Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says the team’s biggest motivation remains making South Africans proud and happy. The Boks beat New Zealand 43-28 in Baltimore to claim the inaugural Castle Double Malt Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry title, winning the four-match series 3-1. The Springboks scored six tries to New Zealand’s four in front of a USA rugby record crowd of more than 68,000, with a large contingent of South African supporters among those
13 year old boy shot dead in Uitsig
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Ravensmead police are investigating a case of murder after a private security guard allegedly opened fire on a group of boys in Uitsig on Friday afternoon, 11 September, fatally wounding a 13-year-old. Three boys were reportedly playing at the premises of the old Holy Cross Home on De La Rey Road at about 16:30 when the incident happened. The 13-year-old boy was shot in the back and died on the scene.
A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in the Mitchells Plain Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 14 September 2026, after six stolen vehicles were recovered in Mandalay. The South African Police Service (SAPS) Flying Squad members, working with Crime Intelligence, arrested the suspect during an operation in the area on Thursday, 10 September 2026. The officers acted on a tip-off and searched a residential property in Dickens Drive, where they found a Toyota
Three people have lost their lives in a devastating head-on collision on the N1 near Leeu-Gamka. The crash happened on Friday, 11 September, when a minibus taxi travelling towards Beaufort West collided with a Nissan NP200 travelling in the opposite direction. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS), emergency services arrived to find the bakkie engulfed in flames. “The bodies of two occupants were later retrieved from the burned wreckage.”
The City of Cape Town has called on the public to comment on its proposed amendments to the Animal Keeping By-Law. The amendments include the regulation of circuses, authorising law enforcement officers to seize animals kept in contravention of the by-law, stricter regulations around working animals and a dedicated section for animal inspectors to enforce the by-law. This comes after the City’s Animal Control Unit responded to over 9,000 calls during the last
