African Roots

Outata Kambule has created an artwork to mark South Africa’s 30 years of democracy An artist from Mahikeng in the North West, Outata Kambule, has created an artwork to mark South Africa’s 30 years of democracy and its current political transition. He built an intricate ancient ship similar to those of the Dutch East Indian…

FILE | LEAP officers Police have arrested an alleged drunk driver who ran over and killed a City of Cape Town LEAP officer on Jakes Gerwel Drive at Samora Machel in Mitchell’s Plain. The off-duty officer had pulled over to assist police in a fatal hit-and-run incident. Police spokesperson, FC Van Wyk, says the LEAP…

Government officials visiting the Verulam building collapse site. The sister of the owner of the temple in Verulam, near Durban who died when the building collapsed on Friday, says they are devastated. The official death toll has risen to five after another body was retrieved from the rubble on Sunday morning. The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal…

National Prosecuting Authority head office in Pretoria. The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) Investigating Directorate is confident that the first state capture-related case will be re-enrolled in due course. This year saw the NPA fighting to reinstate the R24.9m Gupta- linked Nulane fraud and money laundering case against eight accused, including two companies. This followed the Free…

Dark clouds over an area The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms on Sunday afternoon. A level two warning involves a high likelihood of inclement weather, but with minor impact. The provinces affected by the warning include Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, and southern parts of the Limpopo…

A baby is among the 7 fatalities in the N12 car crash between Kimberly and Warrenton, in the Northern Cape Twelve people have died in two separate motor vehicle crashes on the N12 in Gauteng and the Northern Cape. Earlier Saturday, seven people including a baby were killed when a SUV and light delivery vehicle…

Candles for remembrance A four-year old boy, who died following an arson attack allegedly by his mother’s partner, has been laid to rest at Kuruman, in the Northern Cape. It’s alleged that on Monday, the suspect threw a flammable liquid through the bedroom window, which burnt a 25-year-old woman and her other minor children, aged…

The VW Polo three constables were travelling in being pulled out of the Hennops River. Eight months after the death of the three police constables, their families are still waiting for a report on what exactly happened. The trio were on their way to Limpopo from their homes in Bloemfontein for a work assignment when…