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Archive photo for illustration purposes only. (Photo: AFP)A cut-off low pressure system is currently located to the west of the country and is expected to move over the western interior on Thursday morning.According to the weather service, this system is expected to bring scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms over the northern parts of the North West and the Northern Cape.”A cut-off low pressure system is a slow-moving or stationary low pressure system that develops in the upper atmosphere, which can remain over an area for several days, and can often bring severe weather.”The weather service has issued a yellow…
30 April 2026 Nico StrydomHow would you like to share the article?(Photo: Du Preez de Villiers)The Nketoana municipality in the Free State has indicated that it wants to enter into an agreement with Eskom to keep the lights on.Eskom earlier said it had entered into distribution agency agreements with other Free State municipalities regarding the non-payment of their bulk bills, but that Nketoana had not taken similar steps to achieve a solution.However, Stefanie Jansen van Rensburg, spokesperson for Eskom, confirmed later on Wednesday that the power giant received a council decision, which was already taken on 9 April, from the…
The Pinetown District Court yesterday sentenced a popular police officer in KwaZulu-Natal, Khephu Ndlovu, to 17 years in prison.Apart from Ndlovu, there are four others who received the same sentence, including the former police officer, Bonginkosi Dlamini. Among the five convicted are Khephu Ndlovu, Bonginkosi Dlamini, Sibongile Ndlovu, her husband Felokwakhe Ndlovu and their son Lindokuhle Mbonambi.They were convicted and sentenced for corruption and bribery of R120 000 in the case of the killing of the leader of the ANC Kwa Ndengezi branch, Mr. Thulani Nxumalo, in 2018.It is said that Sibongile wanted her husband, Felokwakhe, to escape from the…
General Puleng Dimpane during a session of the parliamentary portfolio committee on police on Wednesday. (Photo: Screengrab) “Policing cannot succeed without public trust.” That’s how gen. Puleng Dimpane, new acting police commissioner, said this during a session of the parliamentary portfolio committee on police in Cape Town on Wednesday – her first public speaking turn as acting head of the police. Dimpane was still serving as divisional commissioner for financial management services at the police last week. However, she is now acting police commissioner after gen. Fannie Masemola is suspended pending an investigation. The minister of police, the national police…
NewsFeedIsraeli forces have intercepted around a dozen Gaza-bound aid boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters near the Greek island of Crete, more than 1,000km from Israel. Organisers call it an illegal attack on civilians in international waters.Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
The pastor of Mzimkhulu Faith Center church is in a state of turmoil after he was accused by believers of stealing R200 000.The source revealed that the church has forced its leader, Reverend Zakhele Shezi (48) not to associate with it again due to allegations that large sums of money have disappeared from the church’s bank.It is a country it found out from its source inside the church that things are messed up in the church due to the disappearance of money that is not understood as to how it came out of the bag.The members of the church were…
Dereleen James during a session of the parliamentary portfolio committee on police on Wednesday. (Photo: Screengrab) A complete failure. A big disappointment. This is what Dereleen James, ActionSA MP, said on Wednesday during a session of the parliamentary portfolio committee on police about the army’s deployment on the Cape Flats. James told gen. Puleng Dimpane, new acting police commissioner, lashed out because Dimpane’s presentation did not mention the army’s recent deployment on the Cape Flats in her presentation. “It’s very topical and nothing has been mentioned. Why haven’t we heard anything about it?” James wanted to know from the new…
Shocking allegations have emerged that a woman from Sigisi, Ngwelezane, who was recently killed with her son was brutally killed with a fist.This comes after the family of the deceased found the beads that were said to have decorated the fist behind the fridge at the weekend, as they were hidden on Saturday. Mrs Thuli Khumalo and her son, Mbuso Khumalo, were said to have been stabbed to death by a “thug” who attacked their home last Thursday.According to the source, it emerged during the funeral preparations that the knife, which is said to have been used by Mrs Khumalo…
Thapelo Amad (Photo: Mehmet Vefa Dag/Twitter) AfriForum filed a complaint against a former mayor of Johannesburg who fired shots into the air at a funeral. A video in which Thapelo Amad, mayoral committee member for community development of the Johannesburg city council, fires shots was distributed on social media earlier this month. A complaint in terms of a breach of the Firearms Control Act was lodged against Amad with the police. Amad is currently a member of the mayoral committee for Community Development in Johannesburg and party leader of the political party Al Jama-ah. In the meantime, among other things…
It is expected that you will not be seen on television for three weeks Days They are not the same which is shown on weekdays at 6.30 pm, as its first season ends on Friday.This is due to the fact that it was not clear about its future, which caused the recording of the second season to begin on May 25 to be delayed.The SABC has revealed that in these three weeks it will play educational programmes, which will help matric students in their studies.”We have chosen to prepare well for the new season of this show that will be…