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KZNVIP Paramedics responded to a fatal shooting incident in the Kenville area, north of Durban, on Thursday evening. Upon arrival, emergency personnel discovered two women who had been shot execution-style inside a shack. South African Police Service (SAPS) and other emergency services were on the scene to assist. Initial reports indicate that an unidentified suspect […]

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

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

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

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Botlokwa has opened a case of attempted murder and pointing of a firearm following a fatal shooting incident involving a male suspect linked to a house robbery and business burglary. The incident occurred on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at approximately 20:30 in Sekakene village. According to police reports,

Sea View, Durban – Just before 7 a.m. this morning, Advanced Life Support (ALS) Paramedics responded to a shooting incident at the intersection of Wakesleigh Road and Cliffview Road in the Sea View area. Upon arrival, paramedics discovered a woman in her thirties who had sustained a gunshot wound to her arm. Advanced Life Support