4+ hour, 11+ min ago  (172+ words) Parys " The South African Police Service in the Free State has launched a murder investigation after the body of an unidentified woman was recovered from the Vaal River. Police said members in Parys made the discovery on Monday, 20 April 2026, at…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (760+ words) Washington "US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a "would-be assassin." Armed guards opened fire at the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (528+ words) Johannesburg " President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday suspended the national police chief implicated in a $20 million health tender scandal that has rocked the country and drawn in other officers. The country's police minister, national commissioner and his deputy have all now…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago  (273+ words) Johannesburg " The South African Communist Party (SACP) has rejected an ultimatum from the African National Congress (ANC) requiring members with dual membership to choose between the two organisations ahead of the 2026 local government elections. SACP general secretary Solly Mapaila dismissed…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (766+ words) Dakar " The bricks are local, the open-air ventilation is abundant, and a single towering baobab unites it all: architect Francis Kere's new building in Dakar is simultaneously sustainable and distinctly African. A dual national of Burkina Faso and Germany, Kere…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (287+ words) Extortion threats are affecting rubbish collection in informal settlements in Nyanga, Philippi and Samora Machel, according to the City of Cape Town. Spokesperson Luthando Tyhalibongo told Ground Up that waste collection from shipping containers was currently affected by extortion threats…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago  (233+ words) Cape Town " South African Afrosoul star Lira made a moving return to the stage this past weekend with her one-woman show Lira: Still Here, performed on Sunday, 18 April at Lyric Theatre in Johannesburg. After six years of battling a stroke,…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (394+ words) Pretoria " National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola is set to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday in connection with a controversial R360 million SAPS health services tender awarded to Medicare 24, a company linked to alleged crime figure Vusimuzi "Cat…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (579+ words) Mexico City " A gunman killed a Canadian tourist and wounded six other people on Monday at Mexico's famed Teotihuacan archaeological site, authorities said. The gunman killed himself after opening fire at the heavily visited destination in central Mexico, home to…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (203+ words) Johannesburg " The N12 Freeway in Bassonia has been fully reopened to traffic in both directions following a fatal collision and gas tanker fire that forced its closure over the weekend. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) confirmed that emergency teams have…...