# Acting Police minister Firoz Cachalia and senior police officials are expected to visit the Reiger Park shooting scene this afternoon. Four people, including two Anti-Gang Unit officers, were killed while responding to a shooting in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. Police have mobilised specialised investigative teams to track down those responsible. Authorities are appealing to […]
# Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi has honoured women making a difference in communities as South Africa marks 70 years since the historic 1956 Women’s March. More than 20-thousand women marched to the Union Buildings against apartheid pass laws imposed on Black women. Speaking at a Women’s Day celebration in Pretoria, Lesufi described the protest as […]
# The Electoral Commission in the Eastern Cape says youth voter registration has improved compared with the 2021 Local Government Elections. The IEC says more than 50-percent of young people in the province have registered, with the 16-to-21 age group recording the strongest growth. Electoral Operations deputy manager, Masindi Mohesana, attributes the increase to voter […]
# Popular Maskandi artist Scebi Dlamini, also known as Inkosi Yamagcokama, has died following a road accident in Richards Bay this morning. KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Siboniso Duma says the crash occurred at a traffic light opposite Melomed Hospital. Emergency teams treated three occupants, but Dlamini and another victim died. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding […]
# Western Cape police have launched a manhunt following the fatal shooting of five people in Langa last night. Police responded to a complaint regarding a shooting at a house in Winnie Mandela Street, Phase Three. On arrival, officers found four men and one woman with fatal gunshot wounds. No arrests have been made and […]
# The ANC Greater Joburg Region has rejected a Social Research Foundation poll showing the DA with 42-percent support in Johannesburg, compared with 18-percent for the ANC. The party questions the poll’s independence and wants its methodology, and commissioning details released. ANC spokesperson Mantombi Nkosi acknowledges residents’ concerns over service delivery, crime, unemployment and corruption. […]
# The Home Affairs Department and Border Management Authority say operations at the Musina repatriation centre have been scaled down. Authorities say the number of undocumented migrants being verified and processed at the centre has declined. The reduction follows a decrease in the number of people requiring processing at the facility. Home Affairs and the […]
# Soccer: Orlando Pirates have reached the MTN8 semi-finals after beating Durban City FC 2-1 in extra time at the Orlando Arena. Patrick Maswanganyi opened the score from the penalty spot in the first half after Durban City’s Brooklyn Poggenpoel was sent off. City equalised through Jean Lwamba before new signing Gamphani Lungu struck a […]
# Soccer: Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi is mourning the death of his father, Jorge Messi, who has died aged 68 after a prolonged illness. Jorge passed away yesterday morning at a medical clinic in Rosario, Argentina. He was a key figure in Lionel’s soccer career nationally and internationally since he was 14, serving as […]
