The white flash of a VW Polo pulling up beside you on a Durban pavement has become one of the most frightening sights in the city. On Thursday, that fear turned into a full-blown chase through the streets of Clare Estate — and it ended with two men in handcuffs and five stolen cellphones in […]

The Democratic Alliance is facing a tougher fight to retain its outright control of the City of Cape Town, with a new Ipsos survey putting the party below the 50% support mark ahead of the November 4 municipal elections. The poll places the DA at 46% in Cape Town, its strongest level of support in […]

South Africa is bracing for a spell of dangerous weather, with severe thunderstorms, heavy rain, damaging winds, hail and excessive lightning expected across several provinces. The South African Weather Service has issued an Orange Level 5 warning for the central parts of the Northern Cape, where severe thunderstorms may cause flooding in vulnerable settlements and […]

A Tshwane schoolboy is in pain after he was allegedly circumcised by four older pupils in school toilets. Police have opened a case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm following the ordeal suffered by the grade 5 pupil at Sinqobile Primary in Soshanguve. The 11-year-old said his attackers threatened to beat him […]

Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s prolonged absence from public duties has placed renewed focus on how government communicates when a senior constitutional office-bearer is unable to carry out normal engagements. Mashatile has not made a confirmed public appearance since July 18, when he officiated at the Mandela Day Water Services Project Launch and Acceleration Programme in […]

Twelve South African Police Service (SAPS) members were injured and a motorist was killed after a vehicle burst into flames following a collision on the N1 freeway outside Polokwane. The fatal crash happened near Astron Filling Station at about 7pm on Friday. According to Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety spokesperson Mashudu Mabata, the […]

Two women are dead and about 28 people are injured after a taxi driving against oncoming traffic on the gravel shoulder of the N7 lost control and slammed head-on into another taxi. Western Cape SAPS spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said the crash happened at about 8am yesterday, Thursday 27 August, on the N7 Freeway […]

Johannesburg mayor Dada Morero has apologised after using profanity during a heated exchange with a resident in Tshepisong, west of the city. Morero was in the area with City of Johannesburg officials on Thursday to address electricity-related problems when the confrontation happened. The exchange began after a resident allegedly called him a criminal. Morero repeatedly […]

A Hawks officer has told a court how a metro police officer and his attorney wife allegedly sent R1.65 million to a Mercedes-Benz dealership in one transfer while a widow was still waiting for the same money to reach her account. Colonel Putiki Makuwa gave the evidence in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court during the bail […]

Alleged political fixer Oupa Brown Mogotsi had a plan to walk straight out of the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court cells last week – dressed as a correctional services official, the State claims. The bombshell landed on Tuesday when an affidavit by Colonel Alfred Odendaal, the investigating officer in Mogotsi's criminal case, was read into the record […]