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For the past 581 days, Samantha van der Vyver has started each morning by posting a photograph of her son on her WhatsApp status.The photographs are all she has left of the son she loved and lost far too soon.Tiaan Minnie was shot dead alongside his father, Heinrich Minnie, 47, while the two were offloading rubbish at the Arlington Waste Facility in Nelson Mandela Bay on February 3 last year."I […]

Country musician Tommy Dell is receiving medical treatment after being injured in a collision on the R40 in Mbombela that claimed the lives of two women on Saturday night.The crash happened at about 10 pm while a Honda sedan carrying Dell and the two women was travelling towards Barberton before colliding with a bakkie.Two other women died at the scene, while occupants of the bakkie were injured.Mpumalanga Department of Community […]

Johannesburg motorists have been urged to avoid parts of Doornfontein after multiple vehicles became submerged and trapped in floodwater at the Siemert Road and Currey Street intersection on Sunday.The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) said officers were at the scene managing traffic, assisting stranded motorists and diverting vehicles away from the flooded road.JMPD spokesperson Superintendent Xolani Fihla said persistent heavy rainfall had resulted in dangerous driving conditions across the city.“Currently, […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that criminals who target police officers are attacking the integrity of the State, the rule of law and the constitutional order, as South Africa honoured 12 fallen SAPS members in Pretoria on Sunday.Speaking at the annual SAPS National Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings, Ramaphosa said the officers who died in the line of duty during the 2025/26 financial year should not be remembered as […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa will join the families and colleagues of 12 police officers who died in the line of duty at the annual South African Police Service (SAPS) Commemoration Day in Pretoria.The ceremony will take place at the SAPS Memorial Site at the Union Buildings, where the fallen officers will be honoured for their service and sacrifice.The 12 members died while on duty during the 12-month period from April 1, […]

A man convicted of murdering Fochville traffic warden Piter Eddy has been sentenced to 15 years’ direct imprisonment after stabbing him in the chest during an argument at a tavern.Johannes Fourie, also known as “Buda”, was sentenced for murder on August 27, 2026, and was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the murder happened on November 2, 2024, after Eddy had searched Fourie […]

A man convicted of murdering Fochville traffic warden Piter Eddy has been sentenced to 15 years’ direct imprisonment after stabbing him in the chest during an argument at a tavern.Johannes Fourie, also known as “Buda”, was sentenced for murder on August 27, 2026, and was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the murder happened on November 2, 2024, after Eddy had searched Fourie […]

A man convicted of murdering Fochville traffic warden Piter Eddy has been sentenced to 15 years’ direct imprisonment after stabbing him in the chest during an argument at a tavern.Johannes Fourie, also known as “Buda”, was sentenced for murder on August 27, 2026, and was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the murder happened on November 2, 2024, after Eddy had searched Fourie […]

A man convicted of murdering Fochville traffic warden Piter Eddy has been sentenced to 15 years’ direct imprisonment after stabbing him in the chest during an argument at a tavern.Johannes Fourie, also known as “Buda”, was sentenced for murder on August 27, 2026, and was further declared unfit to possess a firearm.Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi said the murder happened on November 2, 2024, after Eddy had searched Fourie […]