Scene of the shootout Eastern Cape police have fatally shot a suspect, on the R61 in Corhana near Mthatha. Provincial police spokesperson Nobuntu Gantana says the Police National Intervention Unit (NIU) acted on intelligence about a suspect in possession of illegal firearms. It is alleged that NIU members intercepted and tried to stop the vehicle,…
An illegal sand mining site in Limpopo. 2 minutes Eleven people have been arrested in connection with illegal sand mining and for being in the country illegally. The suspects were arrested in the Sekhukhune, Mopani and Vhembe districts in Limpopo during Operation Vala Umgodi. The operation led to the arrest of six suspects for charges…
Chief Albert Luthuli. 1 minute The Pietermaritzburg High Court has heard that harassment from the apartheid government’s security police after the death of African National Congress (ANC) leader Chief Albert Luthuli forced his family to go into exile in 1967. Luthuli’s granddaughter, Lindiwe Ngobese-Nxumalo, read a victim impact statement on behalf of Luthuli’s grandchildren at…
A non-complaint spaza shop in Kempton Park 2 minutes The Save South Africa civic movement has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of inaction with regards to the death of children over suspected contaminated food. In July, the organisation wrote to the President urging him to declare this a state of emergency. Six children from Naledi in…
Johannesburg MMC for Public Safety, Mgcini Tshwaku is leading a multi-disciplinary team in inspecting a dangerous hijacked building in Marshalltown this Saturday afternoon. The building is reported to contain shacks inside and illegal subdivisions, posing severe fire, health and structural hazards. Recent violent clashes among hijackers over rent collection have heightened fears, leaving tenants at…
Lilly Mine Families of the three miners who remain trapped underground at Lily Mine in Louisville, near Barberton, Mpumalanga, have expressed disappointment with the government’s lack of action to recover their loved ones’ remains ten years later. Solomon Nyirenda, Pretty Nkambule and Yvonne Mnisi have been stuck in a container since February 5, 2016, which…
Ambulances seen parked outside the Department of Health. 2 minutes Many residents in the North West are often left in limbo as the province continues to face a dire shortage of ambulances. The provincial government through the Thuntsha Lerole campaign, has moved to procure 85 vehicles. These include 36 ambulances, 39 planned patient transport vehicles…
Former KZN Hawks head Johan Booysen Security Strategist and retired Interpol Ambassador Andy Mashaile says it’s never too late to bring to book former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major General Johan Booysen and his former colleagues to answer for their alleged hidden past atrocities. The members of the Cato Manor Violent Crime Unit have been accused…
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola speaking at 27th INTERPOL African Regional Conference at the City Century Conference Centre in Cape Town, 27 August 2025. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says transnational organised crime remains a major threat across the continent. Masemola was speaking at the opening of the 27th International Interpol Conference in Cape…
An ambulance leaves the Lily mine, which is owned by Vantage Goldfields, near Barberton, east of Johannesburg. 2 minutes ActionSA has temporarily suspended its plan to independently retrieve the bodies of three mine workers trapped underground at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga, pending government intervention. The workers died in 2016 when a container they were working…
