Author name: Scott Balson

New research has revealed that climate change significantly intensified the catastrophic April 2022 floods in Durban, which killed more than 500 people and caused over R50 billion in damages. Scientists from Wits University’s Global Change Institute used advanced climate modeling to determine that global warming made the extreme rainfall event far more severe than it […]

The South African Communist Party (SACP) is gearing up to mark its 104th founding anniversary with a major rally in KwaZulu-Natal tomorrow. The event will feature an address by SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila, who is expected to outline the party’s vision and strategic direction amid a pivotal political moment. A Milestone for the SACP

The South African Police Service in Bandelierkop under Vhembe District has arrested a 20-year-old female following an untimely death of a three-month-old child on Friday 01 August 2025 at about 18:00 in Mundzedzi village. Police were on patrol duties when they were summoned at Vleifontein clinic at about 18:30 after being informed about two individuals

 A 30-year-old male suspect was arrested for drug possession during an intelligence-driven operation in the Naboomspruit policing area on Friday, 01 August 2025. The Provincial Organized Crime Investigation Unit acted on an anonymous tip-off about a suspected drug dealer operating from a vehicle in Phomolong Extension, Mookgopong. Police swiftly operationalized the information and located the

The Provincial Commissioner of the Northern Cape, Lieutenant General Koliswa Otola, has confirmed and welcomed the double life imprisonment handed down to 35-year-old Selby George for the brutal rape and murder of 21-year-old Thobeka Bosman in Marydale. Bosman’s half-naked body was discovered on 7 October 2018 at approximately 08:00 under a bridge on Snyman Street

The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng, has welcomed the life sentence handed down to Ben Sedireng Jacob (55) by the Bafokeng Regional Court in Tlhabane on Thursday. Jacob was convicted for the kidnapping and rape of his 24-year-old ex-girlfriend in October 2023 at Bethel Section, Kanana village, outside Rustenburg. Reports

Police have arrested four suspects following an alleged vigilante attack that resulted in the death of a 28-year-old man in Nekkies, Knysna. The incident occurred on Friday, 01 August 2025, when officers responded to a report of a vigilante attack at approximately 10:50. Upon arrival, they discovered the victim’s body with multiple injuries. Paramedics at

Police have apprehended two additional male suspects in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter, who were reported missing in mid-May 2025. On Friday, 01 August 2025, the Thohoyandou Vhembe District Team, alongside the Provincial Missing Persons Investigators, conducted an operation at Hlabeni Block F in the Saselamani policing area.

Operation Dudula, the Soweto Network, and the Black Entrepreneurs Alliance hosted the Johannesburg Dialogue in Orlando West yesterday, bringing together stakeholders to address pressing socio-economic issues facing the community. Unlike Operation Dudula’s usual protests against illegal immigration, this event focused on constructive dialogue, tackling unemployment, crime, land reform, and gender-based violence (GBV). A Shift in Approach A

Deputy President Paul Mashatile is under increasing scrutiny after Parliament’s Ethics Committee recommended that he be reprimanded and fined R10,000 for failing to declare a diamond gifted to his wife by controversial businessman Louis Liebenberg, who faces fraud charges. The revelation adds to Mashatile’s mounting controversies, including questions surrounding two luxury properties—valued at over R60