Pupils at Wedela Technical High School in Carletonville are being forced to carry buckets of water to flush toilets and travel to neighbouring schools for technical and computer classes, as relentless vandalism by illegal miners has left the once-promising institution in a state of collapse.
The Animal Anti-Cruelty League in KwaZulu-Natal is calling on the public to take stronger steps to safeguard the welfare and dignity of animals as the world observes International Animal Rights Day on Wednesday. The organisation says the day serves as a reminder that animals are sentient beings who deserve care, respect and protection.
As the country reflects on another year of spiralling gender-based violence (GBV), child protection advocates say South Africa can no longer afford to treat the crisis as a conversation reserved for campaign periods.
Five suspects aged between 34 and 70 have been arrested in northern KwaZulu-Natal for the illegal possession of high-calibre firearms and ammunition. Police say the arrests were made during separate intelligence-driven operations in the Melmoth and Nkandla policing precincts.
Police in Mpumalanga have arrested a 43-year-old Zimbabwean man after he was found with 582 passports during a stop in Middelburg on Monday. The passports originating from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique were discovered stashed alongside large sums of cash inside the vehicle he was travelling in.
President Donald Trump has ignited fresh tensions with longstanding US allies after describing Europe as “decaying” and accusing its leaders of weakness on immigration and the war in Ukraine. His remarks, published Tuesday in Politico, deepen concerns already raised by his administration’s recent national security strategy, which drew on far-right narratives about civilisational decline.
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has once again raised the alarm over the deteriorating state of basic service delivery across the country, calling it a profound violation of citizens’ rights as the nation observes International Human Rights Day.
Closing arguments in the Enyobeni Tavern Inquest are expected to proceed on Wednesday in the East London Regional Court, sitting in Mdantsane. The proceedings aim to determine whether anyone should be held legally accountable for the deaths of 21 young people at the Scenery Park venue in 2022.
A woman has died following a fiery crash on the M4 Ruth First Highway near the M41 off-ramp in Umhlanga, north of Durban. The cause of the early-morning accident remains under investigation.
The case against a Midrand couple accused of producing and distributing child sex abuse material has been transferred to the High Court in Johannesburg. Darren Wilken and Tiona Moodley briefly appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, where the matter was formally escalated.
A Cape Town community is reeling after teenager Alnika Mitchell was fatally caught in gang-related crossfire in Cloetesville on Sunday.
The family of murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran says the principles she lived by will continue to guide and inspire future whistleblowers in South Africa.
The eThekwini Municipality has temporarily closed Umhlanga Main Beach and Bronze Beach after a failure at the Ohlange Wastewater Pump Station led to contamination concerns.
The South African National Association for Special Education (SANASE) has warned that special needs schools in KwaZulu-Natal may not reopen next year due to unresolved issues around funding, staffing, and infrastructure.
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in KwaZulu-Natal has called on minibus taxi drivers to exercise caution on the roads this festive season, warning against fatigue and reckless behaviour.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will stage a protest outside the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) headquarters in Sandton on Tuesday, calling for urgent intervention in what it describes as a deepening crisis in the steel sector.
This year is on track to become the world’s second- or third-warmest year on record surpassed only by 2024’s unprecedented heat according to new data released Tuesday by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
A 75-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man have been released on bail after surrendering themselves to the Hawks in Secunda, Mpumalanga.
National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola has confirmed that the vehicle believed to have been used in the murder of Witness D identified as Marius van der Merwe has been recovered.
More than 20 Phoenix residents say they were scammed out of their life savings by a property developer implicated in an SIU investigation into irregular land sales in eThekwini.
Renewed public debate over the so-called 30% school pass mark is being fuelled by a fundamental misunderstanding of the policy, an education expert has warned.
Authorities in New Hanover say the remains of one of the victims swept away during last month’s devastating storm are still awaiting collection, weeks after flash floods claimed three lives in Ward 2 of the Umshwathi Local Municipality.
Australia will on Wednesday become the first nation to enforce a minimum age for social media use, compelling major platforms to block users under 16 or face penalties of up to A$49.5 million (US$33 million). The unprecedented move is expected to spark a wave of similar regulations worldwide.
Nine initiates have died in the Eastern Cape since the start of the summer initiation season, prompting renewed alarm over safety conditions at traditional schools.
