African Roots

A shooting crime scene. Seven people have been shot dead in the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East on the Cape Flats. One of the victims is a woman. Police say three men were wounded in the incident which happened in the early hours of this morning. The incident is suspected to be related to…

Taxis at a rank The Civic Centre Taxi Association has apologised for a recent incident captured on video of its members assaulting motorists in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng. [ON AIR] Taxis are once again in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons after a disturbing video circulating on social media shows taxi patrollers harassing members of the…

Rainfall in an area A team at the KwaZulu-Natal Disaster Management Centre is closely monitoring persistent rainfall in the northern parts of the province. The South African Weather Service has issued a warning for disruptive rains for this weekend. The provincial Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Department says certain parts of Umhlabuyalingana, Nongoma and…

Flooded road The Mpumalanga Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Department has confirmed that another person has died in the severe floods. This takes the death toll in the province to 20. The number of deaths in Mpumalanga and Limpopo following heavy rains now stands at 31. Meanwhile, CoGTA Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa is expected to…

FILE | Police officer walking towards a crime tape. Police have launched a manhunt for five suspects who fled from the scene of a shooting with officers in the south of Durban on Friday. Four other suspects were killed. Seven suspects, including four that were wounded, were arrested. The wounded are in hospital under police…

Flooded area in Limpopo Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has commended national and provincial governments for their co-ordination in responding to severe floods in Limpopo and Mpumalanga. Heavy rains, which started last week, have caused severe floods in many areas of the two provinces. They have left a trail of destruction to key infrastructure such…

FILE | Road closed sign following flooding. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Velenkosini Hlabisa, together with the Premier of Mpumalanga, Mandla Ndlovu, and the Head of the National Disaster Management Centre, Dr Elias Sithole, will on Saturday conduct an oversight visit to areas affected by recent flooding in Mpumalanga Province. Persistent…

SAPS officers outside Addington Primary School in Durban. KwaZulu-Natal Education Department says it has instructed the principal of Addington primary school to submit a detailed registration list, amid allegations of the admission of foreign children outweighing locals at the school.   Clashes erupted between foreign nationals, members of the uMkhontho weSizwe Party as well as lobby…

Head of Crime Intelligence Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo. Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo says so far only one police alleged to be linked to the criminal cartels has been arrested in Gauteng. Khumalo testified that most of Gauteng police are working with criminal cartels and moonlighting for them. He was testifying before the…