Author name: Scott Balson

Four Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in the Drakensberg area in KwaZulu-Natal may have to close because of late subsidy payments from the Department of Education, soon after moving into new buildings. These crèches are a part of a programme spearheaded by the Santa Shoebox Project. A fifth centre may have to downscale before even […]

In South Africa, most long-term care for older people happens at home through the efforts of family members, largely female kin, not through government services. With South Africa’s population growing older, combined with reduced funding for community care, higher levels of disability in old age, and widespread poverty and unemployment, family care has become more

Everest Heights, KZN – Two people were injured after an unmanned crane truck crashed into a home on Inca Drive earlier today (Friday). The incident prompted multiple calls to the Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) Operations Centre, with members of the public urgently requesting assistance for two women trapped in the debris. Reaction officers and paramedics

Two Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Intervention Unit officers were fatally shot by armed suspects in Tembisa on Thursday night, in what authorities have condemned as a brazen and ruthless attack. The incident occurred at approximately 21:29 in the Umthambeka Section, Extension 11, while the officers were reporting for night shift duty. According to preliminary reports, the victims—both

A delegation of South African activists has arrived in Cairo as part of a worldwide mobilization calling for an end to Israel’s siege on Gaza and urgent humanitarian aid access. The group, which includes more than 50 South Africans, is joining over 2,000 activists from 50 countries in what has been named the Global March to

Residents of Meadowlands, Soweto, took to the streets for the third consecutive day on Thursday to protest over power outages. Roads were blocked with rocks and burning tyres. The area is already faced with “load reduction” on a daily basis with scheduled power cuts, but for the past three weeks there have been power outages

In a series of successful operations, members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested three suspects for drug trafficking at OR Tambo International Airport within a single week. The first arrest occurred on 05 June 2025, when a 42-year-old Nigerian national was intercepted upon arrival from São Paulo, en route to Nigeria. The suspect landed at 07:00 and was stopped

Mthatha, Eastern Cape – The death toll from the devastating floods in the Eastern Cape has climbed to at least 78, with disaster management teams continuing search operations amid fears the number could rise further. The region has been left reeling after extreme weather triggered rapid floodwaters, sweeping away homes and causing widespread destruction. As conditions

The Provincial Anti-Corruption Unit has arrested two members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in connection with an alleged corruption incident that occurred in March this year in Harrismith. The arrests, carried out today, are part of the Unit’s mandate in the government’s ongoing efforts to eradicate corruption at all levels of the public

The Harrismith Public Order Police Unit has arrested nine suspects and confiscated four bakkies following the looting of a maize truck that overturned on the N5 highway en route to Durban Harbour. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 11 June 2025, at approximately 19:30, when police were called to the scene of the accident near Harrismith