Category: News

Johannesburg Water said it strongly condemns the setting alight of one of its water jetting trucks by Lenasia protesters, who it said also robbed staff of their cellphones and wallets. The incident occurred in Lenasia South on Monday after the water utility’s officials had responded to a sewer blockage and were making their way to… Read more

The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) government says that it is fast-tracking relief efforts in the Kenville informal settlement area after the fire that destroyed homes and forced over 400 families to flee. 237 informal settlements at the Kenville Informal Settlement in Sea Cow Lake, Durban, were destroyed on Saturday by a devastating fire, leaving 431 families destitute… Read more

While no rain is predicted anywhere in the country on Wednesday, a weather warning has been issued for disruptive rain in the Western Cape on Thursday. Weather warnings, Wednesday 17 July In its regional forecast, the SA Weather Service said extremely high fire danger conditions are expected in the north-eastern parts of the Northern Cape,… Read more

A four-month-old baby was found unharmed and returned home after being kidnapped during a hijacking in Ilitha Park, Cape Town, on Saturday. In an incident that will give parents nightmares, the baby boy was still inside the bakkie when hijackers drove off with it. At around 3pm, the baby’s father was at his uncle’s home… Read more

The African National Congress (ANC) in the Free State has urged community members to help in finding a young woman who was last seen on Friday, 12 July. 30-year-old Disebo Portia Mosupa, who is the acting youth development officer at the Matjhabeng Local Municipality, was last seen in Welkom. According to the Free State Police,… Read more

Sports. Arts & Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie says the Afrikaans language will receive fair treatment under his watch. McKenzie said he had met with an organisation that has dedicated itself to preserving the Afrikaans language and culture in South Africa and reassured its representatives that the Afrikaans language will be treated like all official South… Read more

South Africa’s Police Portfolio Committee Chairperson, Ian Cameron, has called for a decrease in VIP protection for ministers and public officials, citing the country’s high crime rate and the need to allocate resources more effectively. This comes after Cameron revealed that South Africa’s crime crisis has reached alarming proportions, with over 80 people murdered and… Read more

Emfuleni Local Municipality supply chain manager, Jason Mkhwane, suffered a legal blow after his defamation case against the municipality’s former chief financial officer (CFO) was dismissed. Mkhwane sued ex-colleague, Andile Dyakala, accusing the former Emfuleni municipality CFO of defamation in a work WhatsApp group. The group’s purpose was to help members communicate on matters relating… Read more

In a dramatic development in the shock murder case of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag, police have arrested disgraced former lawyer Rudolph “Rudie” Lubbe in Nelspruit (now Mbombela) on Tuesday, 16 July. Lubbe has been on the run from the law with his long-time lover, Shantellè Oosthuizen, after the police in Hercules, Pretoria,… Read more

South African online shoppers are still waiting to get the best out of the introduction of Amazon to the country. The global online retail giant is holding their 10th Prime Day party on 16 and 17 July 2024, with those south of the Limpopo uninvited. Like Black Friday in July, Prime Day gives subscribers Amazon’s… Read more