Category: News

Just weeks after being appointed Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu has spoken on the need for the security cluster to get tough on crime. Since taking office earlier this month, Mchunu has planned a crime-fighting framework with organisations including the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks) and the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA),… Read more

Home Affairs Leon Schreiber says in the coming year, the department will intensify inspections at restaurants, spaza shops, farms and mines by over 50% to take action, including deportations, against people who are illegally employed. The initiative was started under his predecessor, Aaron Motsoaledi, who earlier this year called for harsher sanctions against business owners… Read more

Political analyst Sipho Seepe says South Africa should not expect much from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of Nation Address (SONA). Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the SONA on 18 July 2024. This is the first SONA under the government of national unity (GNU) and in the seventh administration. Seepe said over the years, SONAs under… Read more

Thousands of Joburg residents will open empty taps on Monday, as Joburg’s Rand Water implements its latest round of maintenance. The water utility has been doing necessary repairs to its infrastructure. The maintenance project started on 22 June 2024 and will run until 29 July 2024, with work rotating between several pumping stations. Rand Water… Read more

The wait for answers surrounding little Joshlin Smith – who has been missing for almost five months now – has been extended as the trial for the Saldanha Bay girl’s disappearance case was once again postponed. The Grade 1 Diazville Primary School pupil vanished mysteriously from the Middelpos Informal Settlement on 19 February 2024. Since… Read more

An ambitious robbery attempt at a clothing store in Lowveld Mall, Hazyview in Mpumalanga, was thwarted on Friday evening. The suspect, a 19-year-old from Marite is expected to appear in White River Magistrate’s Court on Monday. He faces charges of business robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm. 19-year-old shoplifter arrested According to a South… Read more

The violent escalation of the United States (US) presidential race revealed the detestable face of political extremes. Former US President Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend, and President Cyril Ramaphosa was quick to send a message of support. The suspected shooter has been identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.… Read more

Second-hand clothing has come under the spotlight after a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) non-profit complained about the state of donations it had received. According to the Northglen News, The Baby Home Durban North manager Jo Teunissen recently revealed that her organisation sometimes gets second-hand clothing that is mouldy or torn. “This is not the first time the Baby… Read more

Cases of malicious damage to property, assault common, and public violence were opened against five suspects who attacked police officers near Dennilton, Limpopo on Saturday morning. Police encountered a brawl occurring at an initiation school, and while attempting to pacify the heated community members, the groups began directing their anger towards the officers. “Two police… Read more

Two months after the brutal murder of former high jump world champion Jacques Freitag in Pretoria, new twists and allegations have surfaced around the shocking case. On Wednesday, police in Hercules obtained warrants of arrest for disgraced former lawyer Rudolph “Rudie” Lubbe and his long-time lover, Shantellè Oosthuizen, who vanished shortly after they were taken… Read more