Police at a crime scene on the Cape Flats cordon it off. Western Cape Chairperson for Community Policing Board, Fransina Lukas, says they are concerned about the safety of their members in communities affected by crime and gang violence. She was speaking in Mitchell’s Plain where provincial police management met with a host of Community…
Mine retrieval operations at Stilfontein 2 minutes The families of some of the illegal miners are pleading with the government to retrieve their loved ones from shaft 11 in Stilfontein in North West. They made the plea during a media briefing organised by civic and labour organisations. Some families say their loved ones are in…
The people in the mine – believed to have been illegal miners or zama zamas – were trapped for hours. 1 minute The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy says some of the abandoned mines are old mines whose owners cannot be traced. This, as calls intensify for the government to hold the owners of…
FILE | Gas explosion Limpopo’s Department of Transport and Community Safety says that the R71 in Makgoebaskloof has been reopened for traffic. This after a truck carrying gas cylinders crashed and the cylinders exploded on Tuesday night. The vehicle went out of control and veered off the road. The explosion also caused a runaway veld…
[File photo] uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) Gauteng members. Members and supporters of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in Gauteng are expected to march in support of KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. Today’s march in Johannesburg is a build-up to a national shutdown that is expected to take place on Friday at the Union Buildings in…
A voter casts their vote in a ballot box. 1 minute The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in KwaZulu-Natal says it is already setting the tone for the 2026 local government elections. The party embarked on a door-to-door campaign ahead of a by-election set to take place at Mandeni Municipality’s ward 18 on the north coast…
Pastor Joshua McCauley of Rhema Bible Church As South Africa reflects on 32 years of democracy, the role of the church in shaping moral values, social cohesion and community development is once again under the spotlight. In his State of the Nation Address on Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirmed the importance of social partners in…
SAPS members at Stilfontein illegal mining operation site. 1 minute Police in Stilfontein in the North West continue to monitor the operation of retrieving illegal miners from shaft 11. North West Police spokesperson, Brigadier Sabata Mokgwabone, says more than 80 undocumented illegal miners have been deported to their home countries, which include Mozambique, Lesotho, Zimbabwe…
Inside a mine shaft The first of the five trapped Ekapa Minerals miners in Kimberley, Northern Cape, has been retrieved. The men have been trapped 890m underground since a mud rush, in mid-February. WATCH | Northern Cape Premier Dr Zamani Saul has described the provisional liquidation of Ekapa Minerals as a double catastrophe. He made…
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…
