khumalo says no injuries have been reported at this stage. “Emergency…
Flooded area in Middlepos, Saldanah. The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre says assessments are still underway in areas affected by the recent heavy rains. Several City departments are working to address the service-related impact of the downpours. Spokesperson, Sonica Lategan says Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have also stepped in to help. Several NGO…
The Oudtshoorn Regional Court in the Western Cape has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to 20 years’ imprisonment for the murder of her seven-year-old son. National Prosecuting Authority Spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says Drezene Jonkerman admitted in a plea agreement that she strangled her son after claiming she saw his father’s face on him while bathing him. Ntabazalila says she then…
Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Police lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda is expected back on the witness stand when the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this morning. Yesterday, Gininda testified that video footage of Longwe Twala, a day after Senzo Meyiwa was murdered, does not…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues today in the High Court in Pretoria.
A Gift of the Givers team gives aid to residents of the Thabo Mbeki Informal Settlement in Mthatha that have been severely affected by the recent floods in this image captured on 13 June 2025. Gift of the Givers teams will launch full-scale humanitarian operations at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast today after…
Murder accused Mduduzi Mnisi appears before the Roodepoort Magistrate Court on 11 June 2025. Thirty-nine-year-old Mduduzi Mnisi has denied ever meeting or knowing Likhona Fose, the 14-year-old he has been accused of murdering. Fose’s mutilated body was found near her home in Durban Deep, west of Johannesburg, early this month, a day after she was reported…
Vet about to vaccinate cows The Red Meat Producers Organization (RPO) says the foot and mouth outbreak is more of an economic crisis than an animal health crisis. It says that while the state-led vaccination programme has kicked off, much more needs to be done to provide market access to affected farmers through foot and…
[FILE IMAGE]: Wine bottles. A 31-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly manufacturing and illegally distributing counterfeit alcohol at his home in Klaarwater, Marianhill, west of Durban. The suspect was arrested after police received intelligence-driven information about his illegal dealings. Police say they confiscated counterfeit vodka to the street value of R250 000 which was…
[FILE IMAGE]: Workers at the Leeuwkuil Waste Water Works. Rand Water says its planned water infrastructure maintenance project is progressing well. The project, which began last month, involved connecting a new pipeline at the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant and cleaning Sasolburg Reservoir 1. The next phase of the project will start on June 30 and…
