According to emergency services, four people were left dead and one person injured after a fire broke out at a gun store in Glenanda, South of Johannesburg on Friday, 29 October 2021. According to ER24, Three men, a woman and a 15-year old boy were in the store when the fire allegedly broke out and...
A 19-year old learner at Lerato Thando High School in Intabazwe, Harrismith in the Free State was allegedly stabbed to death by another learner (17) over a cell phone on Thursday, 28 October 2021. According to the SAPS, the victim went to a grade 11 class at the school where he found a group of...
According to emergency services, one person has died following plane crash at Bosckop in Pretoria east on Thursday, 28 October 2021. According to net care 911, upon arrival at the scene emergency personnel discovered the plane completely destroyed and the sole occupant, Male, pronounced dead on the scene. “Reports indicate that a single-engine light aircraft...
The five men linked to the murder of the late Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa appeared at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court today. Senzo Meyiwa was gunned down in what was described as a botched robbery in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg. In the presence of his girlfriend, Kelly Khumalo, her mother Ntombi, sister Zandi, Zandi’s...
City of Tshwane executive mayor, Alderman Randall Williams, together with the MMC for Community safety, Alderwoman Karen Meyer, have launched a new satellite station for the Tshwane Metro Police Department in the Pretoria-CBD to assist with crime prevention on Monday, 25 October 2021. “The establishment of the satellite office came after our assessments indicated that...
Tshwane University Of Technology Students closed down Propaganda demanding justice for their fellow student killed. It is alleged that a Tshwane University of Technology student Kamohelo Skhwama Chiota popularly known as “Mr. Damage Control” was shot and killed last night just outside a well known restaurant Propaganda in Pretoria CBD. The motive behind his shooting is unknown. Fellow students...
The National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) published a report estimating the student dropout rate at 650 000 to 750 000 students out of school. With children between the ages of 7 and 17 reported not to have been in school by May 2021, making it the highest figure in twenty years....
Former president Jacob Zuma is expected to lay criminal charges against the lead prosecutor in his corruption trial on Thursday.The Jacob Zuma Foundation confirmed the plans on Wednesday. The charge is alleged to be linked to Zuma’s claim that Downer leaked information about his current state of health to the media, and so breaching of...
The South African Police Service released a statement on Tuesday, 19 October 2021, confirming the arrest of two men for an attempted bank robbery by police in Lenasia after four men entered a local bank in the area and held its employees at gun point demanding money. The SAPS revealed that one of the bank...
The Automobile Association (AA) described the fuel price predictions for November as “catastrophic”. The AA says current predictions show petrol increasing by 99c/L while diesel and illuminating paraffin will increase by a massive R1.42/L. This will further drive inland prices to over R19.30/l for petrol while diesel will increase to R17/l. “The hikes in diesel...