The identity of the North West female police officer who died in a single-vehicle collision when a state van overturned has been released as constable Keagile Rampa.

North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management in the North West, Wessels Morweng has expressed anger and disappointed following reports of the alleged escape of one of the kingpins of illegal mining activities at Stilfontein.

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to survive, then left to starve.

A member of the South African Police Service died when the Toyota Hilus she was driving in overturned because of a flat tyre. Five others were injured.

A member of the South African Police Service died when the Toyota Hilus she was driving in overturned because of a flat tyre. Five others were injured.

Zeerust has seen a rapid decline in essential services, leaving barely drivable roads, sewage spillages, water issues, and more.

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential supplies to miners trapped underground and delayed a rescue operation.

Just a month after Kgosi Kgafela Kgafela II announced his intentions to return to Botswana and announced his son as the leader of Bakgatla Ba Kgafela in Moruleng, South Africa, the North West Premier has appointed Nyalala Pilane as Kgosi.

Forecasts suggest that by 2100 a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an “African century.”

Chad Mason’s four wickets on day three left the first Youth test between South Africa Under-19 Men and England evenly poised at Coetzenburg Oval in Stellenbosch on Tuesday.

This is the expected cost of studying five of the most popular degrees at top South African universities in 2025.