# Golf: South Africa’s Louis Oosthuizen has withdrawn from both The 154th Open and LIV Golf’s UK event in Rocester due to a back injury. The 43-year-old, who won the 2010 Open at St. Andrews, says his priority now is to focus on his recovery so he can return to competition. South African Aldrich Potgieter […]
# Police arrested 13-thousand-and-20 suspects for various criminal offences during nationwide Shanela operations carried out last week. Among those arrested are one-thousand-886 individuals wanted for serious and violent crimes, including murder, rape, armed robbery, and hijacking. Police spokesperson, Amanda van Wyk, says two-thousand-and-89 illegal immigrants were also arrested for contravening the Immigration Act, of which […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says the continued loss of lives and incidents recorded during initiation seasons are concerning. Thirty-five initiates died during the 2026 winter customary initiation season, with 75 hospitalised and 180 rescued from illegal initiation. Twelve initiation-related abductions have been reported, while law enforcement agencies have opened 130 criminal […]
# Die beweerde misdaadbaas Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala het onttrek van sy pleit- en vonnisooreenkoms met die staat wat verband hou met Medicare24 se gesondheids- en welstands-polisietender van 228-miljoen-rand. Die Handelsmisdaadhof in Pretoria het vroeër die maand sy voorgestelde ooreenkoms van agt jaar tronkstraf verwerp, waarin hy hom ook daartoe verbind het om as staatsgetuie te […]
# Alleged underworld kingpin Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala has withdrawn from the plea and sentence agreement in connection with the 228‑million-rand Medicare24 health and wellness police tender. The Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Pretoria had rejected his proposed eight-year plea and sentence agreement earlier this month, in which he also committed to testifying as a state […]
# Die waarnemende minister van Polisie, Firoz Cachalia, sê hulle sal nog hulpbronne ontplooi om veiligheid te verskerp in aanloop tot die tweede kieserregistrasie-naweek in Augustus en die komende munisipale verkiesing in November. Die afgelope paar maande is minstens 12 raadslede in vermoedelik politieke geweld vermoor. Cachalia sê dis die regering se verantwoordelikheid om seker […]
# ActionSA sê al is Stad Johannesburg Afrika se voorste handelsentrum, sukkel hy steeds om ʼn betroubare, veilige, bekostigbare en doeltreffende vervoerstelsel te voorsien. ʼn Partywoordvoerder, Lebo Mokoka, sê inwoners staan voor dagbreek op om oorvol taxi’s, onbetroubare busse en treine wat dikwels nie betyds of glad nie opdaag nie, te haal. Sy sê dis […]
# Iran se Islamitiese Rewolusionêre Wagkorps het vanoggend vergeldingsaanvalle op Amerikaanse militêre basisse in Koeweit, Jordanië en Bahrein uitgevoer. Dit volg nadat Amerika gister Teheran aangeval en Iranse lugafweerstelsels, radarstasies aan die kus en missiel- en hommeltuig-persele getref het. Volgens Iran is een persoon dood en vier ander beseer. Die hernude aanvalle stel die tussentydse […]
# Acting minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia, says they will be mobilising more resources to tighten security ahead of the second voter registration weekend in August, and the upcoming local government elections in November. In the past few months, at least 12 councillors have been murdered, linked to political violence. Cachalia has emphasised that the […]
