Author name: Scott Balson

The Inxiweni Primary School community in Tembisa is in mourning after its principal and an administrative staff member were shot and killed on school grounds yesterday afternoon. The shooting occurred inside the school’s administrative block at approximately 5:00 PM. According to the Gauteng Department of Education spokesperson, who was on the scene, other staff members […]

The national government has initiated a support partnership with the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, which is facing severe governance failures and a financial crisis marked by R25 billion in unauthorised, irregular, and wasteful expenditure. The intervention was announced by the Deputy Minister for Cooperative Governance, Dickson Masemola, who is in the city to address

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a profound crisis in South Africa. Despite decades of campaigns, attacks on women, children, and vulnerable communities continue unabated. As a nation still grappling with the triple curse of poverty, unemployment and inequality, , we cannot accept GBV as inevitable. It is time for decisive action, and the students of today

Members of the National Intervention Unit (NIU) followed up information about armed suspects who were traveling in a Toyota Hilux light delivery vehicle, on Wednesday morning. The vehicle was followed from Nyanga and when the suspects spotted the police vehicle on Jakes Gerwel Drive, Mitchell’s Plain, they opened fire at the police vehicle. Police members

KZNVIP Emergency Teams responded to a violent cash-in-transit heist outside Midway Mall this afternoon, which left one security officer seriously injured after being shot by armed suspects. Emergency personnel were dispatched following multiple calls from distressed members of the public. Upon arrival, responders secured the scene and initiated a search for the affected security personnel.

A coalition of civil society members staged a picket outside the office of Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul in Kimberley, presenting a list of demands aimed at alleviating the severe financial pressure on households. The demonstration, organized by the group South Africa Transforming Towards an Inclusive Society, saw a smaller-than-anticipated turnout. Despite this, the attendees

The city of Johannesburg is grappling with a severe infrastructure crisis, as a chronic lack of funding has prevented comprehensive maintenance on its aging network of bridges, some of which are as old as 50 years, according to a senior official. Zweli Nyathi, CEO of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), confirmed in a recent interview

The Welkom Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit (FCS) has opened a rape case following the arrest of a 41-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting his 14-year-old stepdaughter. The incident came to light on Sunday, 16 November 2025. According to reports, the victim’s mother was outside doing laundry at approximately 15:00 when she

A 63-year-old man from Paballong Village has been arrested and charged with the alleged rape of an 8-year-old girl from the same community. The arrest, which occurred over the weekend, was initiated after the victim’s school alerted the child’s mother. According to the allegations, the incident came to light on Monday, 11 November 2025. At

A swift response by the Nelson Mandela Bay District Crime Combatting Unit led to the arrest of an armed robbery suspect on Tuesday, following a violent heist at a shopping mall jewellery store that left two people injured. The incident began at approximately 11:10 on Tuesday, 18 November 2025. According to preliminary reports, a group