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Record-breaking heatwave expected in Gauteng

Gauteng is set for a record-breaking heatwave on Thursday with temperatures expected to surpass 40°C in some areas. According to the South African Weather Service,...
Vigilantism: 2 Handed hefty sentences for brutal murder, Schoemansdal

Vigilantism: 2 Handed hefty sentences for brutal murder, Schoemansdal

The police management in Mpumalanga has welcomed hefty sentences handed down by the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court which was sitting in Mbombela...
Finance Minister to shed more light on funding free higher education

Finance Minister to shed more light on funding free higher education

Finance Minister is expected to clarify all aspects of financing free higher education during the Budget Speech next week. President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement...

Attack on police and three wanted suspects arrested, Port Elizabeth

New Brighton - On 2 July 2015 at approximately 20H15, two police members of New Brighton were called to a complaint of domestic violence...

Violent ATM bombing footage shown in court

Dramatic footage of an ATM bombing which claimed the lives of two people in Utrecht in December 2012 was shown during the trial of...
Hout Bay taxi feud, man fatally wounded, 8 arrested. Photo: SAPS

Hout Bay taxi feud, man fatally wounded, 8 arrested

On Wednesday, 28 April 2019, POPS members on foot patrol received information about a shooting incident that occurred on Wednesday, 27 March 2019, where...
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5 dead at KwaMashu hostel after gunmen open fire

At least five people were killed at a hostel in KwaMashu on Wednesday, not long after three people were gunned down at a taxi...
Potchefstroom hospital: Striking health-care workers cause chaos

Potchefstroom hospital: Striking health-care workers cause chaos

During the last two days' illicit strike, health-care workers at Potchefstroom hospital caused chaos and severely disrupted services. Garbage was strewn in the corridors and...
Fraud: Director General from the Premier's office in KZN arrested

Fraud: Director General from the Premier’s office in KZN arrested

Following an extensive investigation, an operation by the National Clean Audit Task Team of the Serious Commercial Crime Investigation led to the arrest of...
Liquor outlets and Corruption: 2 Bushbuckridge SAPS members arrested

Liquor outlets and Corruption: 2 Bushbuckridge SAPS members arrested

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma, has condemned the alleged involvement of members in corrupt...

Ahmed Timol was ‘murdered’

The former terrorists welcome the verdict of Judge Billy Motlhe, who found that Ahmed Timol was murdered. After about 40 years, the judicial inquiry into...
Alarming that individuals like Mkhwebane and Hlophe were nominated for Chief Justice of SA

Alarming that individuals like Mkhwebane and Hlophe were nominated for Chief...

The FF Plus finds it seriously alarming that there are institutions and people who are willing to nominate controversial individuals, like John Hlophe and...