Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has unveiled his department's 2025/26 budget, with a strong focus on combating crime in four of South Africa's most affected provinces: KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, the Western Cape, and the Eastern Cape.
The community of Mitchells Plain remains on edge following a series of deadly shootings that left five people dead and seven others injured on Thursday.
KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a manhunt for gunmen who ambushed and shot three people in Redcliffe, north of Durban, on Thursday night, killing one and injuring two others.
The inquest into the deaths of 21 teenagers at the Enyobeni Tavern is set to continue in the Mdantsane Magistrate’s Court, as tavern manager Siyakhangela Ndevu returns to the witness stand for a third day.
Geologists are sounding the alarm over the increasing number of sinkholes forming across Gauteng, warning that neglected and leaking infrastructure is accelerating the rate of collapse to dangerous and unnatural levels.
Ten suspects, among them police officers and a traffic official, are set to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday facing serious charges of theft, fraud, extortion, and corruption.
Former Deputy President David Mabuza has died at the age of 64. It is understood that he passed away at a Gauteng hospital on Thursday.
Eight suspects, including six law enforcement officers and two civilians, are expected to appear in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on charges of theft after allegedly stealing around R900,000 from a local shop.
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a warning as a significant cold front sweeps across the country, bringing plunging temperatures, strong winds, and widespread rainfall.
Five people were injured, one of them critically, in a multi-vehicle collision on the M4 near the Bluff off-ramp in Durban on Thursday.
A controversial proposal to officially change South Africa’s name to the Republic of Azania has ignited widespread debate across the country and online platforms.
Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Wednesday but found guilty of two counts of transporting individuals for prostitution following a high-profile, seven-week trial in New York.
The Western Cape Mobility Department has called on motorists to exercise extreme caution as heavy rains and poor weather conditions sweep across the province.
KwaZulu-Natal police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a man’s body at the base of a waterfall near Cathedral Peak in the Drakensberg.
Sipho Selowi has been sentenced to life in prison by the Douglas Regional Court for the rape of two minors in 2016. The victims were aged 10 and 12 at the time of the incidents.
Portuguese football has been plunged into mourning following the tragic deaths of Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother, Andre Silva, in a car crash in northwestern Spain early Thursday morning.
The Bellville Magistrate’s Court has granted media access to cover the first court appearance of a 37-year-old woman accused of kidnapping a newborn baby from a shopping mall in Bellville over the weekend.
A man was shot and killed in what is believed to be a targeted attack or attempted hijacking while leaving a residence on Avoca Road in Greenwood Park on Thursday morning.
The bail application for twelve members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Special Task Force is set to resume on Thursday in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court.
The City of Cape Town says it is prepared to roll out coordinated relief efforts as another round of cold, wet, and windy weather is set to batter the region from Thursday.
A 37-year-old woman from Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, is expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court today in connection with the kidnapping of a newborn baby from Middestad Mall over the weekend.
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has confirmed that emergency funds have been activated to support municipalities severely affected by recent floods across the country.
Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has proposed the reintroduction of corporal punishment in South Africa, citing mounting pressures within the criminal justice system.
Over 100 families in the Shabalala Trust near Hazyview, Mpumalanga, have been without electricity for six months after a transformer failed in December 2024. Residents claim Eskom is demanding R65,000 to replace the unit—an amount they say they already paid last year without any results.
