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Rain and thunderstorms are forecast across the country, with light snow and windy conditions in Free State, according to the South African Weather Service....
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Zondo criticises the disbanding of the elite crime-fighting unit, the Scorpions...
Opposition parties in KwaZulu-Natal have called for an urgent probe into Education MEC Sipho Hlomuka after allegations of tender rigging and political interference in tender processes surfaced....
The bail application of the man linked to the murder of Mafole postponed to the 15th of August....
The accused allegedly benefited R10 million from the killing of nine civilians...
The 37-year-old woman was arrested days after allegedly kidnapping the infant boy last month....
Xhakaza says the safety and security of audit staff is critical....
The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg is hearing the bail application for Tiffany Meek....
The deceased is an employee of a nearby game farm....
Five men are on trial for Senzo Meyiwa’s murder in 2014....
The four accused appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate's Court, in Johannesburg, yesterday....
Investigating officer Captain Keshi Mabunda is expected to continue testifying to oppose bail....
More than 20 people have been killed in a series of shooting incidents across the Cape Flats....
Mafole was found in his car with multiple gunshot wounds after a drive-by shooting last month....
Thousands of students and staff have been left in limbo as private education provider Educor, owner of Damelin and INTEC College, faces allegations of unpaid salaries, undelivered academic results and...
Former minister Nobuhle Nkabane would have benefitted from the “honest and fearless” guidance that Nkosinathi Sishi, the director-general in the Department of Higher Education, wanted to give her on t...
The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is investigating a Bronkhorstspruit doctor after a teenage boy died, and another was rushed to hospital after seeking routine medical circumcisio...
As Parliament looks into KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s allegations of corruption in the South African Police Service, alarm bells have been sounded over how...
Turbulent times are expected for the iconic Two Oceans Marathon as leadership ructions, court action and strained relations with the City of Cape Town put next year’s race at risk....
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed new board members to the National Youth Development Agency....
As concerning numbers of South African girls continue to be victims of statutory rape, Parliament on Tuesday revived a motion for five portfolio committees to develop a joint public participation prog...
Another Golden Arrow Bus was set alight this week in Cape Town, this time along Goven Mbeki Road in Nyanga on Tuesday morning....
National Assembly Speaker Thoko Didiza described the online rant which saw NCC leader Fadiel Adams found guilty of bringing Parliament into disrepute as “simply repugnant, wholly unbefitting of high o...
Former Higher Education and Training Minister Nobuhle Nkabane’s supposed panel to assist her in selecting candidates for the Sector Education and Training Authority (Seta) boards never existed, even t...
Five accused are on trial for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain....
She was arrested in Mitchells Plain two days after the infant was taken....
Tiffany Meek is accused of the murder of her son Jayden-Lee....
Katiso "KT" Molefe is accused of killing 30-year-old engineer Armand Swart in April last year....
Seitlholo says the antiretroviral drug traces found in drinking water pose no health risk....
The Agency functions as a single, unitary structure addressing youth development issues....
The department budgeted R62 million to upgrade a number of special schools....
The State has added a fifth suspect in the attempted murder case of actress, Tebogo Thobejane....
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The South African Weather Service has warned of disruptive rainfall which may lead to localised flooding in KwaZulu-Natal while foggy conditions are expected in most parts of the country....
31-year-old Philani Daka was captured and was placed in custody, he confessed to his crimes....
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We are strengthening data security and we are reducing the risk of lost or misplaced files....
MMC for Roads and Transport in the City of Joburg denies having a relationship with Katiso Molefe....
Emalahleni Local Municipality Chief Whip and Portfolio Head for Infrastructure Development and Human Settlements, Xoliseka Lali, has been shot dead in Komani....
Basic Education and SAPS made unannounced visits to some problematic schools in the KZN....
Four suspects in DJ Sumbody murder case appeared in Roodepoort Magistrates Court on Tuesday....
Eastern Cape police are on the hunt for a gunman who shot and killed a police clerk at White City, Sada township in Whittlesea, on Friday....
Court says NPA is not entitled to clarification on judgment issued by Judge Irma Schoeman...
The Roodepoort Magistrate's Court in Johannesburg is hearing the bail application for Tiffany Meek....
Oupa John Sefoka, aka DJ Sumbody, was killed in a hail of bullets in Woodmead in November 2022....
The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha has dismissed an application by the National Prosecuting Authority for clarification on the acquittal of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso....
The operation targets drugs and weapons in schools and forms part of efforts to improve safety....
Sipho Hashe, Qaqawuli Godolozi and Champion Galela were kidnapped in 1985....
Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa's murder trial under way in the High Court in Pretoria....
Gauteng police have arrested one suspect and launched a manhunt for another individual in connection with the alleged assassination of Ekurhuleni chief auditor, Mpho Mafole....
Over 200 000 people die in drowning incidents globally each year....
North West police are looking for two men who went missing last week from their place of work in Meirings Park, Klerksdorp....
DJ Sumbody and two bodyguards were killed in Woodmead in 2022....
The application is the first step of the NPA towards appealing the judgment....
Transport Minister Barbra Creecy recently dissolved the RAF Board....
Residents are urged to not leave naked-flamed devices unattended....
President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Adv Andrew Chauke of his decision in writing....
Police say the deceased was found hidden in a shallow grave in his home....
State argues that Tiffany Meek's statement about her son's murder has too many inconsistencies....
Flames can be seen engulfing what appeared to be three vehicles in a garage on the property....
Pillay has previously served as Acting Judge in the Supreme Court and as a High Court Judge in KZN...
Sefako famously known as 'DJ Sumbody' was assassinated in November 2022....
The State in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has resolved to allow all five accused to wear protective pads....
Flysafair says pilots' demands are steep but remain open to the process and continue to negotiate....
SCOPA says the inquiry into the affairs of RAF will continue despite the dissolution of the board....
The provincial police commissioner’s allegations against the police minister and the higher education minister’s Seta appointments have undermined their reputations...
The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-...
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The group left on July 6th and were due to have arrived back on Wednesday....
Severe thunderstorms, light snow, and hail forecast for the Eastern Cape while very cold conditions are expected in parts of KwaZulu-Natal, according to the South African Weather Service....
Two people - 25-year-old Nonhle Mbongo and a 1-year-old toddler - died...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a proclamation certifying SIU to investigate the NW company....
Police have made a breakthrough in the November 2022 killing of Oupa John Sefoka, also known as DJ Sumbody....
After the US Agency for International Development abruptly terminated billions of dollars’ worth of overseas aid grants, the health system in central Mozambique was left in tatters....
The weather pattern is expected to live throughout the week....
Ekurhuleni Mayor has promised angry Thembisa residents that R126 surcharge has been suspended....
The case against Malema and his bodyguard has been postponed to the 29th of August for judgment....
There is a tense stand-off between residents and police in Phomolong, Tembisa with locals blocking roads with burning tyres and debris following an electricity hike by the City of Ekurhuleni....
The disgruntled residents are protesting against electricity tariff hikes....
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rebuked ‘some opposition parties’ that have labelled Operation Vulindlela a form of ‘privatisation’, describing the criticism as ‘baseless and misguided’....
Two children were among five people killed in a head-on collision on the R66 near Dokodweni in Gingindlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, on Sunday night – just two days before schools reopened....
Police spokesperson Jabu Ndubane says the child was last seen playing outside his home....
Jayden-Lee Meek's body was found by a resident in the complex....
HSRC says prosecutorial action must be taken to meet public expectations in commissions of inquiries...
Eight passengers have been seriously injured after a bus was petrol bombed near Duinefontein and Govan Mbeki Roads in Gugulethu, Cape Town, in the early hours of Monday....
Veterinary and agricultural experts to address Foot and Mouth Disease Indaba....
EFF leader Julius Malema and his bodyguard Adrian Snyman firearm discharge case underway....
Several streets, including some sections of the busy Andrew Mapheto Drive, have been blockaded....
Five men are on trial for Senzo Meyiwa's murder in 2014....
A study revealed significant concentrations of ARVs in water resources...
Limpopo police have arrested two brothers for the murder of their 55-year-old father in Ga-Mothapo village, Tjatjaneng, over the weekend....
Police say another man was wounded in the shooting and was taken to hospital....
Tembisa residents are protesting over new fixed electricity tariffs....
Amongst the deceased is a three-year old and a two-month-old baby....
Malema is accused of discharging a firearm during the party's fifth anniversary celebrations....
Five men are on trial for the murder of the then Bafana Bafana captain....
A reaffirmed effort to combat prevalent crimes in the Northern Cape led to the arrest of 206 people....