One suspect has been arrested after members of a church in Hillbrow attacked a police officer and a tow truck driver on Sunday, leaving the policeman unconscious. The videos of the attack have since gone viral. (Watch below.) Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba said in a statement on Monday: “I am happy to announce the arrest of a […]

President Jacob Zuma today released the report of the Heher Commission… The biggest winners in the proposals set out in the long-awaited report by the Commission into the Feasibility of Fee-Free Higher Education and Training in South Africa will be students in the TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training colleges) sector. The Commission recommends they […]

Over 900 people in an informal settlement in Clare Estate, Durban in South Africa, were left homeless after a fire on Sunday. According to Thapelo Mohapi of Abahlali Basemjondolo, a two-year-old died in the blaze in the shack where the fire is believed to have started. The parents were admitted to King Dinuzulu Hospital and […]

Ireland celebrated its biggest victory ever over South Africa in a mega 38-3 win for the home team, in Dublin on Saturday. It was more than just the luck of the Irish. The Springboks sadly did not perform well in this, the first of their Northern Hemisphere tour. In fact it was one of their […]

Worth thousands each on the black market, the pangolin is the most trafficked mammal in the world… and is now teetering on the brink of extinction, with South Africa being at the centre of the tragedy. “Across Africa, over a million have been removed from the wild over the last decade and South Africa is […]

Two costly errors by Bafana Bafana defenders put paid to South Africa’s hopes of going to the FIFA World Cup in Russia 2018 as Senegal glided to a 2-0 win over the home side at a packed Peter Mokaba Stadium on Friday evening. Needing nothing short of victory to keep their hopes alive, South Africa […]

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma hit back at opposition MPs yesterday, during the National Council of Provinces, for not listening to the ANC report on everything it has achieved… and instead raising issues from books. He was referring to, amongst several others, Jacques Pauw’s best-selling expose “The President’s Keepers” which the State Security Agency (SSA) […]

The devastation caused by the Gordon’s Bay Fire in South Africa, which engulfed the area earlier this week, has fanned the community spirit in the area. With strong winds feeding it, the fire raged through the region burning down at least four houses, two sub-stations, a vegan deli and restaurant and an entire horse farm […]

One of South Africa’s biggest cities, Cape Town, is gripped by a rising panic. People are haunted by the idea that they may soon have to queue for water, carefully rationed out by local authorities under the watchful eye of the army. But these doomsday scenarios need to be tempered. It’s true that the first […]

The launch of ‘The President’s Keepers‘ at Hyde Park on Wednesday evening began with protesters outside (protesting for media freedom under the threat of the book being banned)… and ended with a power outage! Photos by Andrea Ben. Author Jacques Pauw took centre stage at the Hyde Park shopping centre, with crowds packed to the […]

  The DA will request an investigation after media reports today revealed that on the last day of the 2015/16 financial year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) paid Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) over R52 million for a contract for 169 torches. The Democratic Alliance (DA) said this “amounts to an astonishingly exorbitant R300,000 per […]

CAPE TOWN – A young child in South Africa who had been critically injured in a car accident, tragically passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning whilst being transported to hospital… because of the delay caused when the ambulance he was in, was held up by gunmen and robbed. The eight-year-old was being […]

This video, filmed near Skukuza in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, proves just why it’s imperative to listen to all those signs in game parks that warn about keeping your windows closed! The video was uploaded by Latestsightings and filmed by a chemical engineer Mark Williams-Wynn (29) on Monday. The frightening moment when […]

South Africa has produced two must-read thrillers in the past week. They are non-fiction, yet are as gripping and readable as any page-turner. Veteran investigative journalist Jacques Pauw’s “The President’s Keepers” has, within a week, become a global best seller. It has had the advantage of the best available marketing push by South Africa’s State […]

Thick smoke is billowing above Gordon’s Bay and blanketing Cape Town, from the Southern Suburbs to the CBD, caused by the Sir Lowry’s Pass Fire, near Somerset West. Update: the fires are spreading fast, with winds of over 70km per hour, and fire has jumped the firebreak and started burning houses on the mountainside. Four […]

Two Zimbabwean and one South African male, are on trial today for rhino poaching-related charges at the Grahamstown High Court, which is situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Specialist environmental crimes prosecutor Advocate Bucks Coetzee will be prosecuting, writes Megan Carr from Global March for Elephants and Rhino. Jabulani Ndlovu, Sikhumbuzo Ndlovu and […]

A mother in the UK, who is believed to originally be from Vereeniging in South Africa, has revealed that her son Noah died from Rickets, a childhood disease mainly caused by Vitamin D deficiency. Beverley Thahane, who now lives in Shropshire in England, expressed her shock at the diagnosis during an interview with the BBC: […]

A lone gunman is reported to have shot and killed over 20 people in a church near San Antonio in Texas, USA. Preliminary reports say 26 people have died and at least 20 have been injured. The Wilson County Sheriff said the man, dressed in black, started firing as he walked up to and entered […]

An intense storm appeared out of nowhere on Thursday evening in Cape Town… catching many people unaware, including two trail runners on Kloof Corner, Table Mountain. They had been video-ing their run when the unpredicted lightning storm suddenly struck Cape Town at around 19h10 on Thursday 2 November 2017. Watch as they get consumed by […]

Editor Jacques Pauw and the publishers of his new book ‘The President’s Keepers‘, have asked readers to please not download the pirated, hacked copy of the book currently being shared on social media. NM Publishers said it understands that many South Africans are doing this “innocently”, believing it to be a protest against the State […]

There were scarcely any hints of the tumultuous years that would follow the swearing-in of Dr John Pombe Magufuli on 5th November 2015 as Tanzania’s fifth president. After all, his Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) had been in power for decades, and his victory seemed to herald continuity with the past. Tanzania’s President John Magufuli after […]

Fake news sites have trotted out yet another fake story about American President Donald Trump and South Africa. This time they say he is threatening to intervene if SA doesn’t find a solution to its farm murder problem. It’s not true. The reports claims that Trump said “he is willing to lend a hand or […]

One of ER24’s proudest ambassadors, Vicky Govender, was cremated in his red ER24 flight suit in Durban a couple of weeks ago… following his tragic death after the devastating Durban floods when he paid the ultimate price while trying to save the lives of others. Vicky, a medic from ER24 Highway (KZN), passed away during […]

At dawn on Thursday morning, a rhino mom and her calf were found lying side by side in Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa. If only they were sleeping. But in another heartbreaking scene that is becoming too familiar – the pregnant rhino mom and her calf were dead… after having been shot and killed by […]

South Africa’s latest crime statistics released by the country’s police service reflect a continued long-term decline in levels of non-violent property crime, a possible stabilisation following four years of increase in murder, and a sustained rise in violent property crime. More worryingly, a closer look at case outcomes points to the toll that the leadership […]