African Roots

A farmer tends to dried cannabis bundle in Ketama, in the northern Rif mountains, Morocco March 12, 2021. Picture taken March 12, 2021. 2 minutes Non-governmental organisation, World Changers Candidate (WCC) is calling on churches, parents, and communities to unite and take action against the normalisation of drug culture among young people. This as tomorrow,…

Crashed taxi 1 minute A total of fifteen people have died and five others sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision between a fully loaded minibus taxi and a bakkie on the R63 between Adelaide and Maqoma in the Eastern Cape. Provincial Transport Department Spokesperson Unathi Binqose says it is alleged the Toyota Quantum taxi…

South African police officers at work. The South African Policing Union (SAPU) is allegedly blaming political interference in the appointment of a provincial police commissioner in North West. The Union’s allegations come as the South African Police Service (SAPS) is in the spotlight in recent weeks. This follows revelations by KwaZulu-Natal provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant…

Picture shows court gavel The Mpumalanga High Court sitting in Middelburg is expected to sentence a farm owner, his son and six farmworkers on Thursday. They assaulted and killed two men at the Pampoenskraal farm in Mkhondo in Mpumalanga in 2020.   The farm owner, Werner Potgieter, his son Cornelius Greyling and the farmworkers forced Sthembiso Thwala, Sifiso Thwala and…

Umdloti Beach 2 minutes A swimmer has gone missing at a beach in Umdloti, north of Durban Wednesday morning, while the body of a suspected drowning victim has been recovered at a beach along the city’s beachfront. [DEVELOPING] Two bodies have been recovered along KZN’s north coast—one at Umdloti Beach, spotted by paddlers, and another…

[FILE IMAGE]: Man holding an umbrella under heavy skies. 1 minute Residents living in low-lying areas have been cautioned, as wet and gloomy conditions are expected to continue in Gauteng over the next few days. The South African Weather Services issued a yellow alert for disruptive rains and thunderstorms across the eastern part of the…