Firefighters. The City of Cape Town has activated its Disaster Risk Management Centre to coordinate efforts to assist those affected by the fire that has destroyed the tent housing refugees and several informal structures at Wingfield in Maitland, Cape Town. No injuries or fatalities have been reported. Disaster Risk management says it is liaising with…
The SACP union. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) are set to lead a protest outside the Western Cape provincial legislature on Friday. The unions are calling for urgent action against violent crime and corruption. The protest comes as gang violence continues to plague the Cape Flats, with…
President Cyril Ramaphosa answers questions in the National Assembly. President Cyril Ramaphosa says he is confident that government’s plans and intervention in tackling gang violence and extortion will yield positive results. He was asked by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) about immediate interventions to deal with the escalating incidents of daily killings and mass murders…
Benches inside of a court. A 17-year-old boy and four others accused of involvement in a shooting incident in Westbury will be back in Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday next week. The group appeared in court on Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of two people and wounding five others last month. The accused…
Police arrest three armed robbery suspects in Wellington in the Western Cape. A former Public Enterprises minister is expected to hand himself over to the police in Pretoria this morning. This relates to an alleged state capture incident at Transnet. The state-owned enterprise is the largest and most crucial part of the freight logistics chain….
Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Chief Jabulani Mapiyeye gives evidence the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on November 7, 2025. Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Chief Jabulani Mapiyeye is set to continue to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on Friday. He is expected to resume his focus on alleged links…
Investigating Directorate against Corruption (IDAC) Head Adv Andrea Johnson is giving evidence before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on November 7, 2025. Investigating Directorate against Corruption (IDAC) Head Adv Andrea Johnson says her life has changed since Crime Intelligence boss, Dumisani Khumalo’s arrest. She testified before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations made by the KwaZulu-Natal…
FILE | Former Bosasa Chief Operations Officer Angelo Agrizzi appears before the State Capture Commission in Johannesburg. Former Bosasa Chief Operations Officer Angelo Agrizzi has successfully avoided jail time in a significant development in South Africa’s fight against corruption. Agrizzi, a former whistle-blower and key figure in exposing systemic graft linked to Bosasa had entered…
Atletico Madrid’s Robin Le Normand is substituted off after sustaining an injury in a UEFA Champions League match against Union Saint-Gilloise at Riyadh Air Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain on November 4, 2025. Atletico Madrid defender Robin Le Normand suffered a high-grade injury to the back of his left knee during their 3-1 Champions League win…
Handcuffs depicting an arrest. Police in Vryheid north of KwaZulu-Natal have arrested a 48-year-old man after he allegedly burnt his 41-year-old girlfriend to death and attempted to kill her 28-year-old daughter by hacking her with an axe. The suspect also allegedly raped the deceased’s 13-year-old daughter, at the Shanelweni Reserve area in Ngome. …
