South Africa ended 2025 with its lowest average inflation rate in more than two decades, according to the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) figures. Headline inflation increased slightly in December to 3.6%, up from 3.5% in November, while prices rose by 0.2% month-on-month. Despite this marginal increase at the end of the year, average inflation…
City of Tshwane denies DA claims linking budget cuts to service delivery failures The City of Tshwane has dismissed claims by the Democratic Alliance that recent budget adjustments are worsening service delivery problems, saying the party is distorting the city’s financial situation and unfairly shifting blame for infrastructure failures. The mayor’s spokesperson, Samkelo Mgobozi, said…
A 40 year old man from Soshanguve has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his younger brother, Lethabo Baloyi, who was 27 and a member of the South African National Defence Force. The Pretoria North magistrate’s court heard that the brothers shared the same mother and that the killing was driven by…
The festive lights had scarcely been taken down, the hopeful “Happy New Year” greetings still echoing, when the province of KwaZulu-Natal was plunged into a wave of violence that has marked 2026 with a deadly, sobering stamp. In a series of coordinated and explosive confrontations spanning multiple districts over the first ten days of the…
A brazen and targeted shooting erupted outside the bustling Booysens Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday afternoon, plunging the civic precinct into chaos and violence. The attack, carried out by at least two armed assailants, resulted in two people being killed at the scene and three others sustaining gunshot wounds, sending shockwaves through the legal community and…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi is expected to brief the media on Tuesday, at 15:00 in the afternoon following a tragic scholar transport accident in Vanderbijlpark that claimed the lives of 12 learners. According to the Gauteng Provincial Government, the briefing will take place at the Sedibeng West District Office in Sebokeng. It will be preceded…
The South African government has declared a National State of Disaster in response to catastrophic flooding that has laid waste to vast areas of five provinces over consecutive weeks. The move, announced by the National Disaster Management Centre, unlocks urgent emergency powers and funding to coordinate a response to what officials are calling “one of the most…
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) has confirmed that 13 learners lost their lives in a devastating scholar transport accident that occurred on Monday morning in Vanderbijlpark. According to the department, the crash happened at approximately 07:00 on Fred Droste Road when a private scholar transport vehicle collided with a side tipper truck. Eleven learners…
The long-running Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is set to resume this Monday morning at the Pretoria High Court, with a critical procedural decision on the agenda that could reshape the trajectory of the proceedings. The court is expected to determine whether members of the South African Police Service implicated in serious assault allegations will be…
In a heartbreaking tragedy that underscores the relentless and far-reaching dangers of the ongoing flood disaster, a two-year-old boy has drowned in a water-filled pit in Humulani village, becoming one of the youngest recorded victims of the deluge that has engulfed Limpopo. The incident occurred over the weekend, as torrential rains and overflowing watercourses transformed…
