The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is expected to brief Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Transport on Tuesday on its strategy for dealing with attacks on its trains. Cape Town’s railway stations have been beset by a string of train fires over the past several months, in addition to[…]
Political Analyst, Dirk Kotzé, says he believes the removal or resignation of Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene would not have as big an impact on the rand as is it did when former president Jacob Zuma fired him. The move in 2015 sent the rand into free fall and wiped off billions from South Africa’s[…]
Four people have died while 13 others have been injured in a minibus taxi crash on the N3 in Spruitview, according to Ekurhuleni emergency medical services spokesperson William Ntladi. “Police responded to a motor vehicle crash on the N3 highway opposite Spruitview. Upon arrival we found that a minibus had[…]
Alleged underworld kingpin, Colin Booysen, has been arrested for murder. Police on Wednesday evening nabbed Booysen, 51, at his home in Belhar. Booysen, the brother of alleged Sexy Boys gang leader Jerome “Donkie” Booysen, was bust after his bodyguard allegedly shot and killed a man who tried to kill him[…]
Outgoing Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille on Sunday announced a campaign to clear her name, including suing entrepreneur Anthony Faul for R1 million for defamation. She said she was notified by the Hawks that the National Prosecuting Authority had considered the evidence regarding a case of bribery made against[…]
The City of Cape Town has repeated its call for a state of emergency to be declared over the commuter railways. Brett Herron‚ the mayoral committee member for transport‚ said on Saturday his renewed plea to transport minister Blade Nzimande followed reports that the Railway Safety Regulator had issued a[…]
Two suspects were arrested on Friday for the murder of a Cape Town woman who was killed on the N1 a week ago after her motorbike broke down on the highway, Western Cape police have confirmed. Zelda van Niekerk was shot in the stomach under the N7 bridge on the[…]
Family and friends of the late Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa have described her as a committed servant of the people. Gauteng premier, David Makhura, says South Africa has lost an outstanding campaigner for global peace and environmental justice in Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa. He was speaking at Molewa’s[…]
Mystery surrounds “human remains” that washed up on a Milnerton beach in Cape Town this week. Western Cape police confirmed that officers had been called to Sunset Beach around 11:20 on Thursday. “On their arrival at the scene, the police found human remains, and an inquest was opened and is[…]
Four people were arrested for an attack on a group of hikers in the Newlands Ravine in Cape Town on Thursday morning, Western Cape police confirmed. Captain FC van Wyk said the men, aged 20 to 27, were found with the hikers’ clothes and takkies. They were also found with[…]
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