GAUTENG – A 37-year-old man is expected to appear in the Krugersdorp Magistrate’s Court for illegal possession of lion bones worth approximately R2.3 million on Monday, 01 March 2021. Members of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation in Germiston, Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) Dog unit, and the Department of

CAPE TOWN – The Acting Provincial Commissioner of the Western Cape police, Major General Thembisile Patekile has instituted the 72-hour Activation Plan with immediate effect and mobilized various police units to apprehend those responsible for the death of two police members of Kraaifontein this morning. At around 01:25 the members

EDEN CLUSTER – Vigilant members attached to the Eden Cluster Crime Combating Team, deployed to conduct crime prevention operations in crime stricken areas continued with the arrest of suspects for possession of firearms, possession of dangerous weapons and possession of drugs. These operations included stop and search operations, and it

VATICAN CITY – Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the unavoidable likelihood that Iraqis will crowd to see him. No one wants to tell Francis to call it off,

BUNIA, DRC – Fighters thought to belong to the notorious Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia killed 10 civilians in two overnight attacks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the army said Sunday. ADF fighters decapitated eight villagers in the village of Boyo, in the northeast Ituri province, and shot dead

CAPE TOWN (South Africa), Four men aged between 30 to 64 were shot dead and another was injured Saturday at Mitchells Plain near Cape Town, said South African police. “The victims were shot and killed at close range while a 37-year-old male victim escaped the attack with a gunshot wound,”

PRETORIA, South Africa’s immunization campaign is going in advance of its initial targets in administering shots of the COVID-19 vaccine made by the US Johnson & Johnson company to healthcare staff, the National Department of Health reported. “Within just over one week, from a standing start, 63,648 patient-facing healthcare workers

CAPE TOWN – The circumstances surrounding a shooting incident last night at around 19:45 in Eland Avenue Lotus River where a 15-year-old female was shot and killed are under investigation by Grassy Park police. According to reports, the deceased was sitting in front of a house in the street when

MOOKGOPHONG – The South African Police Service in Mookgophong (Naboomspruit) outside Modimolle are investigating a case of a missing person following the disappearance of a 75-year-old woman, Raesetja Anna Maunatlala from Extension 01, Mookgophong. She was reportedly last seen at Mookgophong town on 22 February 2021 at about 14:00 after

CAPE TOWN – Our detectives are probing the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident this afternoon, at around 12:15, in Maureen Street Lost City, Mitchells Plain which left four male victims fatally wounded and one injured. The victims, aged 30, 36, 37 and 64 were shot and killed at close range

The U.S. Peace Corps turns 60 Monday. Since its establishment through executive order by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, the Peace Corps has sent more than 240,000 volunteers to 141 countries. The organization quickly became an icon of the idealistic 1960s. The goal was to foster peace

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia has detected its first case of the coronavirus variant initially discovered in South Africa, Health Minister Janez Poklukar said. Poklukar told a news conference that the person from the area of Maribor in the northeast of the country has recently returned from Africa. The minister noted that the