File image Seven South African Police Service officers have been arrested for alleged extortion and kidnapping by the Johannesburg Metro Police Department’s Tactical Reaction Unit. The officers are accused of demanding money from an illegal miner found in possession of gold-refining material. City of Johannesburg Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku says the JMPD officers apprehended…
Graphic depicting a fatal shooting A 24-year-old man has been gunned down in Manenberg on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says the deceased was walking on Gonubie Road when two people approached him and opened fire. He says the man collapsed and died. No one has been arrested. Van Wyk says police…
SIMBA Bhora coach Tonderai Ndiraya SIMBA Bhora coach Tonderai Ndiraya is banking on the experience in his squad to carry the team over the line in this season’s race for the title. The Shamva-based team are on the cusp of glory as they hold a seven-point lead at the top of the log standings with…
Postbank black card 1 minute The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has urged grant beneficiaries who have not yet switched from the gold card to the Postbank black card to urgently do so. This follows two extensions of the deadline which will now be on April 30. So far, 1.3 million of the country’s 2.6 million beneficiaries…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivers the State of the Province Address in Pretoria. 3 minutes Political analyst Dr Dale McKinley says Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s State of the Province Address (SOPA) lacked the required interventions to address the challenges facing the province. He says the challenges include crime. McKinley says the province should not have…
AZAPO President Nelvis Qekema The Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is calling on the football governing body FIFA to ban the US from international competitions, citing the country’s aggression towards Venezuela. The party has condemned the US military strikes and the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, saying they are a violation of international law. AZAPO president Nelvis Qekema says…
A roadblock to check vehicles and drivers 3 minutes Traffic has started to build up on the N1 between Gauteng and Limpopo. This as hundreds of ZCC members head to Moria in Polokwane for the Easter weekend pilgrimage. About 120 extra law enforcement officers have been deployed to the province. Transport and Community Safety MEC…
Police presence outside the North Gauteng Hight Court in Pretoria on 16 October 2023. The state in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has highlighted contradictions in the testimony of defence witness, Sifiso Gwabini Zungu. He is back on the witness stand at the High Court in Pretoria after the presiding judge ruled that the state can…
Taxi boss killed near Delft, Cape Town. Taxi organisation CODETA in the Western Cape has distanced itself from recent violence in the taxi industry. The violence led to the murder of a rival taxi boss on the R300, near Delft, on the Cape Flats. The deceased was a member of a rival taxi organisation, CATA….
Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Dada Morero, says the third and final phase of Rand Water’s planned maintenance programme is scheduled to take place from Tuesday to the 8th of January. Morero says the upgrade will cause temporary water supply disruptions in some areas of Johannesburg. He indicates that areas including the Roodepoort Deep Reservoir, Fleurhof Reservoir,…
