Suspect in police handcuffs Seven suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the killing of seven men in Philippi East on the Cape Flats. The mass shooting incident happened at the Better Life informal settlement last Friday. Western Cape Police Spokesperson André Traut says the suspects, aged between 16 and 22, were arrested…
Court gavel and a book 1 minute The Kimberley Magistrate’s Court has set aside three days from the 7th to the 9th of July for the trial of Collen Mhlanga. Mhlanga, a Zimbabwean national, is accused of killing three people on June 30, 2024 including two youth from Patriotic Alliance (PA), when his bakkie crashed…
[File Image] Emergency services vehicle. 1 minute Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko has expressed concern about the increased number of medical emergencies in the province during this festive season. Nkomo-Ralehoko was visiting the Gauteng Emergency Medical Service operations centre in Midrand, north of Johannesburg, to assess medical emergency responses since the beginning of the festive…
Kelebohile Hlabahlaba is preparing for his Cairo to Cape Town world record cycling journey after completing his 28-day warm-up tour. Finishing the Lesotho-Eswatini-Botswana Warm-Up challenge in only 28 days encouraged the 30-year-old cyclist, Kelebohile Hlabahlaba, to take on his World Record Cycling Expedition Challenge. Hlabahlaba cycled from his hometown, Theunissen, in the Free State to…
National Freedom Party (NFP) members. National Freedom Party president Ivan Barnes wants the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) to remove KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli. Failure to do so will let the NFP reconsider its position in the Government of Provincial Unity. The NFP is accusing Ntuli of failing to act against what they term corrupt MECs…
FILE | Boks’ players celebrate QF win against France at 2023 World Cup Springbok assistant coach Felix Jones tried hard not give South Africa’s next match on their end of year tour, against France, any more je ne sais quoi that it already has. The Boks are in Paris to face France in a rematch…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, February 19, 2025. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called on members of parliament to reject and push for amendments to any proposed tax increases expected in today’s budget speech. This appeal comes as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to present the 2025/2026 financial year budget on Wednesday afternoon….
SA Police Service in Free State 2 minutes Forty-seven adults and four children between the ages of nine months and five years have been discovered by traffic officers in the rear trailer of a truck during at a roadblock on the N1 south bound in the Free State. Of the group, 28 were found to…
US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III and Dirco Clayson Monyela. The US ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell III has backtracked and apologised about remarks he made about the “Kill the Boer” chant. He recently condemned the chant as hate speech at a Biznews Conference in Hermanus in the Western Cape. Thanks to @BizNewsCOM…
The scene of a fatal crash involving two vehicles on the N2 near Gonubie Farmers in East London. 2 minutes The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) says they’ve met with the taxi industry leadership following a series of road crashes involving minibus taxis and trucks. In the latest incident, seven people were killed and five injured when…
