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Two suspected armed criminals were shot and killed during a shootout with police in Sydenham on Thursday afternoon.Police witnessed a robbery on Burnwood Road where three suspects, who were driving a white Kia sedan, robbed a man of his belongings.The suspects got up and saw that there were police officers, they beat them and drove away. When the suspects fled, their car collided with a taxi and they left it. They fled on foot, shooting at the police, and there was a shootout. Two suspects were shot and seriously injured, one was arrested.He will face charges of armed robbery and…
Photo for illustration only. (Photo: Getty Images/AFP) On Thursday, the US sought to extend the shaky ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors held the first of two days of talks at the US State Department in Washington DC. “We had a full day of productive and positive discussions,” said a senior US official. A Lebanese official says that the country will pursue “the consolidation of the ceasefire”. “The first thing is to put an end to the death and destruction.” The ceasefire expires on Sunday. Meanwhile, Israel’s military said strikes were carried out on Hezbollah targets in…
Sergeant Fannie Nkosi is expected to appear before the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s court on Friday, 15 May 2026.It is suspected that on November 10, a suspect was arrested for possession of marijuana, illegal firearms and explosives. The investigation indicates that Sgt Nkosi came and collected the docket of the first case pretending to have been sent by the police headquarters.After a few months, he is said to have returned to Thohoyandou, identified himself as a colonel from the main office and brought out the marijuana that had been seized from the police evidence.Although the evidence was booked in the main one,…
A local expert believes there is no reason for widespread panic about the Andean variant of the hantavirus, despite the outbreak on a passenger ship. The virus is difficult to spread between people and South Africa is currently experiencing no local outbreak.
A businessman, Mr. Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala, who was arrested along with the suspended Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, MAY plead guilty.The State stated that there are ongoing negotiations that could lead to Matlala admitting to a case affecting the tender of millions of rands awarded to his company.Matlala, Masemola and 12 other police officers involved in the R360 million tender, appeared briefly at the Magistrate’s Court in Pretoria, yesterday.Their case was postponed to June 26, to complete the investigation.Matlala’s lawyers asked the court to issue an order that Matlala continue to be detained in Pretoria prison, Kgosi Mampuru II, instead…
(Photo: Provided) A community of 82 people, which includes 24 elderly people, 32 adults and 26 children in 30 households in the Kouga Mountains, has been cut off from all sides from the outside world after the past few days of heavy rain in the area. The community, which lives about 30 km north of Kareedouw, has no road connection or communication and is dependent on itself. The flood damage to the roads is so serious that even the detour is of no help. The residents themselves are trying their best, but so far have not been able to make…
THE PRESIDENT, Cyril Ramaphosa, has been charged with another case involving the theft of US dollars from his Phala Phala farm.ActionSA filed a lawsuit against Ramaphosa accusing him of lying when he disclosed the amount of money lost from his farm.ActionSA’s Chief Whip, Mrs Lerato Ngobeni, said there is evidence to show that the amount of money that was stolen was much larger than what Ramaphosa said.Ramaphosa revealed that 580 000 US dollars were stolen, meaning that the money is approximately R10 million if it is returned in local currency.Mrs. Ngobeni said that the evidence of the latter indicates that…
NewsFeedEurovision is heading towards its grand final, but organisers are bracing for more demonstrations after chants of ‘stop the genocide’ were heard during Israeli contestant Noah Bettan’s semi-final performance. Five countries have withdrawn from this year’s contest after Israel was permitted to compete.Published On 15 May 202615 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
(Photo: Christine Oelofse/Maroela Mediaa) The second day of the Nampo Harvest Day was one of extremes. While a world record attempt filled the grounds, the future of grain farming was discussed in a serious high-level discussion. Traffic from various directions to Bothaville almost came to a standstill due to the great interest in Toyota’s Hilux world record attempt and the influx of visitors to the site. According to the organizers, more than 24,500 visitors visited the site on Wednesday. A total of 53 planes and 40 helicopters also landed at Nampo’s airfield. (Photo: Christine Oelofse/Maroela Mediaa) More than 1,500 Toyota…
He POINTS to his teammates while filming the game iPimvilleactor Kagiso Medupe, who says he was released and used only by his company to film the show.Iof the country reported on the problems that plagued the show from the end of March and when the actors did not get paid.Last month they put down the equipment after not getting their money, which caused the end of the episodes that were being recorded, and stopped the showing of the game on SABC2, last week.Kagiso said that he does not want to be blamed for this incident as he is not in…