153 JMPD launches citywide crackdown on scholar transport following fatal Sebokeng crash Zuko Komisa Image | @JoburgMPD/X The JMPD has launched a “zero-tolerance” inspection operation to verify vehicle roadworthiness and driver licensing…
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Death toll remains at 12 as three learners remain in ICU, driver in police custody
134 UPDATE: Death toll remains at 12 as three learners remain in ICU, driver in police custody Mapaballo Borotho Image @supplied @community media The death toll from the Vanderbijlpark scholar transport accident…
‘Motsepe or Mbeki cannot reverse ANC decline’
148 Analysts say corruption and failed governance have hollowed out the ANC beyond rescue by any single leader. Neither billionaire Patrice Motsepe nor former president Thabo Mbeki can save the ANC from…
142 drunk drivers arrested in one week as Gauteng road fatalities increase
124 142 drunk drivers arrested in one week as Gauteng road fatalities increase Mapaballo Borotho Image: @iStock Images Johannesburg police arrested 142 motorists for drunk driving in just one week amid rising…
Ramaphosa mourns victims of Cape Flats violence and scholar transport tragedy
157 Ramaphosa mourns victims of Cape Flats violence and scholar transport tragedy Mapaballo Borotho President Cyril Ramaphosa has mourned the deaths of 13 schoolchildren in a scholar transport crash and at least…
This was not fate. It was failure, and 14 children died
184 This was not fate. It was failure, and 14 children died The Vanderbijlpark school transport tragedy exposes the cost of inaction and weak enforcement By Katy Katopodis Image @Kaya News “Enough…
Culpable homicide case opened after 13 children die in Vanderbijlpark crash
146 Culpable homicide case opened after 13 children die in Vanderbijlpark crash Mapaballo Borotho Image @Kaya News An overloaded scholar transport vehicle was involved in a devastating crash in Vanderbijlpark that killed…
Eleven learners killed in scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark
147 Eleven learners killed in scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark Mapaballo Borotho Image @Kaya News Eleven learners have died following a tragic scholar transport crash in Vanderbijlpark. Five others were critically injured…
Eight men arrested for kidnapping and extortion incidents in Johannesburg
149 Eight men arrested for kidnapping and extortion incidents in Johannesburg Mapaballo Borotho Image: Adobe Stock Eight suspects have been arrested in Johannesburg in connection with kidnapping and extortion cases. A 43-year-old…
Mbalula announces mayoral changes in the Free State; analyst believes this is politicking
129 Fikile Mbalula says underperforming public representatives are giving the ANC a bad name. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says his party will soon announce the removal of some mayors in municipalities across…