Author name: Scott Balson

The community of Saulsville is reeling in shock and grief after a pre-dawn mass shooting at a local hostel on Saturday left eleven people dead, including a three-year-old child. The death toll rose after one of the wounded succumbed to injuries in hospital, according to police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe. Fourteen other victims are receiving treatment […]

Families previously displaced by flooding in Durban say the eThekwini Municipality is demolishing their shacks. The families moved to higher ground in the Kennedy Road Informal Settlement after being displaced by floods in April 2022. They built shacks and have lived there since. But residents say that on 17 October, the municipality destroyed ten shacks.

The use of digital platforms must be used optimally to encourage the youth to participate in electoral democracy. This was the call made at the Electoral Commission’s seminar on digital technology held in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday, ahead of the forthcoming local government elections. The seminar was initiated to engage various stakeholders on how digital tools

The Dwesa Water Supply Scheme, which provides free water to villages outside Willowvale, was restored this year for R3.2-million. But two villages – Lurhwayizo and Mendwane – only had water for a few days before taps dried up again. This is because of a power failure at one of the pump stations. A community-based organisation

In a targeted operation to ensure a safer festive season, the Mthatha-based OR Tambo Stock Theft Prevention Task Team arrested two male suspects near the Decoligny R61 road on Friday afternoon. The suspects, aged 51 and 22 and identified as father and son, were taken into custody at approximately 16:10 on 05 December 2025 for

The Free State Division of the High Court has handed down a 14-year direct prison sentence to 52-year-old Sello Cedric Pinkoane for fraud, uttering, and money laundering involving R64.8 million. The court found that Pinkoane orchestrated an elaborate scam beginning in January 2017. He approached an elderly businesswoman with a deceptive business proposition, falsely claiming

Detectives from the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Kwanobuhle have opened a murder case and an inquest following the grim discovery of two bodies in the area on Thursday. Police were summoned to a residence on Baleka Street, Kwanobuhle, at approximately 09:00 on 04 December 2025, following a report of unnatural deaths. Upon arrival

 A swift response by the Provincial Organised Crime Unit has led to the arrest of five individuals, including municipal officials, in connection with an employment scam targeting job seekers. The unit acted on a complaint received from the City of Matlosana Local Municipality on Tuesday, 02 December 2025. The complaint concerned individuals who reported signing

Northern Cape police have arrested three men after intercepting a vehicle transporting a rhino horn on the N14 road outside Upington on Thursday, 04 December 2025. The operation was initiated after members of the ZF Mgcawu District’s Highway Patrol and Task Team received intelligence about a vehicle allegedly carrying a rhino horn and en route

Police in the Free State have welcomed the successful prosecution and life imprisonment of a 38-year-old man convicted of the rape and assault of a minor. Lefu James Mofokeng was sentenced to life imprisonment for his crimes. His name will also be entered into the National Register for Sex Offenders, authorities confirmed. The harrowing incident