The body of renowned 85-year-old ostrich farmer Sagaria “Saag” Jonker has been found inside his Toyota Land Cruiser in the Olifants River near Oudtshoorn, three days after he was swept away while trying to cross a flooded low-water bridge. Jonker went missing on Sunday after attempting to cross the bridge on Rooiheuwel Road. His vehicle […]

A helicopter crash-landed during a major illegal-mining raid in Mphahla, Fochville, on Tuesday morning, leaving the pilot and passengers with minor injuries. The incident happened during Operation Prosper/Karabo, a joint operation that resulted in the arrest of 121 suspected illegal miners and the recovery of five firearms, including three pistols. The operation involved the South […]

A Durban man who stabbed his mother 26 times has been found guilty of her murder after the court rejected his claims that he could not remember what happened during the fatal attack. The Durban Regional Court convicted Uveer Jaganath on Tuesday for the 2021 murder of his mother, Jessica Jaganath, at the family’s home […]

Advocacy groups have criticised suspended deputy national police commissioner Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya’s claim that he had consensual sex with an 18-year-old woman he is accused of raping. The 59-year-old appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to apply for bail on charges involving sexual offences. During the hearing, Sibiya admitted that he had sex […]

A Valhalla Park family is mourning after a 38-year-old man was struck and killed by a train in Heideveld on Monday morning, becoming the fourth person to die in a separate train-related incident in the Western Cape in just over a month. The victim, identified by his family as Alvin Wallace, was hit at about […]

Severe Weather and Fire Danger Warnings Issued for Wednesday, 30 September South Africans in several parts of the country are in for another spell of disruptive weather on Wednesday, 30 September. Storms, flooding risk and damaging winds—here’s where to be careful The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for severe […]

The bedroom is filled with cardboard boxes. Some are half-full, while others have been taped shut and marked for their new home. In the middle of the room, Judy Logan sits in a pink bonnet while nursing her six-week-old daughter. Her husband, Addison Logan, watches from his gaming chair as the couple prepares for a […]

Police in Ekurhuleni are battling to make sense of a terrifying string of deaths after 12 women were killed in the area in less than two months. Investigators say they have not yet established whether the cases are linked, but the sheer number of women dying in such a short space of time has left […]

Explosive WhatsApp messages placed before the Madlanga Commission have laid bare allegations that two well-known taxi bosses used threats, intimidation, and the promise of violent disruption to squeeze money out of businessmen operating in Mpumalanga. At the centre of the storm are Joe "Ferrari" Sibanyoni and Bafana "King of the Sky" Sindane, who stand accused […]

The President has announced a four-point emergency response after the bodies of 11 women were found in Ekurhuleni since July, while police continue investigating whether the killings are connected. In a solemn national address, the President said the latest discovery of a woman’s body in Springs on Sunday had brought the number of women found […]