Three Men Accused in Fatal Hijacking of 5-Year-Old Ditebogo Phalane to Appear in Court

Three Men Accused in Fatal Hijacking of 5-Year-Old Ditebogo Phalane to...

The three men accused of killing 5-year-old Ditebogo Phalane during a hijacking in Soshanguve last year are expected to appear in the Pretoria North...
DA Challenge of Employment Equity Act an 'An Attack on Transformation' - ANC

DA Challenge of Employment Equity Act an ‘An Attack on Transformation’...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) contends that the amended act enforces racial quotas, which they claim the Constitutional Court has previously ruled against. Speaking outside...
288 Suspects arrested during continued crime disruption operations in Tshwane

288 Suspects arrested during continued crime disruption operations in Tshwane

On Saturday, 3 May 2025, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Tshwane continued its ongoing crime disruption efforts by conducting targeted operations in...
389 Ekurhuleni Metro Police Officers Face Dismissal After Illegal Strike

389 Ekurhuleni Metro Police Officers Face Dismissal After Illegal Strike

Nearly 400 Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) officers are at risk of losing their jobs after participating in an illegal strike last month. The...
Eskom Predicts Minimal Load Shedding This Winter, Aims for Zero Outages

Eskom Predicts Minimal Load Shedding This Winter, Aims for Zero Outages

Energy and Electricity Minister Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has assured the public that South Africa is unlikely to face severe load shedding this winter, with...
Riverlea High School Reopens After Devastating Arson Attack

Riverlea High School Reopens After Devastating Arson Attack

Riverlea High School in southern Johannesburg reopened today after a fire gutted 11 classrooms last week in a suspected arson attack. Police have opened...
ANC Campaigns in Freedom Park By-Election Amid Residents' Struggles

ANC Campaigns in Freedom Park By-Election Amid Residents’ Struggles

ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula led the party’s campaign in Ward 24, Freedom Park, Soweto, where a by-election is underway following the death of a...
Families Demand End to Eldorado Park Gun Violence

Families Demand End to Eldorado Park Gun Violence

Grieving families and community members gathered outside a local police station in Eldorado Park, Gauteng yesterday to call for an end to gun violence...
The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that crimes from the apartheid era can be prosecuted. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Understanding the court ruling on apartheid-era crimes

Landmark ruling in Johannesburg High Court paves the way for prosecutions The state can prosecute crimes from the apartheid era, the Johannesburg High Court...
A waste picker in Johannesburg. Archive photo: Masego Mafata.

Evicted waste pickers must be allowed to earn a living, court...

Supreme Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by City of Johannesburg The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of 71 waste pickers evicted...
Johannesburg Faces Major Water Outages: 10-Hour Cut Planned for Tuesday

Johannesburg Faces Major Water Outages: 10-Hour Cut Planned for Tuesday

Johannesburg residents in Fleurhof, Orange Farm, and Region G are bracing for a major water disruption on Tuesday as Johannesburg Water announces a scheduled...
JMPD Officer Shot on Duty Denied Emergency Care as City Owes Hospital R35 Million

JMPD Officer Shot on Duty Denied Emergency Care as City Owes...

A Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer was allegedly denied emergency medical treatment at Netcare Milpark Hospital after being shot while on duty—all because...