ActionSA Gauteng premier candidate Funzi Ngobeni and the chairperson of the party’s Youth Forum, Hluphi Gafane, are believed to have been victims of a hijacking and kidnapping. According to party
The contractor in charge of the George construction site, where a multi-story building collapsed, leaving six dead and 47 still unaccounted for, described the incident as a tragedy.
The contractor in charge of the George construction site, where a multi-story building collapsed, leaving six dead and 47 still unaccounted for, described the incident as a tragedy.
A stepfather has been sentenced to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping his wife’s minor daughter for four years and later impregnating the girl.
The George Municipality issued a statement to confirm that seven people had been declared dead as of 19:40.
The witness shared that he is living in a state of constant fear and is deeply concerned for his safety amid the trial of the eight security officials connected to
Emergency workers are racing against time to rescue 47 people who are still unaccounted for following the collapse of the five-story building under construction at a site in George.
A roomful of toddlers bursts into a chant, “Eating time! Eating time!”, as pots of yoghurt are handed to each. Then each child is given a spoon and little heads
Gauteng police are on the hunt for any leads that may result in the arrest of gunmen involved in the shooting of a scrapyard owner last week.
The South African Weather Service forecasts fine to warm conditions for most of the country, except for parts of the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape, where light rain is
The DA has come under fire for the 30-second advert which depicts an image of the South African flag being burned to cinders.
Pietermaritzburg twins who often display similar interests, have graduated together as medical doctors at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
DA leader John Steenhuisen said the party’s controversial television advert was meant to be uncomfortable and that he is happy people are debating it.
KwaZulu-Natal police’s top brass issued a stern warning to officers to refrain from aligning themselves with politics or to be seen as active members of any political party.
At least 500 people were displaced after a fire ripped through Site 5 in Dunoon, Cape Town, on Monday.
ANC veteran and former Gauteng premier Tokyo Sexwale has joined the ANC’s campaign in Gauteng to douse the proverbial “fire” that seems to be destroying the party.
The mother of one of the men arrested for the murder of Kaizer Chiefs star Luke Fleurs said her son and his five co-accused did not kill the soccer player.
The criminal case of a 21-year-old man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl who is deaf and mute has been delayed several times because DNA analysis is outstanding.
Randburg magistrate Abdul Khann has provisionally allowed a crucial video clip to be admitted into evidence in the trial of eight members of deputy president Paul Mashatile’s security detail.
After Eskom accused the City of Johannesburg of owing it over R1 billion in unpaid electrical bills, the City said the power utility actually owed it R3.4 billion in overcharges.
Cape Town lawyer WIlliam Booth testified in the trial of Nafiz Modack and others on the attempt on his life during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The five-storey construction site collapse in George, Western Cape, is one of the most catastrophic structural failures in South African history.
A George woman keeps reliving the sound of a trapped worker screaming under five storeys of concrete in the moments after the building they were working on collapsed.
“I’m in so much pain, I don’t know if they can hear me banging for help. But I hear my dad’s voice calling me,” said electrician Delvin Safers, one of
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Electoral Matters Amendment Bill, abolishing a cap on donations to political parties and the criteria for the disclosure of such funding.
Umkhonto weSizwe Party founder Jabulani Khumalo has placed former president Jacob Zuma on precautionary suspension. This after Khumalo was himself expelled from the party by Zuma last week.
A Soweto family who followed blood stains from the spot where their loved one was beaten to death assisted the police in arresting a couple with crucial evidence linking them
An asset manager whose client lost R545 000 in a failed high risk investment testified at the trial of Nafiz Modack and others on Monday about how he was allegedly
Four bodies have been pulled from the rubble after a building collapsed in George in the Western Cape on Monday.
The fabric of Bloemfontein is fraying, with the scars of deterioration visible at every turn.
A Western Cape couple were gobsmacked when they found two puff adders mating inside their laundry room.
Advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara, who was the State’s main corruption witness against Bongani Bongo, says he feels “vindicated” by the Supreme Court of Appeal’s reversal of the ANC MP’s summary acquittal
Build One South Africa (BOSA) boss Mmusi Maimane has ripped into DA leader John Steenhuisen for calling smaller parties “political mercenaries”.
The Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) says there is “a substantial risk of a disputed electoral outcome” in the upcoming election if Jacob Zuma is allowed to stand – and
The mother of a victim allegedly assaulted by the Presidential Protection Services, assigned to Deputy President Paul Mashatile, said her family lived in fear.
The death toll in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction along Victoria Street in George has risen to two, with 53 people still trapped in the rubble. George
Four Gauteng pupils from Eqinisweni Secondary School in Ivory Park died within the space of nine days, allegedly by taking their own lives in separate incidents.
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal hopes to convince more than two million people to come out and vote for the party on 29 May.
A multidisciplinary team comprising Gauteng and North West SAPS, as well as private security companies, rescued a kidnapped man and recovered the ransom.
City of Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda says he is yet to be furnished with the scathing Khampepe Inquiry report, as promised by the Office of the Premier.
Drivers of water trucks owned by a private company, which has a tender to deliver free water on behalf of the eThekwini Municipality, are selling water, a GroundUp investigation has
Will the National Health Insurance scheme fix South Africa’s unfair health system, a legacy from the transition to democracy 30 years ago when a disjointed structure had to merge to
Multiple provinces across the country can expect fine and warm to hot temperatures, with warnings for damaging winds and high fire danger conditions elsewhere, according to the South African Weather
The police’s Operation Shanela boasts the arrests of more than 600 000 people, but there is generally a significant disparity between people arrested and those prosecuted for the crimes they
Court proceedings for eight police VIP security officers linked to Deputy President Paul Mashatile were delayed for much of the morning session on Monday.
DA Chief Whip Siviwe Gwarube says her party is planning to increase child support grants in a bid to fight hunger in children if they win the upcoming general elections.
The police task team investigating political killings has hit back at AfriForum who claims that police do not want to engage them on critical evidence collected regarding the assassination of
The City of Cape Town has unveiled new crime-fighting, aerial surveillance technology, which is expected to be rolled out in crime hotspot areas.
The lawsuit seeks payment of R1.07 billion and demands monthly financial statements from City Power.
An East London man is set to undergo surgery after he was mauled by two dogs on Friday.
Eskom is taking Johannesburg’s City Power to court for defaulting on its payments to the tune of more than R1 billion.
A building under construction has collapsed in Victoria Street, George, in the Western Cape. According to a reliable source, about 59 people are believed to be trapped, although the extent
The Electoral Commission of South Africa says there is “no basis” for Jacob Zuma’s demand that the Constitutional Court justices who sentenced him to 15 months imprisonment for contempt be
The bail application of an eThekwini metro police officer, who is accused of stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death, failed to get under way on Monday because a mental assessment
The Supreme Court of Appeal has found impeached Judge President John Hlophe made multiple “mistakes of law” when he summarily acquitted ANC MP Bongani Bongo of corruption – and has
A high-density police operation known as Operation Shanela has resulted in the arrests of more than 600 000 people in the past 12 months.
Questioning the safety of the M1 South in Newtown, Johannesburg’s main thoroughfare between the southern and northern suburbs, Transport MMC Kenny Kunene said: ‘I am afraid to drive there. I
Questioning the safety of the M1 South in Newtown, Johannesburg’s main thoroughfare between the southern and northern suburbs, Transport MMC Kenny Kunene said: ‘I am afraid to drive there. I
Four men, aged 27 to 35, have been shot dead and four people have been seriously injured when gunmen opened fire on a home in Mazizini, Brown’s Farm.
Family members of victims who were allegedly assaulted by police officers attached to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit say they want to see justice in the matter.