SA Police Service badge. Police in Northern Cape has refuted social media claims that an associate linked to Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala is employed at Kuruman Police Station as a police captain. Matlala’s name has been hogging the headlines since Sunday’s press conference by KwaZulu-Natal Commissioner Lieutenant-General, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, linking him to high profile politicians. The…
Confiscated drugs Five suspected female South African drug mules were arrested on Saturday at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport. Police say the suspects were found with drugs worth more than R5 million concealed on their bodies. Preliminary reports indicate that the group was headed to China via Dubai. Police spokesperson Amanda van Wyk says the…
FILE | Road closed sign following flooding 3 minutes Joburg residents and those in surrounding areas have been urged to remain on high alert as more heavy downpours are expected to continue. This follows a level five warning for severe thunderstorms, issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS), which is expected over the central…
Voters at an IEC voting station Residents of Ward 13 in Seshego in Polokwane are still voting in a by-election to elect a new ward councilor. This is the first by-election in which the South African Communist Party is running independently from the ANC. The position became vacant after an EFF councillor was expelled for…
An open road shown on the picture above. The N1 outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo has been re-opened to traffic in both directions following a truck crash. Transport department spokesperson Matome Taueatsoala says a truck driver lost control, hit three vehicles, fell into a ditch and caught fire near the Hendrik Verwoerd tunnel. A truck…
Dr. Wagheda Soeker-Cassiem 2 minutes Hundreds of people marched on Parliament in Cape Town to observe the International Day of Solidarity with the Oppressed, also known as the Al-Quds march. It is held on the last Friday before the end of Ramadan. The organisers say while there is solidarity with all people around the world…
Firefighters seen at the scene of a raging wildfire. The South African Weather Services (SAWS) has issued a red veldfire warning for several areas in the Eastern Cape. These include Nelson Mandela Bay, Sundays River, Ndlambe, Kouga and Kou-Kamma municipalities. The Weather Service has indicated that this is a high threat of fire conditions caused…
President Cyril Ramaphosa 2 minutes With South Africa chairing the G20, President Cyril Ramaphosa hopes that US President Donald Trump will visit the country to engage him on various issues. That’s what presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told a media briefing in Parliament on Wednesday. Trump recently threatened to cut funding in a statement on social…
Fallen trees crashed into several vehicles 1 minute Holidaymakers at Sun City, North West, have had their celebrations cut short after severe storms caused extensive damage to their vehicles. In videos seen circulating on social media, the resort staff worked endlessly to clear the parking area of trees that had fallen and damaged multiple vehicles….
FILE | ANC flags Political analyst, Dr. Ongama Mtimka says the African National Congress (ANC) seems to be facing a credibility crisis. This after some party members in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape took the party to court accusing it of flawed processes ahead of the elective conferences in the two provinces. In Limpopo, the…
