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Police are requesting community assistance to locate an unidentified male suspect responsible for a fatal shooting and an attempted murder at a Ga-Magowa village liquor outlet. The incident occurred on Saturday, 06 December 2025, at approximately 01:10. Patrol officers responded to a complaint of a shooting at the venue. Upon arrival, they found two male […]

The Port Alfred Regional Court has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to Xolisa ‘Bonnie’ Snooks for rape, along with multiple additional sentences totaling 45 years for robbery with aggravating circumstances. The conviction stems from two separate violent attacks linked to Snooks through overwhelming forensic DNA evidence. The successful prosecution, led by Detective Constable Sandra

A climate of fear has gripped the community of Orange Farm, south of Johannesburg, as residents report escalating violent crime, including gangsterism in schools, murder, rape, and gender-based violence. The situation has reached a critical point, with community members citing a severe lack of police visibility and responsiveness as a key factor allowing crime to

A stark internal report presented by ANC Secretary General Fikile Mbalula has laid bare significant challenges within the ruling party, from economic management to electoral decline. The assessment was delivered on Tuesday to roughly 2000 delegates gathered at the Birchwood Hotel for the party’s National General Council (NGC), a key mid-term policy review forum. The

A devastating shooting at the Nkowankowa police station outside Tzaneen has claimed the lives of two police officers, in an incident authorities are linking to gender-based violence. According to police reports, a male sergeant shot and killed a female constable, who was his partner, before turning his service pistol on himself. Both officers died at

A severe sanitation crisis has gripped the Makhaza area in Khayelitsha for more than ten days, with raw sewage flooding homes, inundating streets, and forcing families from their residences. The situation has escalated into a public health emergency, leaving residents feeling abandoned and at risk. The disaster stems from a critical bulk sewer line that

South African motorists are urged to check their vehicles following a significant safety recall announced by the National Consumer Commission. The recall affects over 18,000 Kia vehicles and more than 300 Jeep Wranglers due to separate potential faults that could compromise safety. The affected Kia models were sold nationally through approved dealerships between 2009 and

African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a stark warning to his party on Saturday, stating the liberation movement “will perish” if it fails to renew itself. The message came during his political report at the party’s National General Council (NGC), a midterm review held amid the ANC’s most serious electoral crisis since taking

Speaker notes by General Fannie Masemola, Brakpan We have earlier this evening met with the investigating team on the murder case of Mr Marius Van Der Merwe together with IPID that has been investigating the murder case of Duduza where an African male’s body was found dumped in a dam in 2022. We are meeting

Every Thursday Dr Kelby English makes her way to the Hartbeespoort Dam with 20,000 tiny insects packaged carefully in translucent containers. She, along with some local residents, then release the tiny insects onto the green carpet of invasive water hyacinth, which now covers almost 40% of the dam. English is a post-doctoral research fellow at