Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop over the Overberg The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 4 warning of severe thunderstorms in parts of the Western Cape on Monday. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop over the Overberg and Southern Cape Winelands early morning. The weather service says this may…
Minister Parks Tau alongside his Chinese counterpart Minister Wang Wentao South Africa’s Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau is leading the South African delegation to the Joint Economic Trade Commission in Beijing, China, alongside his counterpart, Minister Wang Wentao. The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral trade ties and promoting closer economic cooperation between South…
[FILE IMAGE] School children having lunch. Eastern Cape medical teams say they suspect that organophosphate poisoning may be the cause of the deaths of two children who died after consuming snacks bought at a spaza shop at Msintsi Location. Organophosphate poisoning occurs when the body reacts to chemical compounds found in certain agricultural products. The…
Cattle at a farm. Milk Producers Organisation (MPO) in the Western Cape says a suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease in a dairy herd in the Mossel Bay area has been brought to their attention. In a statement, the MPO says further information will be communicated as soon as there are more developments or confirmation. The…
An ANC flag seen at the party’s Mpumalanga January 8 Anniversary Rally at Lilian Ngoyi Stadium. The African National Congress (ANC) in the North West has sent a stern warning to its deployees, saying resolutions taken at its Extended Provincial Executive Committee Lekgotla will not be a box-ticking exercise. Speaking on the second day of…
A view of the scene in Brakpan where Wiandre Pretorius shot himself. Police have confirmed that they are investigating whether members of a criminal syndicate implicated in the 2022 murder of Emmanuel Mbhense are assassinating each other. This follows the killing of three of the twelve suspects in apparent hits. Mbhense was allegedly tortured and…
Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head, Major General Johan Booysen. Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi has alleged that former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head, Major General Johan Booysen, together with members of the Cato Manor Police Unit, received monetary rewards from their employer for what he described as extrajudicial killings carried out under the guise of combating taxi violence in the…
A person cleans the scene where Wiandre Pretorius shot himself, February 8, 2026. Police have confirmed that former police reservist Wiandre Pretorius was a person of interest in the murder of Marius van der Merwe, known as Witness D from the Madlanga Commission. This was revealed on Sunday morning, hours after he took his own…
South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke. Evidence leaders at the Nkabinde Enquiry are expected to apply for a postponement until Thursday due to the absence of additional witnesses. This follows the conclusion of testimony by former KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Moipone Noko, on Friday. The enquiry is investigating the…
South African Police Service building. Two suspects are expected to appear in the Christiana Magistrate’s Court in the North West on Monday after they allegedly stabbed to death a police sergeant at a local tavern. Provincial Police Spokesperson, Adele Myburgh, says the 47-year-old police official was involved in a verbal altercation with two other men…
