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Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero has made a commitment to residents of Westbury, Corronationville and surrounding areas, that water supply will be fully restored in the next seven days. Since the early hours of Wednesday morning, disgruntled residents took to the streets to protest against the ongoing water outages in the…

The Constitutional Court has ruled that a section of South Africa’s Births and Deaths Registration Act, which gave women but not men automatic rights to change their surnames after marriage, divorce or widowhood, is unconstitutional. According to Section 26(1)(a) to (c) of the 1992 Act, women could take their husband’s surname after marriage, revert to…

The DA stood outside the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court, demanding justice for an 8-year-old rape victim & accountability for the growing crisis of statutory rape, September 11, 2025. Democratic Alliance Federal Chairperson Helen Zille is calling for swift prosecution and a severe sentence for the Deputy Principal at Bronkhorspruit Primary School, who allegedly raped an eight-year-old…

A mourner wearing a t-shirt bearing Chesnay Keppler’s face at her memorial service. The accused in the Chesnay Keppler murder case, Mandla Buthelezi, has been rearrested. Buthelezi, who allegedly killed the Gauteng crime warden in December last year, has violated his bail conditions, and it has thus been revoked. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) arrested…

Gun and bullets. Police say a man has been shot and killed in Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats. Police Spokesperson Wesley Twigg says officers attended to the crime scene earlier today, where they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Twigg says the victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. He says…

[File Image} : A car and house destroyed by the collapsed dam of Jagersfontein. Victims of the 11 September 2022 mine dam wall collapse in Jagerfontein, Free State, say this day brings back the memory of the trauma and tragic loss of their livelihood, their belongings and loved ones. This day marks three years since…

FILE | Burning tyres during a protest. Gauteng police say all allegations of police brutality in Westbury in Johannesburg, where residents are embarking on a second day of protests, will be investigated. Provincial Police Spokesperson, Mavela Masondo, has urged those who say they have been wrongly treated by the police to open cases against them….

SAPS ‘arrest’ graphic. Three suspects are in custody and an Ethiopian hostage was released in a rescue operation by the Hawks in the Eastern Cape. One person managed to escape the abduction attempt. Hawks spokesperson, Avele Fumba, says the victim was abducted during an ambush on the N2 between Qonce and Peddie. Fumba says the…