Forgotten by the system: Randfontein families left homeless following illegal miners’ threats
Around 300 families, mainly women and children, were forced to flee after death and kidnapping threats from illegal miners.
Around 300 families, mainly women and children, were forced to flee after death and kidnapping threats from illegal miners.
The death toll from the Vanderbijlpark scholar transport accident remains at 12, Gauteng Health has confirmed, dismissing reports of additional fatalities.
Johannesburg police arrested 142 motorists for drunk driving in just one week amid rising road fatalities in Gauteng. The arrests followed intensified JMPD roadblocks and patrols conducted between 12 and 18 January 2026. Authorities warn that drunk driving is a preventable offence and say enforcement will continue 24/7.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has mourned the deaths of 13 schoolchildren in a scholar transport crash and at least 26 people killed in violence on the Cape Flats. He has offered condolences to affected families and pledged stronger law enforcement in violence-hit communities. Police have opened a culpable homicide case into the crash, while gang-related arrests continue in the Western Cape.
A culpable homicide case has been opened as four injured learners continue to receive medical care.
A total of 180 candidates from 18 correctional services schools participated, earning 132 distinctions.
Eight suspects have been arrested in Johannesburg in connection with kidnapping and extortion cases.
More than 20 people are feared dead following severe flooding in Limpopo and Mpumalanga.
Eleven learners have died following a tragic scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark.