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A growing sinkhole on Duncan Road and Harvard Avenue in the Glenwood suburb of Durban has raised serious safety concerns among residents, who fear vehicles could plunge into it and that heavy rain could worsen the situation. According to local accounts, the problem began earlier this year around February when part of the road started […]

Several families in Shayandima and Muledane villages near Thohoyandou in Limpopo have been left homeless after local authorities demolished a number of structures, claiming they were illegally built on municipal land. The demolitions took place on Friday, reducing homes to rubble and leaving residents scrambling to salvage their belongings while searching for temporary shelter. Witnesses

A fatal collision involving a light motor vehicle and a stationary gas tanker on the N12 highway near Bassonia, south of Johannesburg, briefly left the major route closed in both directions while emergency services managed a volatile fire and cooling operations. The highway has since been reopened to traffic. The incident occurred shortly before 3:15

Residents of Sebokeng are urgently calling on the government to relocate them from an area plagued by recurring raw sewage floods that are inundating their Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses, turning living spaces into hazardous swamps and sparking serious health risks. The contamination has led to a sharp increase in pests, including snakes and

The South African public healthcare system is facing a severe fiscal crisis, with recent data from the Law Reform Commission showing that the state paid out nearly R2 billion in damages during the 2020/21 financial year alone, while contingent liabilities have surged to over R120 billion. This escalating cycle of litigation is diverting critical funds

Police in Gauteng have made a significant breakthrough against drug proliferation following the discovery of a suspected drug laboratory in Sandton. According to authorities, members of the Organised Crime Unit in the province operationalized intelligence information on the morning of 12 April 2026. The operation led officers to a house located on Rembrandt Avenue in

The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Phaudi, Capricorn District, has opened a statutory rape case and launched a manhunt for a 22-year-old male suspect following a report received at Lonsdale clinic on Friday, 10 April 2026. At approximately 07:20, a nurse on duty at the clinic attended to a 16-year-old female patient who was

The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has demanded that President Cyril Ramaphosa be held accountable for the alleged mishandling of a 2020 theft at his Phala Phala farm and has formally requested the Speaker of the National Assembly to initiate Section 89 impeachment proceedings against him. This follows the release of a report by the Independent

Olievenhoutbosch, outside Pretoria – Informal traders whose businesses were demolished by the City of Tshwane along the R55 and Samrand roads say the action has devastated their only source of income and left them uncertain about their future. The municipality carried out the demolitions three days ago as part of its Rea Spana by-law enforcement

Residents of Majaneng, particularly those in the Middleton A section near Delareyville in North West province, say they have reached breaking point over a persistent water crisis that has lasted nearly ten years. With no reliable municipal supply, families in the area are compelled to use donkey carts and wheelbarrows to transport water from neighbouring