African Roots

SABC building in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 1 minute Several cases of poor governance at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) between 2011 and 2019 have played a major role in its ongoing financial woes. That’s according to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), which briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts. Several cases have been referred…

[File image] Taxi with bullets and guns outside. 1 minute The Gauteng taxi industry has agreed to a ceasefire following long-standing violence between associations. The truce was facilitated by the provincial department of Roads and Transport. For years, the Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (WATA) and the Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association (NANDUWE) have been in…

Newly trained police officers at a pass out parade in SAPS Academy Mthatha, 15 Aug 2025. Police Minister Firoz Cachalia says despite a modest increase in personnel numbers in the South African Police Service (SAPS) over the past three years, SAPS staffing remains far from achieving optimum levels. Cachalia says in a written Parliamentary reply…

[File photo] A woman holds a sign as demonstrators gather on September 4, 2019 Police say their fight against the scourge of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide is yielding results. In August, which is observed annually as Women’s Month, 2284 suspects were arrested for sexually related offences, including rape, sexual assault, abduction, and attempted rape. Police…

seven suspects, aged between 19 and 31, arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition Police in the Northern Cape have arrested seven suspects aged between 19 and 31 for possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. They were arrested in Kuruman after two members attached to the Kuruman Crime Prevention Unit stopped and…

Businessman Vusimusi ‘Cat’ Matlala in court. Controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is expected to appear before the High Court in Johannesburg to appeal the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court decision to deny him bail. In September, Matlala unsuccessfully applied for bail, with the lower court ruling he is a flight risk and a danger to society. Matlala…

File: A scholar transport vehicle is seen during an inspection by the Department of Transport on 22 January 2026. Gauteng Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela sent out a stern warning to scholar transport associations. This as they instructed their members not to participate in a stakeholder engagement session. Her admonition comes after most scholar transport operators…

1 minute The trial into the kidnapping and trafficking of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith under way at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Live stream below:

Police crime scene tape. 1 minute Police in the Northern Cape have arrested four men on drug and immigration charges during Operation Vala Umgodi in Postmasburg. The suspects include two foreign nationals and two South Africans. This operation focused on curbing criminal activities in and around the Postmasburg landfill site, which has reportedly also been…