8+ hour, 30+ min ago  (277+ words) Cape Town " South African Police Service (SAPS) officers have arrested two suspects in separate operations in the Western Cape, seizing drugs worth over half a million rand and confiscating an illegal firearm. In the first incident, Public Order Policing members…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago  (338+ words) Cape Town " A four-year investigation into the disruption of long-distance bus services has culminated in the arrest of seven suspects in a coordinated, multi-province operation led by the South African Police Service (SAPS). Six men and one woman, aged between…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (366+ words) Cape Town " The South African Police Service in the Western Cape is investigating two separate shooting incidents that left five people dead and several others injured in the early hours of Saturday. Police said the first incident occurred in Gugulethu,…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (654+ words) Johannesburg "South Africa said on Thursday it has been excluded from the G7 summit in France in June, after initially being invited, with Pretoria initially blaming US pressure on Paris before backtracking. The spokesperson for the South African presidency told AFP…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (331+ words) Johannesburg " President Cyril Ramaphosa has been disinvited by France to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June because of US pressure, the South African presidency told AFP on Thursday. South Africa has faced months of pressure from…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (290+ words) Cape Town " South Africans are facing steep fuel price hikes from April 1, driven by surging global oil prices linked to ongoing conflict in the Middle East and continued market volatility. Latest data from the Central Energy Fund points to increases…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (299+ words) Cape Town " Former EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to suspend National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola and immediately appoint KwaZulu-Natal police chief Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi as acting national commissioner. Ndlozi argued that the summons against Masemola " linked to…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago  (227+ words) Pretoria" President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged the confirmation of criminal charges against National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola, as well as his impending court appearance, in a development that has sent shockwaves through South Africa's law enforcement leadership. In a statement…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (278+ words) Johannesburg " Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia is expected to meet with President Cyril Ramaphosa to discuss next steps after National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola was formally charged in connection with the R360 million SAPS health services tender awarded to alleged crime…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (255+ words) Harare " Zimbabwe's information ministry announced on Wednesday that 15 of its citizens had been killed on "foreign battlefieds, against a backdrop of recruitment drives in Africa by Russian forces for its war on Ukraine. Ukraine said last month it had identified…...