South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the assurance that government will redouble its efforts to protect the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry’s whistleblowers and witnesses. This follows the killing of a witness, Marius van der Merwe, in Brakpan, east of Johannesburg, on Friday night. He was gunned down in front of his…
FILE | Banyana Banyana players. Banyana Banyana squad for the upcoming friendly against Morocco was named by coach Desiree Ellis on Saturday. The team will assemble in Johannesburg on Monday and depart for Morocco on the 28th of November ahead of the fixture scheduled for December 2, 2025. The squad features a mix of local…
African penguin near Boulder’s Beach 3 minutes The current tourist season in Cape Town is booming, with 226 international flights from 31 destinations landing every week. This, according to Cape Town, is a culmination of years of work to promote the Mother City as a globally connected destination. Wesgro, the official tourism, trade and investment…
The victim and her grandmother were sleeping at night when the perpetrator gained entry through the window and raped the girl. Eastern Cape Social Development MEC, Bukiwe Fanta has called on communities to unite in the fight against Gender-based violence (GBV) and other crimes. Fanta visited the distraught family of a 12-year-old girl who was…
Mangaung Correctional Centre. 1 minute The family of Mpho Mkhumbeni, who was an inmate at the G4S-run Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, is still demanding answers. He died at the facility last month, after an alleged assault by prison employees. The family was initially told that Mkhumbeni had died from an asthma attack. But an…
JMPD officers arrest driver for traffic violation on August 19, 2024. Gauteng police have arrested hundreds of suspects for various crimes and shut down several unlicensed liquor outlets in Honeydew and Cosmo City in northern Johannesburg. This follows a weekend Operation Shanela aimed at assisting local police stations to reduce crime. Gauteng Acting Provincial Commissioner,…
The crane sent to retrieve illegal miners in Stilfontein in North West province. 3 minutes An undetermined number of illegal miners, who are believed to have gone underground before the intensification of the Vala Umgodi Operations, remain unaccounted for. Affected families in Khuma near Stilfontein in North West say, while the community volunteers and the…
An operation between Western Cape Organised Crime Investigations (OCI) and Head Office Narcotics has led to the discovery of a clandestine drug laboratory in Vanderbijlpark on Friday, 14 March 2025. 2 minutes A 46-year-old man is expected to appear at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate’s Court later today on charges of possession, dealing in and manufacturing of…
Sundowns and Chippa share spoils in season opener. Betway Premiership defending champions Mamelodi Sundowns did not have an ideal start in the 2025/2026 season. Sundowns dropped two valuable points after playing a 1-all draw against Chippa United, at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, in Gqeberha. Newly signed defender, Fawaaz Basadien, made his debut for Mamelodi…
2 minutes Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu has announced that discussions are ongoing to ensure the Metro FM Music Awards continue to be held in the province. Ndlovu made the remarks while attending the 25th edition of the awards currently underway at the Mbombela Stadium. This marks the third and, for now, final year that the…
