Deputy minister says ports of entry are a risk because through them people are trafficked....
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has expressed concerns over the decline in government efficiency and crime-fighting systems that he recalls were in place during his tenure....
The woman who was shot and killed inside her car along the R300 highway on Saturday night has been identified as 41-year-old Amanda Manentsa, a mother and sister remembered for her unwavering dedicati...
The family of a six-year-old boy who died during a perilous 19-hour, 30km journey on foot to see his sickly mother is now facing another nightmare - the possible loss of the three surviving boys who a...
An Eastern Cape teacher was gunned down in the presence of a pupil and a student teacher in Mqanduli on Monday morning....
The man accused of severely assaulting his four-month-old son – known as Baby M – allegedly had a history of violent behaviour whose victims included his girlfriend and her mother....
The body of a University of Cape Town student was found at an off-campus student residential property in Victoria Road, Woodstock at the weekend....
A witness in the murder trial of a taxi driver who died after being assaulted and set alight during the July unrest in Phoenix has told the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Durban that the entire ordeal wa...
Dennise Bloem has described the alleged use of EPWP funding for inflated salaries as a disgrace....
An alternative water supply through Rand Water's back-up system has been implemented....
Joburg mayor ensures that, despite the challenges the city is facing, they're ready to host G20...
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The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued warnings of strong winds resulting in damage to temporary structures in parts of the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape....
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Cocaine bullets worth over R4.5 million were seized....
The response follows the barricading of roads by residents from a number of informal settlements....
National Treasury has instructed North West municipalities to settle their outstanding debts....
The latest development in Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s business ties has fuelled further questions about transparency and conflicts of interest....
The NPA remains resolute in its pursuit of justice for Jayden-Lee Meek....
A forensic investigation into a more than R800 million oxygen plant tender awarded by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against IDT CEO Tebogo M...
A 25-year-old Brazilian national was apprehended at OR Tambo International Airport for allegedly attempting to smuggle 10 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of R4.2 million....
Katiso "KT" Molefe, has been positively linked to the murder of Hector " DJ Vintos" Buthelezi....
Mathanzima Mweli has made significant progress in creating an inclusive environment for learners....
KZN police has arrested a foreign two man and a woman after finding them with drugs in Durban...
Roads, water supply, electricity supply and finances are in disarray in Makhanda....
Deputy Chief Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga’s inquiry into KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of criminal infiltration into the South African justice system has an estimated budge...
Traffic in the Bezuidenhout Valley arises as protestors block the road in this area....
Eighteen people were killed in a mass shooting in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape last year....
Judge Anneline Africa delivered the judgment on Tuesday....
Electricity has been restored to five schools and two offices in the Ditsobotla...
Tiffany Meek was denied bail in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, with the court ruling that she poses a significant flight risk and that her release would compromise public safety....
Sefoka was killed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead in November 2022....
Three of the four men accused of assassinating Oupa John Sefoka, known as DJ Sumbody, now face an additional charge for the murder of Don Tindleni, while all four are charged with the murder of Hector...
Sefoka was killed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead in November 2022....
Land Reform Minister addressed claimants in Stutterheim on Monday....
The Hawks have arrested three people in connection with the murder of a police officer who was shot dead outside his home in Vrygrond, Muizenberg, on 30 May....
Zethembe Mzulwini was arrested in January for the unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition....
After intercepting a cache of weapons destined for the Western Cape, Gauteng police say they have “broken the back of a syndicate involved in the trafficking of unlicensed firearms”....
The suspects were caught with 30 unlicensed 9mm firearms, believed to be headed to the Western Cape...
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Lawson Naidoo says that it seems like work by the commission has started behind the scenes....
Authorities say the closure is a safety measure as the tanker carries flammable liquid....
Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga says that the work of the Commission has commenced in earnest....
The state wants to make use the information of intercepted phone calls in the murder trial....
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The South African Weather Service has forecast isolated showers and windy conditions in the Northern Cape, while it will be fine and cool but cold in most parts of the country....
Over a long and distinguished career, Professor Susan Fawcus has become known for her work trying to reduce the deaths of mothers and babies in South Africa. In her home in Cape Town, the soft-spoken...
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Two other men are expected to appear at the Emalahleni Magistrate's Court on similar charges....
A KwaZulu-Natal home address submitted by murder-accused Tiffany Meek was the centre of contention during her bail application in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Monday....
From August, clinics countrywide will issue patients who are doing well on their ARVs, a six-month supply, twice a year. 6MMD is widespread in Africa and started in the Western Cape last year. How wil...
A 41-year-old taxi driver who was rearrested in connection with the 2020 murder of traffic officer Walton van Rooyen is set to apply for bail, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard....
As the trial of six men accused of killing 18 people in Lusikisiki last year begins, grieving families hope the proceedings will finally reveal the motive behind the Eastern Cape’s deadliest mass kill...
Security was stepped up for the resumption of the Brian Wainstein murder trial in the Western Cape High Court on Monday following the hit on murder-accused security boss Andre Naudé....
The Political Killings Task Team has arrested a former municipal manager of the Umzimkhulu Local Municipality in connection with the murder of former ANC Youth League secretary, Sindiso Magaqa....
President Cyril Ramaphosa established the Madlanga Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate explosive allegations of political interference and police complicity in crime made by KwaZulu-Natal po...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his reasons for placing police minister Senzo Mchunu on special leave and appointing Professor Firoz Cachalia to act, which he described as sound and rational....
Former president Thabo Mbeki and his justice minister Brigitte Mabandla insist accusations that their administration interfered in the prosecution of apartheid-era atrocity cases are false - and are f...
The very same executive that includes ANC politicians implicated in the Zondo Commission’s report on state capture is “finalising anti-corruption architecture proposals” as part of the Ramaphosa admin...
Defence lawyer Noven Naidoo delivered his closing arguments during Meek's bail hearing....
The 79-year-old was found in a shallow grave inside his house in Botshabelo earlier this month....
The 37-year-old woman is accused of abducting nine-day old baby from Middestad Mall in Cape Town....
The investigation will take place over a period of 14 days....
NW Department of Community Safety and Transport has put aside more than R1 billion for transport....
Gauteng Health Department has started a drive to compensate ex miners over mining related sickness....
COGTA will reconsider the EPWP after Minister Dean Macpherson halted the funding...
Rescue missions included a fishing craft, a sailing yacht and a kite boarder....
Deputy Minister of Transport Hlengwa earlier today addressed MSME Conference in Gqeberha....
JMPD says the driver of the Toyota Quantum was found to be under the influence of alcohol....
The woman accused of kidnapping a nine-day-old baby from a Bellville shopping mall last month, has been granted R4 000 bail by the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Monday....
The affected stretch of the road has been closed. Motorists are advised to use alternative roads...
Ramaphosa emphasises the need for South Africa to diversify its export base...
The Umkhanyakude District Municipality’s “consistent failure to address material findings” has prompted Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke to instruct KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditiona...
With the cost of rebuilding fire-ravaged parliamentary buildings ballooning from R2 billion to over R4.4 billion, no more money will be spent on the temporary dome venue....
Since the advent of democracy, the ANC government has routinely used commissions of inquiry to address allegations of corruption, incompetence and criminality. But, Karyn Maughan writes, its almost to...
Most murders in the Western Cape are simply not solved, says a member of the provincial legislature....
Shamiema Jacobs, who the Cape Town woman whose baby she has been accused of kidnapping once called a friend, has tried hard not to make eye contact with the mother from the dock of the Bellville Magis...
With close to 60 mining rights applications and already 28 approved across the Amajuba District, communities like Mbabane near Dannhauser say they are paying the price for South Africa’s coal rush....
Tiffany Meek's lawyer Noven Naidoo is expected to deliver closing arguments....
Her lawyer Noven Naidoo is expected to deliver closing arguments....
Suspended Patriotic Alliance deputy president Kenny Kunene has resigned from his roles in the City of Johannesburg...
The alleged mastermind, Mzukisi Ndamase, is expected to conduct his own defence....
President Cyril Ramaphosa believes that while imperialism has been rebranded, it is no less exploitative as debt has replaced the chains of slavery in Africa....
A police captain allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend, also a police officer, and her brother before turning the gun on himself during a birthday celebration in Soweto on Saturday....
Abolish deputy ministers, mandate parliamentary vetting of all Cabinet appointments, empower the National Assembly to remove individual ministers through motions of no confidence, and end the presiden...
The Education Labour Relations Council (ELRC) has ordered the Western Cape Education Department to pay a teacher almost R39 000 in compensation after ruling that it committed an unfair labour practice...
Four soccer coaches who opened up their wallets to buy food for 35 teen soccer players while stranded in Portugal have each been gifted R5 000 Pick n Pay grocery vouchers....
The committee has grilled the 23 municipalities in the Free State....
Premier Ntuli has called on the public to respect the process....
For over 20 years, the law has required that the minister of health issues regulations to govern the advertising of medicines in South Africa, but as yet no such regulations are in place. In his lates...
NWU says naming the medical school after Tutu promotes unity....
The municipality is said to have failed to implement a credit and debt collection policy...
Sindani says incidents of police brutally killing their partners is escalating at an alarming rate...
Hlomuka is alleged to have manipulated the bidding process of the R2.9 billion nutrition programme....
Police spokesperson, Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi says three other people sustained injuries....
Nonavailability of scholar transport might affect teaching and learning in the area....
Police in KwaZulu-Natal have arrested three suspected poachers who were found in possession of two unlicensed rifles and a rhino horn in Paulpietersburg....
The workers are demanding a 10% wage increase and have rejected the airline’s 5.7% offer....