Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm. A severe thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds and hail has left a trail of destruction in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands with at least three municipalities hardest hit. Over 150 households have been affected and about 50 houses completely damaged. The worst affected local municipalities include, eMadlangeni, Dannhauser and Newcastle. WATCH |…
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Shadrack Sibiya appears before Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee probing corruption in the justice system on 13 October 2025. National Coloured Congress MP Fadiel Adams says he will not hesitate to lay a criminal charge against suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya if allegations made about him…
DUT student Mlungisi Madonsela was shot and killed in a scuffle between students and security guards outside the institution. 2 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters Youth Command (EFF Youth Command) has held a memorial service for the late Mlungisi Madonsela, a Durban University of Technology EFF activist who was fatally shot in 2019 after an…
Livestock seen in a kraal. Some livestock farmers in Niani in Limpopo along the border with Zimbabwe say they are concerned about the dilapidated redline fence and that it is not fixed. The fence serves as a disease control mechanism to protect livestock from potential diseases. Farmers say the broken fence makes their livestock susceptible…
Senegal players celebrate after winning the Africa Cup of Nations, January 18, 2026, Senegal has been stripped of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and the trophy has been awarded to Morocco. The ruling of the Confederation of African Football comes after Morocco’s Football Federation lodged an appeal. The January 18 final in Rabat…
SAPS Exhibition at Manenburg High School in Cape Town A recent career exhibition, which took place at Phoenix Secondary School in Manenberg on the Cape Flats, is part of the police’s anti-gang strategy, aimed at ensuring the youth of Manenberg have more choices and opportunities for their future. During the expo, learners were able to…
File image: Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute A tavern owner has been shot dead and four other people wounded at Marble Hall in Limpopo. Provincial Police Commissioner Thembi Hadebe has strongly condemned the shooting and has ordered investigators to use the available resources to hunt for the suspect who fired shots during…
Moroadi Cholota in the dock at the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court (October 2024). 1 minute The Free State High Court has dismissed with costs former Premier Ace Magashule’s personal assistant Moroadi Cholota’s application to have her arrest declared unlawful and unconstitutional. She sought to have her fraud and corruption charges withdrawn. The 37-year-old is facing charges…
Some of the undocumented foreign nationals that were arrested 1 minute More than 50 undocumented foreign nationals have been arrested during a multi-disciplinary raid on a textile factory in KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. The operation was carried out by various law enforcement agencies and the Department of Home Affairs. Police had to force…
Severe weather conditions in KwaMakhutha township south of Durban. 2 minutes The family of a 60-year-old woman who was washed away by floods in Lamontville in KwaZulu Natal says they are pinning their hopes on search and rescue teams to find her remains. Her daughter, Ntombikhona Mhlongo and her family are among at least 280…
