Author name: Scott Balson

A 42-year-old male suspect is scheduled to appear before the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 05 November 2025, on a charge of rape. This follows a traumatic incident in which a 77-year-old woman was allegedly raped at her home in Tsantsabela village, situated in the Elandskraal policing area under the Sekhukhune District. Preliminary police reports […]

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) will this week be urging all G20 leaders and delegations to insist when they visit the country this month for the final events of the G20 summit on being held to the same standards of racial classification that South Africans are legally bound to meet. As state-required racial classification

A damning report from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has laid bare a massive corruption syndicate that looted Tembisa Hospital of more than R2.7 billion, a scandal directly linked to the degradation of public healthcare and the murder of a whistleblower. The SIU’s interim report, which prompted the investigation, exposed how sophisticated syndicates systematically bypassed

A security expert has issued a stark warning that Gauteng is now a “gangland,” with communities left to fend for themselves amid escalating violence, following a mass shooting in Reiger Park, Ekurhuleni, that left six people dead and three seriously wounded. The shooting, which occurred yesterday, has instilled deep fear in the community and prompted

A 26-year-old hospitality student, Xolile Dlamini, has died following a shooting incident allegedly involving police officers near the KSD TVET College’s Mapuzi Campus in the Eastern Cape. The event has triggered student protests and allegations of foul play. Dlamini succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital. The shooting occurred earlier

A community in Naledi, Soweto, is united in grief following the death of a young woman who was allegedly stabbed to death by her partner last Wednesday. The incident has sent shockwaves through the community, as both the victim and the alleged perpetrator were well-known residents who grew up in the area. According to the

A massive police manhunt is underway for the suspects responsible for a deadly drive-by shooting in Reiger Park, Boksburg, that left six people dead and three others wounded on Tuesday night. According to police, the attack was carried out by the occupants of two vehicles who entered the area and opened fire randomly on residents.

Frustration is mounting among residents of Spring Valley in Mpumalanga, who describe themselves as “the forgotten people” due to a prolonged lack of basic services from the Emalahleni Local Municipality. The community reports they were promised clean drinking water approximately three years ago, a promise that remains unfulfilled. With no reliable municipal supply, residents are

Residents of KwaNomzamo and the wider Kouga region in Humansdorp are set to benefit from a newly upgraded wastewater treatment works, a R49-million project designed to increase capacity and improve sanitation services. The official visit to the KwaNomzamo Wastewater Treatment Works by Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Sello Seitlholo, and local municipal officials yesterday

A stark accountability crisis within the South African Police Service (SAPS) has been laid bare by new data presented to Parliament, revealing that thousands of serious misconduct cases against officers, including murder and rape, have resulted in zero convictions. According to Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is currently investigating