News

A South African man, convicted of being an accessory to murder and carjacking in the US, has received a pardon and could be deported back to his home country. Azikiwe Kambule, who had been sentenced to 35 years in jail, was one of more than 200

Two men, both in their 30's were arrested in Grahamstown on Sunday morning for the illegal possesion of perlemoen. Police Captain Mali Govender says a vehicle, travelling between East London and Port Elizabeth was stopped by members of the

A 65-year-old British tourist has drowned while swimming at Jeffreys Bay. The National Sea Rescue Institute says police alerted the NSRI that a man was in difficulty at the beach in front of Kabaljous Caravan Park on Saturday. Jeffreys Bay

Nursing staff, who abandoned their posts at the Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in Mthatha, returned to work late on Saturday. The Eastern Cape health department says the nurses consulted their unions and decided to accept the ultimatum and

Three people have been killed and five others injured,  when the driver of a heavy goods truck lost control on a bend of a district road in White River, near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga. Netcare 911's Jeffrey Wicks says workers, who were being

Afrikaans actor, Andrew Thompson, who was best known for his roles in Bakgat, Roepman and Mollie & Wors, has committed suicide. According to a report in the Rapport newspaper, the well-known actor took his own life on Friday. A friend

A Khayelitsha man was arrested, after 200kg of dagga was found in his possession at a road block in Beaufort West on Saturday. Western Cape police Captain, Malcolm Pojie says the man's vehicle was stopped at a check point on the Beaufort West

Sixty people were injured, five critically, in a bus accident in central Johannesburg on Saturday afternoon. Netcare 911's Jeff Wicks says the 65-seater bus hit a wall when the driver lost control near an intersection in Marshalltown

 The search for at least 20 illegal miners at the closed Gravelotte gold mine on the East Rand, has been called off. Trade union Solidarity says all recovery work was called off late yesterday, and the mine tunnel would be sealed. Deputy