Singer Kelly Khumalo received calls from one of the five men accused of killing former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa before he was killed. This was revealed by a South African Police Service (SAPS) colonel Lambertus Steyn at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday, 27 July 2023. KELLY KHUMALO LINKED TO ACCUSED 5 IN MEYIWA […]

The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has released results from its baseline study which indicate when and where most fatalities involving trucks and buses. The RTMC said its study was based on 4 001 trucks and buses that were involved in fatal crashes between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2022. HERE’S WHERE TRUCK AND BUSES FATALITIES […]

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has banned some of its public representatives (MPs and MPLs) for failing to organise transport for their constituencies to attend the party’s 10th anniversary rally. The rally will be held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday, 29 July. EFF BANS REPRESENTATIVES FROM ITS RALLY The party said in January […]

Eskom says it will now directly implement load shedding to City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) customers in all the substations that were previously handed over to the municipality to manage. According to the power utility  the City of Ekurhuleni failed to comply by not adhering to the NRS 048-9:2019 code of practice which requires electricity distributor licence holders […]

Crawford International Pretoria College has dismissed a substitute teacher who was seen to be promoting racism in a classroom by writing derogatory words on a classroom board. The incident reportedly happened on Monday, 24 July and a video recorded by learners has since gone viral. CRAWFORD INTERNATIONAL TEACHER DISMISSED Gauteng Education spokesperson Steve Mabona said […]

State witness and singer Kelly Khumalo’s neighbour in Vosloorus, Khaya Ngcatshe told the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria he heard commotion and screaming on the night former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa was shot and wounded. Ngcatshe took the stand in the ongoing murder trial on Tuesday, 25 July. KELLY KHUMALO’S NEIGHBOUR TESTIFIES IN THE MEYIWA MURDER […]

Four passengers were killed following a mass shooting at a taxi rank in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal. The incident happened on Tuesday, 25 July. ALSO READ: Civilian plane crash in war-torn Sudan leaves nine dead FOUR KILLED IN PORT SHEPSTONE TAXI RANK According to emergency service, Mi7, its teams found several security services and police units present, […]

Potable water supplier Rand Water has cancelled the 30-hour shutdown that would have affected various parts of Tshwane due to unforeseen circumstances. The shutdown was scheduled to take place at 05:00 on 30 July to 11:00 on 31 July 2023. RAND WATER CANCELLS TSHWANE SHUTDOWN The City of Tshwane previously said the water utility’s technicians […]

Eskom is currently implementing Stage 3 and 4 load shedding alternatively. The power utility said Stage 4 would be implemented from 05:00 – 16:00, thereafter, Stage 3 would be implemented until 05:00 the next day. ALSO READ: Another cash-in-transit truck bombed last night in the same vicinity TSHWANE LOAD SHEDDING SCHEDULE In line with Eskom’s […]

Singer and State witness Zandie Khumalo has denied that former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot and wounded while trying to separate a fight between her and then boyfriend Longwe Twala. Khumalo is under cross-examination at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. ZANDIE KHUMALO DENIES FIGHT BETWEEN HER AND LONGWE TWALA Meyiwa was shot dead […]

The Gauteng Department of Education has reminded parents and guardians that the online admission applications for the 2024 academic year will close on Friday, 21 July at midnight. The applications opened on 15 June and were supposed to close on 14 July but were then extended. GAUTENG ONLINE ADMISSION APPLICATIONS CLOSE ON FRIDAY As previously reported by The […]

Emergency services are responding to a gas explosion in Chloorkop in Kempton Park, Gauteng. This is believed to be a hydrogen explosion and is the third within two days in Gauteng. ALSO READ: Another cash-in-transit truck bombed last night in the same vicinity ANOTHER GAS EXPLOSION IN GAUTENG According to emergency services the explosion happened […]

Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism MEC in Limpopo, Rodgers Monama says his department needs to play a role in reducing alcohol abuse as liquor trading hours will be permanently cut from 1 August. Monama revealed this on Tuesday, 18 July during his address at the Modimolle Victim Support Centre. ALSO READ: Another cash-in-transit […]

The KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) says it has activated all its disaster management teams as bitterly cold and wet weather is expected in the province. Snow is also expected to make landfall. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) said a cut-off low is expected to develop over the southern interior of South […]

Eskom says various stages of load shedding will be implemented this weekend. The power utility ramped up rolling blackouts to Stage 4 on Wednesday afternoon citing severe strain on the power generation system. ALSO READ: Social media access in Ethiopia resumes after 5-month blackout LOAD SHEDDING FOR THE WEEKEND Eskom said it would implement Stage 2 and […]

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial was postponed to Thursday, 20 July after State witness Zandie Khumalo fell ill. Khumalo was on the stand at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria giving her account of what transpired the night Meyiwa was shot and killed at her home in Vosloorus on 26 October 2014. ZANDIE KHUMALO FALLS […]

Singer Kelly Khumalo’s lawyer, Magdalene Moonsamy has pulled out as her legal representative in the murder case of slain Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa. Moonsamy has reportedly sent a notice of withdrawal to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). KELLY KHUMALO’S LAWYER DROPS HER Moonsamy was a watching brief on behalf of Khumalo without being directly […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) says cold weather, accompanied by overcast, rainy conditions, can be expected to set in over parts of the Northern Cape, North West, Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Mpumalanga this week. The weather service had warned that a cut-off low is expected to develop over the southern interior of South Africa […]

The Presidency has confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS Summit in South Africa next month. This comes as the International Crime Court (ICC) has issued a warrant of arrest for Putin as he is accused of being responsible for the war crimes of unlawful deportation of children, and the unlawful […]

A nine-month-old baby boy sadly died on his first day at crèche in Umganu Circle in Zwelisha, KwaZulu-Natal. The incident happened on Tuesday afternoon, 18 July. BABY DIES AT CRECHE IN ZWELISHA According to private security Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA), a caregiver contacted them after discovering the infant unresponsive in a bed. RUSA spokesperson Prem Balram […]

The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for disruptive snow in the Eastern Cape. The warning is valid from Wednesday, 19 July until Thursday, 20 July. DISRUPTIVE SNOW EXPECTED IN THE EASTERN CAPE A cut-off low is expected to develop over the southern interior of South Africa. This system will result […]

Two police officers attached to the Beitbridge Border Post are expected to appear before the Musina Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo, on Wednesday 19 July 2023, facing charges of corruption after they allegedly demanded R2000 bribe in order to release a traffic register certificate. The two were arrested on Monday, 17 July. TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR […]

A 29-year-old suspect, who is regarded as one of Western Cape’s dangerous and notorious hitmen in the Western Cape, was allegedly killed during a shootout in Lwandle with police members. The suspect was shot dead on Sunday, 16 July 2023 at approximately 23:00. WESTERN CAPE’S DANGEROUS SUSPECT GUNNED DOWN South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in […]

The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein has dismissed celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana’s application for leave to appeal an earlier ruling on the legality of her arrest and deportation to South Africa. Magudumana was arrested in Arusha, Tanzania with her partner convicted criminal and rapist Thabo Bester. They were deported to South Africa earlier in April. […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to unveil two statues of South Africa’s first democratically elected President, Nelson Mandela on Tuesday, 18 July. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Madiba’s passing and he would have been 105 years old as he was born on 18 July 1918. TWO NELSON MANDELA STATUES TO BE UNVEILED ON […]