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.
The commission of inquiry into the deadly Usindiso building fire that claimed 76 lives in August 2023 says the City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Property Company knew about the
Johannesburg motorists have been warned to expect delays as a result of the temporary closure of sections of a road, brought about by a fire on the M1 bridge in
Six people died when a taxi crashed into a house in O Street, Makhanda, in the Eastern Cape on Saturday.
The family of the Grade 10 pupil said they believed she had died of a drug overdose after having been bullied by a teacher at school.
While surveys have shed some light on diabetes prevalence in South Africa, inconsistency in survey approaches and an over-reliance on self-reporting measures make it difficult to determine how many people
Wig-wearing pedestrians in Johannesburg and Cape Town are sounding the alarm over a rising crime wave: their hairpieces are being stolen right off their heads and hawked by thieves.
Tembisa Hospital CEO Ashley Mthunzi was a key role-player in a R1-billion extraction scheme exposed by Babita Deokaran, just weeks before her assassination in 2021.
Cape Town lawyer William Booth is expected to take the stand in the trial of Nafiz Modack and others.
The Ahmed Kathrada Foundation was accepted as friends of the court in the case that the IEC lodged in the Constitutional Court.
IEC chairperson Mosotho Moepya on Sunday addressed a “national day of prayer” at the Grace Bible Church, Soweto, which was organised by the South African Council of Churches.
The South African Weather Service has issued several warnings for damaging winds, waves and fires, which can be expected at the start of the week, in at least three provinces.
Justice Sisi Khampepe handed the first part of her report into the Usindiso fire tragedy to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi.
Cape Town firefighters are increasingly coming under attack, but community engagement may hold the key to keeping first responders safe.
The ANC leadership has now instructed its national disciplinary committee (NDC) not to forge ahead with a virtual disciplinary hearing of former President Jacob Zuma.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked churchgoers in Cape Town to pray for a smooth and peaceful election. He also asked them to pray for the victory of the ANC at
The ANC’s disciplinary hearing of its former president Jacob Zuma will still go ahead on Tuesday, but will now take place virtually, according to a letter the party’s national disciplinary
Extremely high fire danger conditions have been forecast for some parts of the coastal provinces on Sunday.
A police officer has died in Limpopo after a shootout with suspected robbers.
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A KwaZulu-Natal man has been arrested for attempted murder after he allegedly shot his sister’s boyfriend outside a club in Umhlanga in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Despite the ANC’s list to Parliament containing a rogue’s gallery implicated in the State Capture Inquiry report, President Cyril Ramaphosa insists that the party he leads is in a process
The mother of a wheelchair-bound teenager has been arrested for murder after her son was found decapitated at a tavern in Leshikishiki village in Limpopo.
The ANC now wants to hold the disciplinary hearing of its former president, Jacob Zuma, “in abeyance” until after the elections.
Eastern Cape ANC leader Kayise Tom has died after four months in intensive care at East London’s Life St Dominic Hospital.
Victims defrauded of more than R18 million by convicted fraudster and imposter, Swereen Govender, want their money back.
An East London man, angered by the prospect of having an ANC election poster hung on a pole outside his home, got into a scuffle with party volunteers on Friday.
The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has stayed an warrant for the arrest Johannesburg City manager Floyd Brink.
A possible motive for the suspension of Unisa’s acting chief financial officer, Reshma Mathura, was her cooperation in an Hawks investigation into corruption at the institution., AfriForum claims.
More than five million police case dockets have been closed without result, in the last five years because of a lack of leads.
At first glance, Belinda Pheto’s home village, Madidi in the North West, looks vastly different from 1994. Pheto went back to Madidi to see what residents think of her home
A fire on Table Mountain, raging for almost a week, led firefighters to venture into nearly unreachable areas to put out the flames.
The lawyer representing Jacob Zuma and his uMkhonto weSizwe Party has suggested the former head of state may choose not to go to Parliament if he is elected, because he
Three Westair Aviation employees have been killed in am aircraft crash in Windhoek, Namibia.
A flight permitting problem in South Africa meant that US tech billionaire Ankur Jain and his bride-to-be were late for their own wedding celebration at the Muhammed Ali Palace in
A 39-year-old Durban woman has alleged that Momentum is depriving her of her share of a R30-million life insurance payout following the death of her boyfriend – but Momentum says
Former ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe was campaigning in Diepkloof, Soweto, on Friday morning.
The Western Cape Health and Wellness Department has more than 300 unidentified bodies in its state mortuaries. Of these, 66 are children, while most of the deceased are men.
President Cyril Ramaphosa warned DA leader John Steenhuisen that the upcoming general election would be the real show of political strength.
KwaZulu-Natal police have finally arrested someone, the boyfriend of an 18-year-old matric pupil who was whipped and beaten to death, after they initially opened an inquest docket – not a
In a pivotal moment for the ANC, Mdumiseni Ntuli, who is head of elections at the party, is hoping to orchestrate a strategic campaign leveraging the gravitas of party veterans
Laudium Secondary School charged Grade 9 pupil, Feerozah Ismail, with bringing its name into disrepute for mentioning the monthly school fee of R1 200 during an EFF meeting.
The Electoral Commission of South Africa asked the Electoral Court to sanction MK Party leaders, Visvin Reddy and Bonginkosi Education Khanyile, for what it views as “inciteful” comments.
A German national faces charges of trafficking and fraud after he was arrested with two Madagascan women, aged 32 and 29, whom he allegedly attempted to take to Croatia.
The KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban has dismissed, with costs, a media application to broadcast proceedings in the corruption case against former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and others, citing the
Alistair Stanbull, a Cape Town hiker, disappeared on Monday. The Western Cape police’s K9 Unit, SANParks, Fire and Rescue Services, various drone teams, City of Cape Town law enforcement agencies
Former deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe says the ANC’s step-aside policy is clear that once formally charged, members must step down from their positions and be relieved of their responsibilities.
The start of the weekend brings a chance of high fire danger as well as damaging interior winds in multiple regions across the country, according to the South African Weather
Jacob Zuma wants the Constitutional Court justices, who sentenced him to 15 months’ imprisonment, recused from deciding whether he should be allowed to be a candidate in the upcoming election.
A four-year-old boy from Port St Johns in the Eastern Cape is fighting for his life in hospital after he was discovered with his throat slit and intestines out in
The R80-million investment in robotic surgery technology has the potential to save the Western Cape health department millions, and also means that patients are able to bounce back faster after
The gruesome details surrounding the brutal death of Desiree Baartman were finally revealed in the Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha.
There are no exceptional circumstances to warrant the release of the suspected hitmen charged with the February 2023 murder of rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend, businessman Tebello “Tibz”
Gauteng traffic police distanced itself from a purported traffic officer, caught on dashcam footage, pulling over a truck which was then seemingly hijacked.
The Zululand District Municipality – led by Zulu kingdom prime minister Thulasizwe Buthelezi, who doubles as mayor and a political foe of the ANC-led government – faces “serious governance and