Crime scene cordoned off 1 minute The family of a man who allegedly exhumed the remains of his father and grandfather in Masoyi, outside Hazyview, has called on the public to stop sharing videos of the incident on social media. Elkin Mokoena was arrested at his home in Swalala on Monday after he was found…
Aerial view of Durban’s Beachfront A new R1-billion amusement park is coming to the Durban Beachfront. It will be built on the old Durban FunWorld site. During a media briefing earlier Wednesday, eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba announced the successful bidder for the project. Xaba says construction is expected to be completed by 2027. The development…
Person holds up a sign during a protest against rape 2 minutes A 44-year-old pastor who is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl has been denied bail by the Sabie Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga. The teenager, who is a member of the pastor’s church, told her grandmother about the ordeal. The pastor fled the area…
An entrance to an underground mine. 1 minute While many celebrate the festive season, MACUA-WAMUA and other humanitarian organisations have called on faith-based leaders and organisations to show spiritual solidarity with the remaining miners underground in Stilfontein in the North West. The organisations say the situation in Stilfontein echoes the horrors of Marikana, where 34…
South African bank notes. South African banks accused of rand manipulation are set to present their case to the Constitutional Court on Tuesday. They plan to outline the financial and reputational damage caused by the Competition Commission’s allegations of being part of a “banking cartel”. In January last year, the Competition Appeal Court reviewed the…
An installed CCTV camera. 2 minutes National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says CCTV cameras have been rolled out in crime hotspots KwaMashu and Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal. South African Police Service (SAPS) top brass Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee on using technology in crime fighting and modernising the Central Firearm Register. Masemola highlights plans for an…
ANC flags seen at the party’s January 8 Statement Rally in North West. The African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee (NEC) will kick off its three-day Lekgotla in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, this Saturday morning. The meeting will be attended by party representatives from across the country, deployed as Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Premiers, and…
File image| Protestors lie down during a moment of silence in honour of those who lost their lives through GBV. The African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) has called on police to prioritise cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in Limpopo. The league led a march to the offices of the provincial police and the National…
Transit robbery on the N2 South Bound near the NPC Cement Factory South of Durban. Two security guards have been shot and wounded, one critically, in a cash-in-transit heist on the N2 near the NPC cement factory in the south of Durban. The critically wounded security guards have been airlifted to hospital following the incident…
Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy at the 365 Days Arrive Alive Road Safety Campaign launch Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy says her department is commited to reducing road fatalities. The minister says the country is working on halving the statistics of nine thousand road fatalities seen this year by 2030. Creecy was speaking at the launch of…
