# Gauteng Police Commissioner, Tommy Mthombeni, says a whole-of-government approach remains central to the future of policing in the province. The province’s fourth-quarter crime statistics for the 2025/2026 financial year show a 5.9-percent decline in contact crimes between January and March this year, with murder down 15-percent, rape down by 9.9-percent, and attempted murder down […]
# Rugby: Scotland’s South Africa-born Duhan van der Merwe, New Zealand legend, TJ Perenara, and England’s Kyle Sinckler have been named in the Barbarians squad to face the Springboks in Gqeberha next Saturday. Van der Merwe, who has scored 35 tries in 53 Tests for his adopted nation, will wear the famous jersey for the first […]
# President Donald Trump says the US must, of necessity, respond against Iran after it shot down an American Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday evening. The two soldiers on the Apache had been patrolling waters off the coast of Oman when the crash happened. They were safely rescued by a sea drone […]
# The Israeli Defence Force launched fresh strikes in Lebanon yesterday, killing at least eight people and wounding 32. This is despite the IDF issuing an evacuation warning to residents of Tyre in southern Lebanon. Israel and Iran paused hostilities on Monday, after an Israeli strike on Beirut targeting the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah triggered […]
# The ANC says the economy growing by 0.5-percent in the first quarter of this year provides encouraging evidence that the economic reforms and interventions implemented by the government are contributing to improved economic activity. According to Statistics South Africa, the finance industry was the largest contributor on the production side of the economy, contributing […]
# Die Stad Johannesburg se Noodbestuursdienste sê minstens vier mense is in die vroeë oggendure dood in ‘n brand in ‘n sinkhuis in die Kathrada-park-informele nedersetting in Claremont. Die slagoffers is tussen 20- en 50-jaar-oud. Verskeie inwoners is vir rookinaseming behandel. ‘n Woordvoerder van die nooddienste, Robert Mulaudzi, sê die oorsaak van die brand is […]
# Forum for South Africa vra ‘n onmiddellike en deursigtige ondersoek na die voormalige hoof van die Georganiseerde Misdaadeenheid, Richard Shibiri, se vrou. Hy is verlede week afgedank nadat hy skuldig bevind is aan wangedrag, insluitend sy verbintenis met ‘n bekende misdadiger. Sy vrou is glo steeds hoof van die Krugersdorpse speurtak in Gauteng, al […]
# Die ANC-Jeugliga in Groter Johannesburg gaan Cartrack van strafbare manslag aankla ná ‘n werknemer se dood. Die 29-jarige vrou is dood nadat sy glo haar werkgewer verskeie kere vertel het sy is nie gesond nie, maar steeds moes werk. Die maatskappy sê sy het onmiddellik hulp van opgeleide nooddienste ontvang. Oscar Kanyane van die […]
# Die Wes-Kaapse regering is nog nie seker wanneer die pad na die Kango-grotte in die Klein-Karoo weer oopgestel sal word nie. Onlangse storms het verdere skade aangerig ná ‘n groot rotsstorting. Die roete is reeds sedert 6 Mei gesluit. Die LUR vir infrastruktuur, Tertuis Simmers, sê spesialis-geotegniese spanne het weer begin met pogings om […]
