The bullet that killed him did not come from a police officer’s service pistol. It did not come from a rival gang’s drive-by shooting. It did not come from a state-sanctioned execution or a vigilante’s ambush. The bullet that ended the life of Sifiso “Coach” Malwane—one of KwaZulu-Natal’s most wanted criminal suspects, a man whose…
The shift had ended. The long day of chasing leads, interviewing witnesses, and building cases was finally over. Two detectives from the Madeira Detective Unit—a tight-knit team that hunts some of the most dangerous criminals in the OR Tambo District—packed up their files, locked their office, and headed home. It was a Wednesday afternoon, unseasonably…
The video is grainy, shot on a cellphone in the flickering light of a December evening. But what it captures is unmistakable: a woman in traditional regalia, her face partially obscured by a headwrap, holding what appears to be a firearm above her head. She gestures with it, waving it not at anyone in particular…
The funeral was supposed to be a celebration of a life lived. An elderly woman, a mother of seven, a grandmother to dozens, had passed away at the age of 84. Her family had gathered from across the province—from Polokwane, from Tzaneen, from as far as Johannesburg—to lay her to rest according to custom. There…
The letters landed on desks in the City of Johannesburg’s legal department on a quiet Tuesday morning, but they landed like thunderbolts. Formally typed, embossed with the seal of the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, and marked “URGENT: COMPULSORY DISCLOSURE,” they requested a mountain of documents: every tender, every contract, every addendum, every invoice, every email,…
The courtroom fell silent as the accused rose to his feet. Deacon Tshepo Ntshimane, a man who once stood at the front of a congregation, leading prayers and offering blessings, now stood in the dock of the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court, his head bowed, his hands cuffed before him. His legal representative leaned in, whispered something…
The air in the National Assembly was thick with suspicion long before Enoch Godongwana rose to his feet. For weeks, whispers had circulated through the corridors of Parliament—through coffee catch-ups in the members’ lounge, through encrypted WhatsApp groups, through the kind of off-the-record briefings that precede a political storm. The whispers had a name: back-door spending….
The South African Weather Service has issued multiple weather warnings for severe thunderstorms expected to affect several provinces on Tuesday, 21 April 2026, urging residents to exercise caution. A Yellow Level 4 warning has been issued for parts of Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The warning highlights the risk of significant impacts, including flooding in low-lying…
A fire broke out early on Tuesday morning, 21 April 2026, at the popular Lower Sabie Rest Camp in the Kruger National Park, causing significant damage to the camp’s shop and restaurant areas and forcing the evacuation of dozens of overnight visitors. The blaze, which began just before 4 a.m., sent thick smoke billowing over…
In a historic and seismic moment for South African law enforcement, National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday morning, 21 April 2026, to face charges linked to the controversial R360 million Medicare24 tender for police health services. Masemola, the country’s most senior police officer, is the highest-ranking sitting…
