Prominent South African businessman Richard Maponya, who died aged 99 early on Monday after a short illness, was a pioneer and a man of extraordinary fortitude who paved the way for racial transformation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. “We have lost a pioneer, a trailblazer and a man of extraordinary fortitude[…]
Twenty four disused Shosholoza Meyl train carriages were burnt at Bloemfontein railway station on Saturday, with a group of youths coming under suspicion after they had been chased out of the yard. Passenger Rail Agency of SA spokesperson Lilian Mofokeng said security staff saw a group of young men at[…]
Gauteng police say they will not reveal the identities of the two women who were killed in a drive-by shooting at a restaurant in Melville, Johannesburg, on New Year’s Day. Six others were wounded in the incident. Police Spokesperson Mathapelo Peters says the revealing the names of the victims could jeopardise investigations.[…]
A “conveyor belt failure” has thrust SA back into the load-shedding darkness. At around 8.45pm on Saturday, power utility Eskom announced that stage 2 rotational power cuts would be implemented from 10pm that night until 8am on Sunday. It was the first time in more than three weeks that load-shedding[…]
The Western Cape Education Department hopes to retain a matric pass rate of above 80% . Results for the National Senior Certificate examinations are scheduled to be released on Wednesday. More than 53,000 full-time students sat for last year’s final exams in the province. Next week marks the end of[…]
Two Hanover Park women were arrested after they were found in possession of 50 metres of Prasa cable. The City of Cape Town’s Metal Theft and Rail Enforcement Units responded to a tip-off on Friday morning. Upon arrival at a residence, officers spotted two men who fled the scene. The[…]
Police are investigating after the bodies of two infants were discovered in a fridge in Cape Town. Police made the discovery at a house in Wesbank earlier this week after receiving a tip-off from the property’s owner. It’s unclear what led to the deaths of the two babies and a[…]
Green Point traders are seething after trading was suspended for Sunday 5 January 2020 due to a PSL football match. According to the City of Cape Town, a soccer game at the stadium scheduled to start at 15h30 requires trading area (P4) for the purpose of parking. The chairperson of[…]
A 35-year-old woman from Wesbank in Cape Town has been taken in for questioning by Western Cape police after the bodies of two babies were found in a freezer. On Thursday, police spokesperson Captain FC van Wyk said a resident had notified the police of the bodies at a house[…]
Members of the Anti-Gang Unit in Cape Town have arrested two suspects and seized three firearms in Kensington on Thursday. Police spokesperson, Novella Potelwa, says police followed up on information about a shooting incident when they spotted two men fleeing the scene. She says police discovered two pistols and a[…]
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