17 people have died in a crash on the N1 in Limpopo. The transport department has confirmed that five more bodies have been discovered.
2 year agoPolice say three people have been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of an 11-year-old-girl. The Crime Intelligence Kidnapping Task Team supported by the Joburg Flying Squad rescued the child in Soweto yesterday
2 year agoSudden re-emergence of raging fire at the roof of the National Assembly Building, a building where firefighters have been bravely battling the fire since yesterday morning. Reinforcement by firefighters underway #ParliamentFire
Man arrested over parliament blaze due in court Tuesday: police
S.African national assembly entirely destroyed by fire: spokesperson
2 year agoA major fire has broken out in South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town, where firefighters have been battling the blaze this morning
Four people have lost their lives and 13 injured in two separate head-on collisions in Polokwane, Limpopo on Sunday. Three were killed when two vehicles collided on the N1 by-pass near the Peter Mokaba stadium
Police Minister Bheki Cele has reminded members of the law enforcement agencies deployed in Durban over the festive period – that the townships of Umlazi and Inanda, have among the highest murder and rape statistics in the country
South Africans contracting the omicron variant in the current wave are 80% less likely to be hospitalized compared with other strains, according to a new study
At least one member of South Africa's military was killed in fighting between Mozambican and allied forces and Islamist insurgents in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, over the past weekend
2 year ago9 people have died in a road crash on the R573 between Kwaggafontein and Moteti in Mpumalanga when a light delivery motor vehicle overturned this morning. 18 other people who were seriously injured are receiving treatment in hospital
Members of the SAPS and the SANDF will be on high alert following the ruling of the High Court in Pretoria that former president JacobZuma should go back to prison. That's according to Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola
Residents of Soweto in Gauteng have blockaded the Soweto Highway in protest against electricity disconnection in the area. Parts of the Soweto Highway have rocks and traffic lights have been destroyed
Six people have been killed and another wounded after attackers opened fire on them while they were inside a house in the eMangazi area near Folweni south of Durban.
Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Southern Africa Director Dewa Mavhinga
President Cyril Ramaphosa tests positive for COVID19. The presidency says Ramaphosa is being treated for mild COVID19 symptoms after feeling unwell, just after attending former apartheid president, FW de Klerk's memorial service
2 year agoPresident Cyril Ramaphosa with Senegal's Macky Sall ahead of official talks between the two countries. Yesterday the leaders took part in the Senegal Peace and Security Conference where they raised concerns about the threats posed by the Covid19 pandemic.
WHO: We have not received reports of deaths linked to the "Omicron" variant
2 year agoGauteng COVID19 command council is briefing today. The province is experiencing a surge in infection in the past 3 weeks. The spread is beyond just the Tshwane district
WHO warns risk related to Covid variant Omicron 'very high'
South African president wants travel bans 'urgently' lifted
Dutch authorities: 13 cases of the Omicron coronavirus mutant were recorded among travelers from South Africa
2 year agoGauteng Province SouthAfrica, infections have gone from 4,471 active COVID cases on November 24 to 10,542 in just 4 days
In some of the 61 COVID19 cases detected among a group of passengers that arrived in the Netherlands from RSA this week "the Omicron variant is presumed to have been found," according to @rivm
Dutch officials: 61 cases of coronavirus were recorded at Amsterdam airport among travelers from South Africa
2 year agoOf the 600 passengers on flights from SA that landed in NL yesterday, 61 have tested positive for COVID19. It is not yet known whether they're infected with new Omicron variant
The U.S. will impose travel restrictions on eight southern African countries in response to the new Omicron COVID variant, barring most foreign nationals who have been in those countries within the last 14 days
The new variant of concern, dubbed "Omicron," carries a higher rate of re-infection than others, announces @WHO
The European Union recommends that member states suspend flights to and from southern African countries
European Commission President: The suspension of travel from South Africa must continue until we realize the danger of the new mutant
