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WARNING: The following story contains graphic details that could offend sensitive listerners including children!   The brutal killing of 11 year old girl in Modutung village near Taung in the North West has left her family and the community devastated. Rethabile Jackson's charred body was found in a shallow pit, after she went missing for few days. According to police crime statistics for the firs...

Five people have been shot and killed in Atlantis on the west coast of the Western Cape last night. Police say a further five people from the same incident were seriously injured while they were all in three vehicles on their way home from Silverstroom Beach when the shooting occurred. The province's Anti-Gant Unit is on the hunt for the gunmen. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter, Corbin Augus...

Three people are reported to have died as a result of the floods in the Eastern Cape.  The Eastern Cape government has activated its disaster management teams to provide support to communities affected by heavy rainfalls in the Nelson Mandela bay metro. This as hundreds of families across the metro have been displaced. The government says its primary concern is the safety and well being of residen...

Another mass shooting incident has rocked the Eastern Cape community after five men were shot and killed in New Brighton in Gqeberha. Here is the Eastern Cape police spokesperson Warrant Officer Majola Nkohli

Two Stellenbosch University students, Veer Gosai together with Joel Cedras says they have found numerous suspected fraudulent applications in SASSA's social grant payment system for the Social Relief of Distress Grant. The pair have been addressing the Portfolio Committee on Social Development  in parliament where they detailed alleged weaknesses in the system. The two first year students say thei...

President Cyril Ramaphosa says South Africa sees Russia as a valued ally who supported the country's struggle against Apartheid. Ramaphosa met with his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin in Kazan on the margins of the 16th BRICS Summit. Putin stressed that the two countries' trade and economic ties remain generally positive. A number of world leaders including the United Nations Secretar...

Local residents in the Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape have called on local municipal officials to attend to illegal dumping of trash as it causes blockages to drains which ultimately leads to flooding during heavy downpours. Various parts of the provinces are underwater, roads have been damaged with some residents trapped inside their houses while others have been forced to evacuate. Here...

The city of Johannesburg's Member of the Mayoral Committee responsible for Public Safety, Dr. Mgcini Tshwaku is today inspecting a number of spaza shops and wholesalers in Soweto and surrounding areas. The city says the inspections form part of efforts to address what it calls a serious problem of unregistered spaza shops, where adherence to safety standards and tax obligations is frequently overl...

Mozambican police have clashed with demonstrators in the capital Maputo. They fired teargas as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets following the killing of opposition symphathisers Elvino Dias and Paulo Guambe. Presidential aspirant Venancio Mondlane has rejected the provisional results of the October 9 elections. The preliminary results have shown that FRELIMO is going to win. Sakina Ka...

Residents of Orlando East in Soweto are going from house to house - searching for a suspect they believe is responsible for the rape and murder - of a five year-old girl. They say the suspect - a foreign national allegedly strangled the child to death - yesterday. Police are yet to confirm the incident. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Orlando East community member  Lufuno Mokotla 

The sixth child in the Naledi alleged snack poisoning incident has been buried. Seven year-old, Katleho Olifant died on Sunday, last week while the mass funeral for his five friends was underway. Allegedly, the children consumed suspected contaminated snacks bought from a local spaza shop. Katlego's funeral was held at Naledi Community hall on Sunday. Puseletso Mokoena reports....

The State has withdrawn criminal charges against, Lourentia Lombaard, one of the people accused of involvement in the disappearance of six-year-old, Joslin Smith. The little girl went missing from her home in Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape over 8 months, with four people arrested in connection with her disappearance. Lombaard made a brief appearance in the Vredenburg Magistrate's court today, w...

The Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says is a bit concerned about the inclement weather.  The South African Weather Service (Saws) is warning of more heavy rains over parts of the country on Monday. Saws has issued an Orange Level 6 warning of disruptive rain along the country's coastal areas between Port Alfred and Richards Bay. A Yellow Level 4 warning for severe thunderstorms has also b...

There are growing calls for former Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda to be removed from all his executive roles.  Gwamanda handed himself over to the Pretoria North SAPS on Friday.  He subsequently appeared before a judge on a charge of fraud and has been released on bail. Tshepo Phagane reports.....

The community of Galeshewe in the Northern Cape is calling for the closure of foreign owned spaza shops across Kimberley. This following an alleged poisoning incident after a young girl and her uncle consumed bread they purchased at a spaza shop and fell ill. The girl died and her uncle is fighting for his life in hospital. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to SABC reporter, Karabo Sinyoko and Health Minister...

The 2024 Matric students are writing their first exam paper today. According to Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube; exam papers have been through quality assurance, printed and security is in place and exam centers are ready. About 727,121 full-time and 155,215 part-time candidates will sit their matric exams — totaling to  882,336 candidates across South Africa. The Education Department wish...

ANC NEC member David Mahlobo has described the late former Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni as selfless person who never divided the ANC. Mahlobo was speaking at the ANC's memorial service to honour the legacy of Mboweni. The memorial service was held at Nkowankowa community hall outside Tzaneen in Limpopo. Michael Makungo reports

Senators in Kenya have voted to remove Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua from office. This is despite his failure to testify at his impeachment trial after his lawyer said he'd been taken to hospital. Gachagua is accused of corruption, inciting ethnic divisions and undermining the government. He has denied all the charges. He has been replaced by Professor Abraham Kithure Kindiki. For more on this...

Calm has returned to Vanderbijlpark in the Vaal, south of Johannesburg following protests which led to the looting of shops belonging to foreign nationals. It is believed the unrest was sparked by the murder of a South African businessman allegedly by a foreign national. For the latest, our reporter Lerato Matlala caught up with the sister of the deceased;Tebello Mokhema...

Research by the South African Depression and Anxiety Group has revealed that 6-in-10 employees wish to resign from their places of employment due to negative and toxic work environments. The mental health advocacy group sampled over 960 employees and found that 52-percent of the sample group has diagnosed with one or more mental health conditions as a result of their work environments. The group h...

Sports, Arts and Culture Minister, Gayton McKenzie says he has not done anything outside the ministerial handbook following recent outcry over the more than R800 000 in taxpayer's money that was spent for his trip to France for the 2024 Olympic games. McKenzie was speaking to members of the media earlier today, where his party, the Patriotic Alliance was updating the country on the party's first 1...

The street vendor which sold atchaar to learners of Marhagi Secondary School in Verena in Mpumalanga says she feels remorseful, confused and frustrated. This after 21 learners fell sick and had to be hospitalised yesterday shortly after consuming her produce. The learners have since been discharged as they had experienced headaches, stomach cramps with some vomiting. Earlier on our reporter, Nonhl...

Dozens of disgruntled residents of Coronationville in Johannesburg have embarked on a protest over water cuts in their area. They say they have been experiencing water cuts during the day for the past several weeks. The residents say that they only have water between midnight and four o'clock in the morning. Authorities have advised motorists to avoid the area, as several roads have been barricade...

Three suspects have been arrested in Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, in connection with the killing of 18 people in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape last month. One other suspect- Siphosoxolo Myekethe abondoned his bail application in the Lusikisiki Magistrate's Court yesterday. KwaZulu-Natal police say they received a tip-off from community members in the Mkholombe informal settlem...

There are seemingly different expectations about the role of the GNU technical committee by its two largest partners.  Deputy President Paul Mashatile will convene the inaugural meeting of the GNU's technical committee, which will be attended by the leaders of the 11 parties in the coalition arrangement in Cape Town on Thursday.  The Committee is aimed at acting as a so-called clearing house to de...