Police forensics at the scene of the shootout Police say four suspects have died after a shootout with police at Riverlea, south of Johannesburg. SAPS says in a statement that a crime intelligence-driven operation was conducted on Sunday after a business robbery in the Johannesburg CBD. #sapsGP A crime intelligence-driven operation was conducted on Sunday,…
A ward in a hospital It’s been confirmed that South Africa will get four new academic hospitals in provinces that historically did not have teaching hospitals. This is according to the Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi. This came out during the tabling of the department’s budget last week. Dr. Motsoaledi says the construction of a…
Flowers seen on a coffin. The late former City of Cape Town Mayor, Frank van der Velde, has been laid to rest in Cape Town. He died last weekend at the age of 81. Van der Velde served as mayor from 1991 to 1993. Current Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, was among those who attended Van der…
Phoenix community members stage a peaceful demonstration against violence, August 1, 2021. Families of the 36 people who died during the alleged racially-motivated attacks in Phoenix, north of Durban, during the July 2021 riots, say they want justice for their loved ones. They were speaking in Phoenix during an event organised by the Commission for…
Gavel in a court room. The family of the 20-year-old initiate, Andile Zungulwa, who’s body was discovered in Tamaspruit at Theunissen, Free State on Tuesday July 8 is demanding justice against a bogus initiation school that claimed their child’s life. He had been reported missing from an initiation school last week. The initiation school has…
The funeral service of Former Deputy President, David Mabuza. The late former Deputy President David Mabuza has been hailed as a hero by many mourners who attended his funeral service on Saturday. Thousands of mourners from across the country attended the category two official state funeral of Mabuza held at the Hoerskool Bergvlam in Mbombela,…
Mabuza addresses National Assembly Former Deputy President and South African politician David Mabuza has died at the age of 64. As a former Deputy President, Mabuza will receive a Category 2 State Funeral with prescribed military ceremonial honours which will be held in his hometown in Mpumalanga. Below is a timeline highlighting some of the…
Post office The South African Post Office has received a R1.8 billion service allocation to stabilise operations. This was revealed by Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi when he was presenting his department’s budget vote in Parliament. Malatsi says universal access to Post Office services as well as digital connectivity remains a priority, “The…
[File photo:] An open shaft left by illegal miners. The Rustenburg Magistrate Court in the North West postponed to July 24 the case of three illegal miners Danny Mashaba, Samson Machingera and Raphael Movela who were arrested for trespassing at the Sibanye Stilwater’s Operation Belt 4 in Marikana. Provincial spokesperson Colonel Adele Myburgh explains that…
RDP houses The Public Protector has welcomed the implementation of its remedial action by the Free State Department of Human Settlements after the department wrongfully handed over a new house at Hillside View, in Bloemfontein in April 2022. The Public Protector’s investigation found that the house that was allocated to Lucia Ntsaku actually should have…
