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Residents of KwaNyuswa, near Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal, are struggling to come to terms with a devastating act of violence that has shaken the entire community after a newly opened local pharmacy became the scene of a deadly armed attack. According to reports, armed suspects stormed the pharmacy and opened fire, fatally shooting the woman believed to be the owner of …

A devastating chain of events on a Limpopo highway has left a Zimbabwean family shattered after a mother and her infant son were killed in a tragic accident involving the official vehicle transporting South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The heartbreaking incident claimed the lives of Beauty Shoperai and her one-year-old son, Paul Masunda Junior, near Bela-Bela along the busy …

Social media timelines across South Africa were flooded with debate and controversy on Friday after old pictures and videos allegedly linked to Thembi Matroshe began circulating online just hours after news broke that a man from Limpopo had officially paid lobola for her. The viral posts, which many users claimed were from her past content-creation days on subscription platforms, quickly …

Concern is growing after a viral social media video surfaced showing a group of women allegedly handling and cocking firearms inside a house, sparking outrage and raising serious questions about firearm safety in South Africa. The South African Police Service (SAPS) has since issued a stern warning against the reckless and illegal use of firearms, saying the behaviour seen in …

A heartbreaking tragedy has shaken the people of Cape Town after a 40-year-old mother lost her life during the violent storms that swept across the Western Cape earlier this week. Phathiswa Mkunjulwa had just left her home on Monday morning, preparing for another normal workday, unaware that it would be her final journey. According to reports, she was travelling in …

Five employees linked to Hezy Motors Logistics have appeared in court facing allegations of defrauding clients of more than US$155 000 in a vehicle import scam that left several customers without the cars they paid for. The accused — Kelly Moyo (19), Melody Karakupa (29), Bridget Tanyanyiwa (27), Paidamoyo Sunhwa (25), and Pamela T. Zambe (35) — appeared before Jesse …

South Africans have been left stunned after shocking allegations emerged against a foreign man believed to have posed as a pastor while allegedly targeting young Christian women in Gauteng. The man, who social media users have dubbed the “Mzungu Pastor,” allegedly operated from a luxury Airbnb apartment in Johannesburg, where he reportedly invited women for what he claimed were overnight …

Police have dismissed false social media reports claiming that missing Limpopo toddler Omphile Sethole has been found dead, warning that the spread of misinformation is causing unnecessary pain to the child’s family and disrupting ongoing investigations. Limpopo police commissioner Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe strongly condemned the circulation of fake news surrounding the disappearance of the two-year-old, who vanished from her home …

The South African Police Service (SAPS) is in mourning following the tragic deaths of two Tactical Response Team (TRT) sergeants who were killed in a devastating vehicle crash in Witbank on Tuesday evening. According to national police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, the officers were travelling to Pretoria on May 5, 2026, where they were expected to testify in court cases …

Fear and heartbreak continue to grip the community of Ga-Mabuela village in Mapela, Mokopane, after two-year-old Omphile Sethole was allegedly abducted from her grandmother’s home in the early hours of Saturday, May 2. As police intensify the search for the missing child, her devastated family has now revealed that a suspicious vehicle had reportedly been seen slowly driving around their …