Illegal miners getting arrested. Police in Mpumalanga have arrested close to a thousand illegal miners at the Sheba Gold Mine in Barberton. Most of the arrested illegal miners are undocumented foreign nationals. The zama-zamas were arrested during a police led raid titled Operation Vala Umgodi. The operation is aimed at combating illegal mining activities. Provincial…
FILE | South African bank notes featuring an image of former South African President Nelson Mandela are displayed at an office in Johannesburg. The rand was steady in early trade on Thursday as geopolitical tensions and safe-haven demand eased after United States (US) President Donald Trump backed down from new tariff threats and proposals to…
FILE IMAGE | A confiscated gun that was used at a shooting. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli has urged people to work with the police to fight crime and root out illegal firearms. Ntuli was speaking at the crime scene where eight people were shot and killed at the Zamani Transit Camp in Umlazi,…
Judge in the Senzo Meyiwa trial 1 minute The conduct of court officials in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial has again come under the spotlight at the High Court in Pretoria. Presiding Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng raised concerns regarding court etiquette and decorum. This follows an altercation between defence counsel Charles Mnisi and state witness Brigadier…
Inside of a home destroyed by flooding in Limpopo Limpopo’s Human Settlements MEC Basikopo Makamu says seven people have lost their lives in weather and flood-related incidents since November last year. Five were killed in the Waterberg District. A boy was swept away in the Mutale River outside Musina earlier this week and a four-year-old at Mbaula village outside Giyani last night. Makamu visited the flood-stricken…
Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye celebrates scoring their second goal with Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure and Everton’s Jesper Lindstrom. 3 minutes Everton kicked off a new era hours after their manager Sean Dyche was fired with a 2-0 FA Cup third-round victory over League One Peterborough United on Thursday thanks to goals from Beto and Iliman Ndiaye. Beto…
File: An accident scene. A vehicle transporting learners is reported to have crashed in Dawn Park, Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Details are still sketchy. Between 2018 and 2022, over 800 learners have been killed in crashes involving scholar transport vehicles. Concerns are being raised about the rising number of crashes involving scholar transport. In January…
The City of Ekurhuleni has placed its Head of Human Resources, Linda Gxasheka on precautionary suspension. The municipality says the move is aimed at protecting internal processes as investigations continue. It emerged at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria that Gxasheka was allegedly reluctant to initiate suspension proceedings against Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Chief Julius…
FILE | Minibus taxis at a road block. The Western Cape Mobility Minister, Isaac Sileku has published a notice of intent in the Provincial Gazette to extend taxi route closures between Somerset West, Mfuleni, Khayelitsha and Strand. The routes were shut down for 30 days last month, following widespread gun violence in which at least…
An Eskom Open-Cycle Gas Turbine generator 2 minutes As the winter season deepens, Eskom has promised to reduce its reliance on diesel-fueled open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs). According to a statement from 6 June, Eskom has spent R3.76 billion since 1 April 2025, to generate 631.52 GWh of electrical energy. “This is higher than the…
