The deceased are learners from Rocklands Primary School and Laerskool Blyvoor in Carletonville.

A total of 141 vehicles have been impounded.

The Rwandan government has acknowledged the UK’s decision to halt its controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in a new statement released late Monday. This marks the first official response from Rwandan authorities to the new Labour government’s intention to cancel the program. During his first press conference, the new British Prime Minister… Read More »Rwanda Government...

Shell seeks government approval to drill up to five ultra-deep offshore wells off South Africa’s west coast, per a draft report by SLR, an environmental consultancy. The company aims to explore and appraise wells in the Northern Cape Ultra Deep Block (NCUD) in the Orange Basin, an area that has been attracting the interest of… Read More »Shell Seeks Government Approval to Drill for Oil...

Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is negotiating a new oil-backed loan to enhance its finances and support business investment, according to CEO Mele Kyari. Currently, NNPC has a $3.3 billion oil-backed loan through Afreximbank. Kyari confirmed the new loan will be backed by 30,000-35,000 barrels per day of crude production but declined to disclose how… Read More...

The multinational pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson has decided to forgo enforcing its patent on the tuberculosis drug Bedaquiline, thereby enabling its production at significantly reduced prices. This decision follows an investigation by South African authorities into allegations of J&J’s monopolistic practices, which has now been dropped. The South African Competition Commission...

Relatives of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, which killed 157 people in March 2019, have expressed outrage at Boeing’s recent plea deal with the US Department of Justice. Boeing pleaded guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge related to its 737 Max aircraft, agreeing to pay a $243.6 million fine, a… Read More »Boeing Plea Deal Angers Families of Ethiopian...

A Spanish tourist was trampled to death by elephants at Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa after he left his vehicle to take photos, according to local authorities. The tourist, aged 43, was in the company of his fiancée and two other women, who remained unharmed. The elephant herd included young calves. According to experts,… Read More »Spaniard Trampled to Death During South Africa Tour

Brenda Biya, daughter of Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, who recently came out as lesbian has expressed hopes that her decision will inspire changes to the country’s laws that ban homosexuality. Brenda expressed these hopes during a recent interview with Le Parisien where she shared her aim to offer hope and support to those suffering as… Read More »Cameroon President’s Daughter Hopes...

According to Numbeo’s mid-2024 rankings, four of the five top African cities for quality of life are South African. According to the ranking, which considers various factors, including purchasing power, safety, healthcare, cost of living, property price to income ratio, traffic commute time, pollution, and climate, Cape Town ranks as the city with the best… Read More »Four South African...

Heavy rains have wreaked havoc across the Western Cape.

The aim is to honour Nelson Mandela’s legacy and to address food insecurity across the country.

Residents of Wentworth concerned about the electricity billing system in their area.

The inquest was opened after the deaths of 144 mentally ill people in 2016.

The IWWT expressed concern over the critically high levels of E. coli in Durban beaches.

Mayor Gregory Nthatisi says they are currently losing 46.2 percent of their piped water.

The court sentenced former VBS chairperson Tshifhiwa Matodzi to 15 years in prison.

Sections of the Table Mountain National Park have been closed due to floods and heavy snowfall.

More than 45 homesteads have been destroyed, livestock killed.

Cape Town remains on high alert following heavy rains

Western Cape authorities say evacuation orders have been issued in Citrusdal