Community Safety MEC 'concerned' over KZN crime following Jeffrey Zikhali murder
The former TV sports presenter was shot and killed on Friday night, with the suspects fleeing the scene with his car.
The former TV sports presenter was shot and killed on Friday night, with the suspects fleeing the scene with his car.
The additional staff members at ports of entry is meant to ensure smooth service delivery and help with the provision of technical support, the Border Management Authority said.
On Friday, the court ruled that load shedding was unconstitutional, ordering Eskom and Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to exempt schools, hospitals and police stations from the rolling power cuts.
Resident in the east of Johannesburg, including those in Kensington, Houghton Estate, and Yeoville, have now been without power for a third day after a substation caught fire on Saturday morning.
Load shedding has been reduced to stage three from Monday morning until 4PM in the afternoon before the rolling power cuts are ramped up to stage four.
Kensington and its surrounding areas were plunged into darkness on Saturday after the substation caught fire and City Power on Sunday said while the damage is extensive, it has made progress with the repairs.
In a sting operation on Saturday night, law enforcement officials searched 42 buses at the Beitbridge border post and found about 443 children under the age of eight years travelling without parents or guardians.
Zikhali - a former sports anchor and government spokesperson was shot dead in Empangeni on Friday night with the perpetrators fleeing the scene with his car.
This as the South African Weather Service has forecast yet another heatwave for Gauteng, Free State, and the North West, which is expected to last until Tuesday.
Residents in Kensington and its surrounding areas were plunged into darkness earlier on Saturday after a substation caught fire in the early hours of the morning.
The South African Weather Service said the scorching weather is expected to last until next week, and will affect Gauteng, the Free State and the North West.
Seven people were set alight, allegedly by a mob, on Friday night.
It’s understood the former sports anchor was killed on Friday night, with gunmen fleeing the scene with his car.
City Power said it's working to establish the cause of the Saturday morning blaze, which affects residents living in Observatory, Kensington, and surrounds.
Traffic was heavily backed up on the route near the N1 South off-ramp in Bryanston on Thursday afternoon after police closed off part of the street to attend to the crime scene.
Civil organisation Defend Our Democracy said that observing electoral processes would go a long way in maintaining the integrity of the voting system.
Mistaking it for the Children’s Memorial Institute, City Power incorrectly listed the Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital as being among the facilities at risk of getting its electricity supply cut off due to non-payment.
The residents have taken to the streets over prolonged power outages that have left residents without electricity for at least 30 hours at a time.