Khayelitsha SAPS Crime Prevention Unit members arrested a 46-year-old woman and confiscated mandrax tablets worth R1 million at Site B, Khayelitsha on 04 April 2025. 1 minute A 46-year-old woman has been arrested after police seized Mandrax worth R1 million in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says officers were conducting…
Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela Gauteng Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says her department together the Education Department are responsible for ensuring that scholar transport operators have proper operating permits. She was meeting with operators to discuss safety compliance issues. Most scholar transport operators that were expected to be part of Diale Tlabe’s engagement at the…
Manchester City’s Phil Foden scores their third goal English clubs are taking the Champions League by storm this season, powered by mighty spending muscle, with all six clubs riding high in the 36-team group phase at the halfway stage. This week, for the second time in four rounds of fixtures, five Premier League clubs won,…
Ekurhuleni 1 minute The City of Ekurhuleni’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services firefighters on Gauteng’s East Rand have responded to a welding incident at a fuel truck company in Hillcrest, which caused two articulated trucks and one rigid truck to catch fire. According to reports one articulated truck was fully loaded with 40 000 litres…
File: Payment using a card machine The Chief Executive Officer of the Credit Association of South Africa (CASA), Leonie van Pletzen has welcomed government’s proposed amendment to the National Credit Act (NCA). This after President Cyril Ramaphosa during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) announced that the National Credit Act would be amended in…
A South African Police Service graphic, illustrating a hunt for shooting suspects. Police say the suspects in the mass shooting in Reiger Park in Ekurhuleni are known gangsters who are currently out on bail. The have launched a manhunt for the suspects after a drive-by shooting in which six people were killed and three others…
South African money The national minimum wage is set to increase from R28.79c to R30.23c per hour. Employment and Labour Minister, Nomakhosazana Meth announced the increase on Tuesday. The R1.44c increase, which will take effect on March 1, 2026 will benefit all workers, including vulnerable farm workers and domestic workers. Labour Department raised concerns over non-compliance with the national minimum wage, citing farm owners and households…
File image: Christmas tree. Political parties in Parliament have wished South Africans well over the Christmas and festive holiday period. The National Legislature has officially taken a break after a busy and challenging year. All parties have set politics aside to extend heartfelt wishes this festive season. “As we gather let’s pause to be grateful,…
An abandoned mining trolley seen outside a disused shaft 1 minute Some residents in Tzaneen and surrounding areas in Limpopo say government must resuscitate old mines to create job opportunities and stop illegal mining. They were speaking after the task team established to fight illegal mining, Operation Vala Umgodi conducted a search at the old…
Qatar Energy Shell, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas trader, has declared force majeure on LNG cargoes it buys from QatarEnergy and sells to its clients worldwide, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Qatar, the world’s second-largest exporter of LNG, announced a production halt at its 77 million tons per annum (mtpa) facility last week…
