Domestic

A gang member who was involved in a failed hand grenade attack at the house of slain officer Lieutenant Colonel Charl Kinnear in 2019 was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday. Hawks Spokesperson Zinzi Hani says 25-year-old Faeez Smith was found guilty on three counts of intimidation and entered into a plea agreement with the State at the Khayelitsha Priority Court.

The family of South African music star, Lira, said the singer suffered a stroke while on a recent trip to Germany.

Amnesty International has launched a campaign that seeks to hold the government accountable for the promises it made in dealing with the scourge of Gender-Based Violence. The #InterruptBrokenPromises campaign seeks to end the cycle of broken promises.

President Cyril Ramaphosa had declared a National State of Disaster to address the devastating flooding in KwaZulu Natal that claimed at least 443 lives with many more people missing.

The South African Army said it would activate 10 000 troops for Operation Chariot, to mobilise in flood-ravaged KwaZulu Natal.

A police diver attached to the Pietermartizburg Search and Rescue Unit drowned on Sunday morning while looking for the bodies of three victims in the Msunduzi River.

The humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers is stepping in to provide support to residents of Joe Slovo informal settlement in Langa, Cape Town, who have lost everything in a devastating fire.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed a working visit to Saudi Arabia to focus on the government’s intervention in the KwaZulu-Natal flood disaster.

The Acting National Commissioner of Correctional Services, Makgothi Thobakgale, has welcomed the sentence imposed on a Correctional Officer for helping an inmate escape.