The search has resumed for the missing 61-year-old pilot of the Light Aircraft Crash, which occurred yesterday near Suncoast Beach in Durban. Paramedics are currently on standby at the scene, but the incident is now being treated as a recovery operation. Multiple NSRI rescue craft, police and Metro Police divers, a police helicopter, lifeguards, and emergency services combed the area yesterday afternoon, but there has been no sign of the missing pilot.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) is probing the killing of three alleged hijackers in the Kosovo informal settlement in Philippi on Tuesday, who were fatally shot following a gun battle with police officers. Officers traced the suspects to the area late on Tuesday night after a woman was found shot dead in a hijacked vehicle in Nyanga, hours earlier. Nyanga SAPS responded at 20:30 to a murder scene in Klipfontein Road,
Parents and caregivers hoping to transfer their children to new schools in 2026 have just days left to submit applications. The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) confirmed that the transfer window, which opened on 4 August for Grades 2 to 7 and Grades 9 to 12, will close at midnight on Monday, 18 August 2025. Since the process began, more than 15,000 applications have been submitted for these grades. The WCED
Police have launched an urgent investigation after the body of a newborn baby was discovered in a rubbish bin in Kraaifontein on Wednesday morning. The grim discovery was made in Zono Street, Bloekombos, at around 08:30. Police spokesperson Sergeant Wesley Twigg said the circumstances surrounding the incident is under investigation, as officers try to establish how the baby ended up in the bin and who was responsible. Authorities have confirmed that
President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Friday, 15 August 2025, officially open the First National Convention at the University of South Africa’s ZK Matthews Great Hall in Pretoria, marking the start of an ambitious, nationwide National Dialogue aimed at rebuilding trust, addressing South Africa’s deepest challenges, and shaping a shared future. The two-day convention, running from 15–16 August, will bring together around 1 000 delegates from across the country, representing the diversity of the
