The Gauteng police arrested 1 170 suspects for various serious crimes and recovered a hijacked vehicle during Paseka Operation Shanela II, conducted across the province. The Acting Provincial Commissioner of Gauteng, Major-General Mbuso Khumalo, led a successful high-density Provincial Operation Shanela II in Soshanguve and Rietgat. ALSO READ | Lungile and Read more
A tense standoff on the N3 northbound near Heidelberg turned deadly on Friday morning when an armed truck driver shot and killed one alleged Zimbabwean hijacker who tried to take over his vehicle using what turned out to be a fake gun. The driver, acting in self-defence, opened fire after Read more
The new year has brought unimaginable grief for one Gauteng mother, who tragically lost both of her children in the recent scholar transport accident at the Vaal. The heartbreaking incident has left families and communities across the province in shock, struggling to process the scale of the tragedy. ALSO READ Read more
At least 11 learners have died following a tragic private scholar transport incident in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, on Monday morning. According to a media advisory issued by the Gauteng Department of Education, the incident occurred earlier on Monday, 19 January 2026. ALSO READ | 18 school children injured after an accident at Read more
Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, says Gauteng has the highest number of road fatalities, with 105 people killed in 95 crashes, since the start of the festive season. She briefed the media at a road block on the N2 at Somerset West in the Western Cape on the mid-festive preliminary Read more
The City of Ekurhuleni’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS) has moved into high-alert mode following an Orange Level 9 weather warning issued by the South African Weather Service (SAWS). For life-threatening emergencies, residents can contact the City of Ekurhuleni on (011) 458 0911 so that the necessary rescue teams Read more
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng says lives are at risk in Mogale City as large sinkholes continue to damage the Hekpoort R563 and Zwartkops R374 roads. The DA accuses Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, of failing to address the issue promptly. ALSO READ | Baby daddy stabs a Read more
Gauteng police offered a R50,000 reward to anyone who can provide information that could lead to locating Amahle Thabethe who went missing in April 2019 when she was eight years old. “There just has to be someone, somewhere who saw her, knows what happened to her after a man took Read more
A 12-year-old girl is among South Africa’s youngest mothers as the country welcomed babies born on the first day of the new year across various hospitals on Wednesday. Gauteng welcomed 13 New Year’s Day babies with the first being born at midnight. On Wednesday, Gauteng MEC for health and wellness, Read more
Tinyiko Shawn Sengoane from Mamelodi East in Pretoria has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of 6-year-old Olwethu Austin Zwane. The 30-year-old was sentenced by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Friday. ALSO READ | Principal Khomo shot and killed at his school in Hammersdale Sengoane stabbed Read more