A 42-year-old truck driver has been arrested after he was caught with drugs worth R3.54 million in Laingsburg, Western Cape, on Thursday.
E-hailing giant Uber is investigating an incident where a woman in Cape Town was sexually assaulted, robbed at gunpoint and driven around for hours, allegedly in one of their vehicles.
Police in Gauteng have arrested 10 suspects linked to road spiking incidents. According to SAPS, another suspect charged at the police and was shot and killed.
On a sombre Mother’s Day, George Municipality fire chief Neels Barnard said they remained hopeful of recovering more victims alive, despite 16 confirmed fatalities of the building collapse.
A Mossel Bay man rescued after being trapped under the rubble of a five-storey apartment building that collapsed in Victoria Street, George, on Monday, has been discharged from hospital.
Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi says South Africa needs a different type of leadership – politicians who have conversations, listen to the people and find solutions.
A woman hired as a cleaner at the George construction site that collapsed on Monday was instructed to mix cement, carry bricks and push wheelbarrows.
An attempt by the Surgeon-General Lieutenant- General Ntshavheni Maphaha to purge three members of the presidential medical unit (PMU) suffered a setback last week when their transfer instructions were withdrawn
Since 2018, the police have paid more than R2.2 billion in claims for compensation for wrongful arrests.
Despite widespread criticism, the DA says its controversial flag advertisement achieved its goal of warning voters about the dangers of an ANC-EFF-MK [uMkhonto weSizwe Party] coalition.
MKP founder Jabulani Khumalo and four others were axed from the party after being accused of destabilising it.
Amid the chaos and destruction on Saturday at the site of the collapsed building in George, advanced medical rescue paramedic Jetreu Jacobs said he could hear something that turned out
George Hospital staff were overjoyed when 33-year-old tiler Gabriel Guambe was rescued on Saturday from the rubble of a building that collapsed in George on Monday afternoon.
Patriotic Alliance leader Gayton McKenzie told coloured voters in the Western Cape on Saturday that “I am not going to beg you for your vote. You will vote for the
IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa urged the people of Montshioa Stad in Mafikeng in the North West to punish the ruling party in the ballot box for allowing the province to
George Hospital staff were overjoyed when 33-year-old tiler Gabriel Guambe was rescued on Saturday from the rubble of a building that collapsed in George on Monday afternoon.
South Africa may be far south, but some lucky people managed to see the colourful space storm that was more visible to the planet’s northern inhabitants, according to the SA
Bulelani Mehlo, 28, spent his birthday waiting to find out if his sister, electrical apprentice Siphesihle, was found alive uner the rubbled of the collapsed multi-storey building in George.
The sound of a loud horn pierced the silence on Victoria Street in George on Saturday mid-morning, a signal that had everyone’s heart racing.
A tailor who witnessed the collapse of a shop wall in Ngcobo, in the Eastern Cape, on Friday afternoon, said he was lucky to escape unharmed.
The sound of a loud horn pierced the silence on Victoria Street in George on Saturday mid-morning, a signal that had everyone’s heart racing.
A 5-year-old boy was shot dead in Soshanguve, in the north of Gauteng, on Friday night by hijackers who were targeting his father’s bakkie.
Families already apprehensive about news of their loved ones have a long wait ahead of them still, as clearance of the rubble of the collapsed building in George continues.
Johannesburg detective Michael Pule Tau faces disciplinary action following his alleged involvement in the hit-style killing of Vereeniging engineer Armand Swart last month.
Professor Ntobeko Ntusi is soft-spoken, but he is not afraid to stand by his views.
Following a myriad delays, the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has drawn a line in the sand, ordering a trial date be set for former Crime Intelligence (CI) boss Richard
An investigation by a board of inquiry tasked to probe the tragic incident that left three sailors dead after a huge wave hit their submarine in Kommetjie in September has
Sonja Jamima Jonkers, a 22-year-old student from Elsies River, who lives with congenital structural myopathy, achieved a BA degree from the University of Western Cape.
Schools will have the power to immediately suspend pupils accused of serious misconduct without giving them the option of motivating why they should not be suspended once the Basic Education
South Africa on Friday filed a new application with the International Court of Justice seeking an order that Israel must halt its offensive in Rafah, and allow in journalists and
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s scheduled meeting with the University of Fort Hare council in East London on Friday collapsed after disputes over the agenda.
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has asked South Africans to pray for the families of those who died in the George building collapse.
The South African Weather Service has forecast morning fog with isolated rain and cloudy conditions in some provinces.
Two students studying at the Africa Skills Private College in George were on-site when a five-storey building collapsed on Monday in Victoria Street, George.
The president of the ANC, Cyril Ramaphosa, took his campaign to Atteridgeville in Tshwane, and promised to create jobs for unemployed people, including those over 35.
Civic group MyVoteCounts has launched an urgent court bid to overturn and declare unconstitutional the Electoral Matters Amendment Act, which effectively opens the gates for political parties to receive funding
Four people died and 13 others were injured when the wall of a retail shop collapsed in Ngcobo, the Eastern Cape, on Friday afternoon.
Western Cape police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said a 29-year-old man was shot dead on the corner of Schaap Road and Middle Avenue in Philippi, Cape Town, on Thursday.
The Kirsten Kluyts murder case took another dramatic turn on Friday as the legal parties argued outside the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court over a postponement.
The massive search and rescue operation at the collapsed building construction site in George has reached 95 hours, and authorities are racing against time.
The Labour Court has thrown out former national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane’s attempt to challenge his dismissal.
The City of Tshwane is in the process of relocating hundreds of households in Gomora informal settlement in Pretoria West, which has a history of violent service delivery protests.
Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says the government does not have the capacity to take over adoption services – a view that’s in contrast with the direction Gauteng’s social development
When Northern Cape residents arrived at the Batlharos Sports Ground, where President Cyril Ramaphosa held an imbizo on Thursday, they were each welcomed with a food parcel.
Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has paid tribute to former Constitutional Court Justice Yvonne Mokgoro for her contribution to South Africa’s constitutional democracy.
Three political parties’ bids to secure another opportunity to register candidates for the elections – a move that could have led to the postponement of the polls – has been
If President Cyril Ramaphosa cannot fathom the thought of the ruling party being in a coalition government – then why did he ask his second-in-command, Paul Mashatile, to facilitate a
Recovery of the central line is well underway, say Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), with the intention of having trains back up an running between Nyanga and Philippi
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor says it is high time law enforcement dealt with the “rogues” plaguing South African society.
ANC national chairperson Gwede Mantashe and other senior leaders have come out guns blazing in defence of the ANC’s decision to invite the Zimbabwean ruling party as “guests in South
Another victim of the multi-storey building collapse in George has died – a day after the person was rescued from beneath the rubble.
Police have spent the last three weeks meticulously photographing, plotting and mapping the area where Kirsten Kluyts was murdered during an organised run on 29 October.
A Durban cop will testify in the trial of Nafiz Modack and others on the authenticity of messages exchanged during the alleged kidnapping, extortion and intimidation of an asset manager
When Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi in May 2023 first told legislators that the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill was on its way, he said he wanted to “remove any unnecessarily
The black Mercedes-AMG G63 is considered the epitome of luxury, and it stood out as it navigated pothole-riddled roads in one of the most impoverished townships in Durban.
The principal of Glenvista High School, Thobile Morgan, has admitted fighting among pupils and bullying were big problems at the school which hit the headlines last week after a video
DA Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga is confident the outrage over the party’s elections advert will not derail his campaign to win over voters in the province.
DA Gauteng premier candidate Solly Msimanga is confident the outrage over the party’s elections advert will not derail his campaign to win over voters in Gauteng.
A full bench of the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ordered the police minister to pay almost R200 000 to two women who were unlawfully arrested and detained.
The black G-Wagon is considered the epitome of luxury, and it stood out as it navigated pothole-riddled roads in one of the most impoverished townships in Durban.