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Nketoane Local Municipality in the Free State paid contractors nearly R15-million for a sports facility in Ntha, Lindley. But the stadium is a lifeless shell – vandalised, unmaintained, incomplete and unused. In the opinion of one councillor, what has been built so far does not come close to what has been spent. Nketoane Local Municipality […]

Families that illegally occupied land in Driftsands, Cape Town, to form Covid informal settlement have been living for three years without basic services such as tap water, sanitation or electricity. Worse still, the settlement has been flooded, knee-deep, in some places chest-deep, for two weeks now because of the heavy rainfall in the Cape. Covid […]

Young 27-year-old Siphokazi Booi’s burnt remains were found in a wheelie bin in September 2021… and finally, after several delays, the court trial is due to begin on Tuesday 27 June. Siphokazi was brutally murdered, dismembered, and set alight by her boyfriend. Her remains were found in the wheelie bin, burnt and dumped near the […]

Approximately 50 vehicles of spectators attending the 2023 Toyota Desert Race in Jwaneng, Botswana, caught fire and burnt to a crisp on Sunday, 25 June. READ: Hunger Hotspots: Gauteng hospitals grapple with food shortages CAUSE OF MASSIVE VEHICLE FIRE AT 2023 TOYOTA DESERT RACE IN JWANENG REMAINS UNCLEAR The Xinhua News Agency reported that the incident occurred […]

Sarah Ngobeni wakes up at 6am every two to three days to push a wheelbarrow to a nearby river, about three kilometres away. She collects clay and takes it back to her shack in Extension 10 to prepare for the day ahead. The clay will be mixed with coal dust from an old mine dump […]

A coal truck was torched, blocking the busy R334 in Motherwell, Gqeberha, when about 100 shack dwellers protested on Friday. The driver fled, uninjured. Later, public order police managed to get the demonstrators to agree to leave the road. The protesters were demanding the electrification of about 3,000 shacks in Khayamnandi, Ncinane, and phases one […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent condolences to the Motlana and Maunye families following the passing of veteran anti-apartheid activist, Sally Motlana, on Saturday. Motlana was awarded the Esteemed Member of the Order of the Baobab for her contribution to women’s empowerment and the realisation of a non-racial and democratic South Africa. “We are mourning the […]

The Department of Health confirmed on Sunday that the number of cholera-related deaths has now risen to 43 since the outbreak. According to the department, South Africa has recorded 1 045 suspected cases of cholera in 15 out of 52 districts across five provinces, 197 of which were laboratory-confirmed. Gauteng remains the hardest-hit province at […]

“Drunk” Judge Nkola Motata could become the first South African judge to be impeached. “Drunk” Judge Nkola Motata must be impeached, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has ruled. The Judicial Services Commission was wrong to only find him guilty of misconduct and not gross misconduct, the SCA ruled. “For as long as he is […]

A deadly combination of sewage pollution in streets and rivers, and dirty drinking water – or no water – in the taps is common to all four areas where people have died of cholera in the last two months. At least 32 people have died of cholera – a preventable and treatable disease – this […]

Online fraud is today’s most common crime. Victims are often told they are foolish for falling for it, but fraudsters use psychological mechanisms to infiltrate the defences of their targets, regardless of how intelligent they are. So it’s important to keep up with the latest scams and understand how they work. Recently, the consumer protection […]

A six-man rhino poaching gang has been sentenced to imprisonment for terms ranging between 16 and 20 years after they were found guilty of conspiracy to commit theft of rhino horn and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. The six men, who were sentenced in the Eastern Cape High Court sitting in Makhanda, are Francis […]

The University of South Africa (UNISA) Sunnyside campus has been closed since 7 June because of dirty tap water in Tshwane. The campus was closed as a precautionary health and safety measure after the water turned dark brown, the university said. The University of South Africa’s Sunnyside campus in Tshwane has been closed since 7 […]

Since the Covid lockdowns, homeless people have been living outside The Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town’s oldest building, a popular tourist destination and city landmark. Their future is uncertain because of tensions between the City and national government, which owns the land. Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has warned that if the Department of […]

The criminal trial of Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana and their seven co-accused has been postponed to 8 August for further police investigation. The criminal trial of Thabo Bester and eight others has been postponed for further police investigations. The state says three more people are likely to be arrested. The nine people in the […]

Two tourists sadly lost their lives during a canoe outing in South Africa. The male and female holiday makers were on the Crocodile River, between the Lion Park and Hartbeespoort Dam, when the tragedy occurred on Sunday afternoon. The accident involved several canoes on the river and resulted in multiple casualties, according to the NSRI. […]

A man who claimed damages against his ex-wife for “fraud”, because she did not disclose that she had an extra-marital affair resulting in the birth of their third child, has lost his case. One spouse has no legal duty to disclose to the other an extra-marital affair, a High Court judge has said. Judge Corné […]

The amount of rain in Cape Town over the past few weeks is dramatically captured by the graph below published by the municipality, which shows the volume of the city’s major dams every week since 2018. Note what has happened in the last three weeks as represented by the dotted navy blue line. While rain […]

Most people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being overweight. However, many people who have a heart attack do not have any of these traditional risk factors. Research has suggested that conditions such as gout, psoriasis, inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis are also risk […]

The citizens of Hammanskraal, a small town north of South Africa’s capital, Tshwane, have been dealing with the deaths of 23 residents from cholera since 23 May 2023. Tests to find the source are continuing. The initial assumption by residents and authorities was that poor quality water led to the outbreak. In one week in […]

Learners living in Vygieskraal informal settlement in Belgravia, Cape Town, missed examinations on Wednesday because of widespread flooding this week. School clothes and books were sopping wet, some no longer usable. The widespread flooding has affected informal settlements including Philippi, Strand, Gugulethu, Mfuleni, Masiphumelele, and Khayelitsha. According to Gift of the Givers, the number of people in […]

Citrusdal residents have been isolated in their town since Wednesday evening after heavy flooding cut off access to the Cederberg town. Some residents are stranded outside with no way to return to their homes. The main access road off the N7 highway, the R393, collapsed on Wednesday evening during heavy downpours. The rapid flowing Olifants […]

The taxi strike in QwaQwa in the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality in South Africa, has now entered its fourth day… with an alarking escalation in violence. Tragically, two lives have already been lost, and several others have been injured. The strike has also brought the local economy to a grinding halt. “While we respect everyone’s right […]

The parents of a 21-year-old Bloemfontein man who was buried by the state without their consent are demanding their son’s body be exhumed immediately. DNA tests were taken from a decomposed body believed to belong to a missing Bloemfontein man. After three years, the test results have not been obtained. In the meantime, the state […]