Three swimmers died and 17 others were seriously injured Saturday when a freak wave struck a popular beach in South Africa’s southeastern city of Durban, the emergency services said. “There was a freak wave that washed some people to sea, three have drowned and 17 people have been taken to
The coming days will be the first of at least three long weekends this month, with an expected surge in visitor numbers to shopping malls and other public attractions, most notably Cape Town’s recreational facilities. In line with the City’s Festive Season Preparedness Plan, enforcement staff will be deployed to
GAUTENG – The annual 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children campaign, a United Nations initiative, concluded on Saturday, 10 December 2022. Fighting crime is a 365 days commitment and it is for this reason that police in West Rand District continue to raise awareness on crimes against
Recent heavy rain has resulted in flooding along Clarence Drive near Gordon’s Bay, with a road closure in effect. This has necessitated the closure of access to Steenbras Nature Reserve in the interest of public safety. The closure of access to Steenbras Nature reserve includes the popular hiking route, which
NELSPRUIT – The Provincial Commissioner of the SAPS in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Semakaleng Daphney Manamela has welcomed the sentencing of two Field Rangers after being caught with unlicensed and prohibited firearm with ammunition as well as a dangerous weapon at the camp site inside the Kruger National Park. Hendric Eccelence
An estimated 8,2 million South African live with HIV. Since 1984, when the HIV virus was identified, more than 35 million people lost their lives to it. The programme to make medication available to all HIV positive persons attending government clinics, has made it possible for people living with HIV
The City of Cape Town is committed to working with the Cape Metro Initiation Forums to ensure this season’s initiates have a safe and healthy rite of passage into manhood, with special emphasis on compliance with the Customary Initiation Act. As part of its commitment to ensuring the safety of
Minister Allen and provincial SAPS Commissioner Lt Gen Patekile to unpack Western Cape 2nd quarter crime stats Tomorrow, 29 November 2022, Western Cape Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen, will engage the Western Cape Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Thembisile Patekile on the 2nd quarter crime statistics for
A number of the 242 arrests in the past week by the City’s Traffic Service, Law Enforcement and Metro Police Departments were courtesy of visible policing efforts. Officers also issued 63 993 fines, while the Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded more than 2 000 incidents over the past weekend, with
KAMPALA — Allies of Ethiopia’s federal military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray, according to eyewitnesses and aid workers. The accounts raise fresh concern about alleged atrocities more than three weeks after the warring parties signed a truce that diplomats and others hoped would bring an
LIBREVILLE, GABON — Four people were killed in a failed coup attempt on Sao Tome and Principe, the state news agency STP-Press said Sunday reporting a toll from the armed forces chief of staff. The military, which Friday thwarted a coup bid in the tiny Portuguese-speaking archipelago off central Africa
The City continues to assist beneficiaries of Community Residential Units (CRUs) and other City-owned properties through its No Cost Transfer Programme by enabling them to become first-time homeowners. The new programme was approved by Council in October 2022 and will assist qualifying residents across the metro. Earlier this week, on
