South Africa Independent

Sat, 18 May 2024 19:04:55 GMT
May 29 is D-Day, we are coming, they thought we were joking - Zuma

Sat, 18 May 2024 17:11:54 GMT
KZN police launch inquest following construction workers’ deaths at Ballito site

Sat, 18 May 2024 15:37:45 GMT
Primary school teacher in custody for raping two minors

Sat, 18 May 2024 14:54:58 GMT
UPDATE: One worker found alive, as four die in Ballito construction collapse

Sat, 18 May 2024 14:29:45 GMT
Police failed me dismally: Pretoria woman in road spiking incident says she frantically tried to stop police cars

Sat, 18 May 2024 13:21:16 GMT
Hope fades as search for Joshlin Smith enters third month

Sat, 18 May 2024 12:13:00 GMT
‘We’re going to reverse a lot of things’, says Duduzile Zuma at packed MKP manifesto launch in Soweto

Sat, 18 May 2024 10:15:40 GMT
Three construction workers dead, two buried under the soil after collapse at Ballito construction site

Sat, 18 May 2024 09:50:17 GMT
Despite fake qualifications, woman earned more than R1.2 million working as a teacher

Sat, 18 May 2024 09:20:00 GMT
Extensive search for 11 Cape Town fishermen missing at sea after their ship sank

Sat, 18 May 2024 09:04:23 GMT
Taxpayer tab: Police shell out over R2.2 billion in civil claims

Fri, 17 May 2024 18:17:31 GMT
How to save money based on your star sign

Fri, 17 May 2024 17:10:08 GMT
KZN man pleads guilty to strangling his girlfriend’s three-year-old son, because another man answered her cellphone

Fri, 17 May 2024 15:20:20 GMT
PICS: Pakistani national arrested on allegations of bribery as police seize R3 million in counterfeit goods in Midrand

Fri, 17 May 2024 15:14:05 GMT
Woman found guilty of defrauding Old Mutual in fraudulent death claim

Fri, 17 May 2024 14:06:02 GMT
George building collapse: Search and rescue efforts completed, majority of victims were foreign nationals

Fri, 17 May 2024 13:50:59 GMT
Marital rape and child marriages considered legal in some African countries - family law study

Fri, 17 May 2024 13:48:02 GMT
SA health professionals body preparing legal challenge against NHI

Fri, 17 May 2024 13:31:37 GMT
Political parties rake in over R172 million in donations: Let’s see who funds them

Fri, 17 May 2024 13:27:47 GMT
‘They were making noise’: Serial rapist, aged 24, slapped with three life terms, plus 65 years behind bars

Fri, 17 May 2024 13:11:27 GMT
WATCH: 26-year-old woman claims she has not eaten or drunk anything for 16 years

Fri, 17 May 2024 12:26:25 GMT
Family law does not protect African women from GBV, child marriage and even genital mutilation

Fri, 17 May 2024 11:44:43 GMT
Is the Post Office stealing Sassa money from pensioners?

Fri, 17 May 2024 10:29:00 GMT
WATCH: SIU raids home affairs offices across SA following claims of corruption at refugee centres

Fri, 17 May 2024 09:49:05 GMT
China insists it will not compromise on Taiwan, and thanks South Africa for upholding one-China policy

Fri, 17 May 2024 09:46:09 GMT
Man sentenced to 15 years imprisonment on charges of kidnapping, murder, and dramatic escape from custody

Fri, 17 May 2024 09:43:42 GMT
‘The Indian community belongs to the EFF’: Malema cozies up to Phoenix residents ahead of May 29 elections

Fri, 17 May 2024 09:23:33 GMT
Clint’s courageous fight back to hope and community

Fri, 17 May 2024 08:58:01 GMT
Actor Hakeem Kae Kazim and Magic828AM Radio assist under privileged families in Bo Kaap

Fri, 17 May 2024 08:32:54 GMT
George building collapse: Rescue operations will cease, public warned to stop spreading malicious rumours

Fri, 17 May 2024 08:28:02 GMT
JUST IN: Two arrested for murder of five-year-old during botched hijacking

Fri, 17 May 2024 07:44:08 GMT
‘We are going to miss his smile that gave us hope that all is well’ - Murdered five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane laid to rest

Fri, 17 May 2024 07:15:18 GMT
Court stalls as Congolese man accused of scamming policewoman of lifetime’s savings wants interpreter

Fri, 17 May 2024 07:05:14 GMT
LOOK: Bheki Cele opens Khayelitsha police station, hands over vehicles with Automatic Number Plate Recognition

Fri, 17 May 2024 06:54:09 GMT
Picket to take place outside Newlands East police station after toddler allegedly raped at crèche

Fri, 17 May 2024 06:51:35 GMT
Victims of robbery behind bars for kidnapping alleged scammer behind fake Facebook adverts

Fri, 17 May 2024 06:13:37 GMT
Pongola crash: KZN MEC of transport welcomes ‘historic judgment’

Fri, 17 May 2024 06:00:04 GMT
Don’t ditch your medical aid just yet: 4 reasons why you shouldn’t cancel your health cover

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:58:49 GMT
'NHI Bill will set us back’: South Africans weigh in on NHI Bill

Fri, 17 May 2024 05:17:24 GMT
Nurses robbed of their groceries, cellphones, clothes and money at Jane Furse Hospital in Limpopo

Thu, 16 May 2024 18:39:08 GMT
High court interdicts SARS from installing CCTV cameras in cigarette factories

Thu, 16 May 2024 17:51:25 GMT
Police slam hoax reports of political violence in KwaZulu-Natal

Thu, 16 May 2024 17:23:54 GMT
Court sentences 22-year-old paedophile to two life terms imprisonment

Thu, 16 May 2024 16:43:29 GMT
Truck driver in horror Pongola crash jailed

Thu, 16 May 2024 13:02:40 GMT
Jacob Zuma’s corruption case set down for April 14 next year

Thu, 16 May 2024 12:54:00 GMT
Trio pretending to be cops arrested for kidnapping and attempted murder in Ladysmith

Thu, 16 May 2024 12:05:44 GMT
The NHI Bill may be signed, but it could take years to implement

Thu, 16 May 2024 10:43:51 GMT
George collapse — Emergency workers still searching for 19 people

Thu, 16 May 2024 10:43:15 GMT
LIVE BLOG: George collapse: ‘There are not enough answers at this stage for all the questions that surround this tragedy,” says building contractor

Thu, 16 May 2024 10:20:03 GMT
NHI will be signed into law but what does this mean for me? We answer your FAQs around the new bill

Thu, 16 May 2024 09:56:29 GMT
Two men and a woman pretended to be customers before robbing cellphones shop in Limpopo

Thu, 16 May 2024 09:30:33 GMT
Suspects linked to spate of cash-in-transit heists killed in Camperdown, KZN

Thu, 16 May 2024 09:26:49 GMT
DA calls for Cold Case Unit to take over search for Joshlin Smith

Thu, 16 May 2024 09:14:57 GMT
Durban communities mark new beginning with reopening of social services office that was burned down during July riots

Thu, 16 May 2024 08:50:11 GMT
Lab-grown diamonds are cheaper, ethical and changing the game

Thu, 16 May 2024 08:48:10 GMT
‘Let us celebrate’: Eskom marks 50 days without load shedding but warns that dark days are not behind us

Thu, 16 May 2024 08:19:30 GMT
Northern Cape man and three dogs missing at Bloubergstrand, another deceased

Thu, 16 May 2024 07:38:36 GMT
LIVE BLOG: George collapse — Emergency workers still searching for 19 people

Thu, 16 May 2024 05:32:23 GMT
Dad on parole arrested in Limpopo for allegedly raping his 20-year-old biological daughter

Thu, 16 May 2024 05:23:18 GMT
Four suspected criminals killed in a shoot-out with KZN cops in Camperdown

Wed, 15 May 2024 19:38:21 GMT
Senzo Meyiwa trial: Two murder accused exchanged over 100 phone calls, court hears

Wed, 15 May 2024 17:49:45 GMT
Teenager in police custody after a three-year-old boy was raped in a Limpopo village

Wed, 15 May 2024 17:45:39 GMT
‘We’re dealing with fools who are not sophisticated’: Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says no fire power will be spared to tackle criminals

Wed, 15 May 2024 17:43:16 GMT
DA lawyers getting ready to approach court to challenge NHI Bill

Wed, 15 May 2024 15:42:37 GMT
Hawks on hunt for bogus attorney who absconded court while on bail

Wed, 15 May 2024 14:22:04 GMT
Gang members who terrorised a sleepy Free State town slapped with multiple life sentences

Wed, 15 May 2024 13:17:48 GMT
‘I hanged my two daughters to save them’: Pretoria mom to serve 10 years in jail for murdering her two kids

Wed, 15 May 2024 13:14:18 GMT
Bogus police officer kidnapped two foreign nationals in Pretoria, demanding R9,000

Wed, 15 May 2024 11:14:26 GMT
Ex-Hawks top cop eThekwini’s integrity and investigations unit

Wed, 15 May 2024 11:07:58 GMT
Suspect wanted in connection with Benoni businessman Shamshudeen Faki’s kidnap, dies in shootout with Gauteng police

Wed, 15 May 2024 11:03:24 GMT
LOOK: Congolese man in court after policewoman was scammed of lifetime’s savings in Limpopo

Wed, 15 May 2024 10:19:23 GMT
Telkom says sorry with 1GB data sweetener after Monday’s network outage

Wed, 15 May 2024 10:11:47 GMT
George building collapse: Contractor not registered with construction body, says Minister Sihle Zikalala

Wed, 15 May 2024 10:10:13 GMT
NO BAIL: Five men accused of murdering AKA and Tibz remain in custody

Wed, 15 May 2024 08:17:00 GMT
NHI: South Africa’s current dual healthcare system is medical care apartheid, says Prof Salim Karim

Wed, 15 May 2024 08:11:16 GMT
We asked AI to explain the NHI in pop culture terms and this is what it said...

Wed, 15 May 2024 05:11:33 GMT
Girls, aged 13, 14, and 16, abducted and gang-raped while walking from street bash at 2am

Tue, 14 May 2024 19:26:30 GMT
Tshwane EMS discover two decomposed bodies in the basement while rescuing an injured man

Tue, 14 May 2024 18:09:57 GMT
Truck driver in Pongola horror crash found guilty on 20 counts of murder

Tue, 14 May 2024 18:04:47 GMT
Court sentences man who defrauded SARS over R955,000 and bought a Mercedes

Tue, 14 May 2024 17:19:44 GMT
WATCH: ‘Nobody will be allowed to mess around.’ Cele says SAPS ready for elections

Tue, 14 May 2024 15:51:03 GMT
Against all odds: Student born without arms graduates with cum laude

Tue, 14 May 2024 15:22:14 GMT
More agencies roped in to help solve the murder of five-year-old boy shot in Soshanguve

Tue, 14 May 2024 14:11:49 GMT
Hawks arrest former bookkeeper on allegations of R1.6 million tax fraud

Tue, 14 May 2024 14:03:57 GMT
Eastern Cape rapist sentenced to two life terms

Tue, 14 May 2024 13:30:35 GMT
What you need to know about SA’s latest Monkeypox case

Tue, 14 May 2024 12:09:37 GMT
George building collapse: Government appeals to embassies, South Africans for money to repatriate foreign workers

Tue, 14 May 2024 12:06:15 GMT
Multiple gunshot wounds to the head: KZN man found lying in the centre of the road

Tue, 14 May 2024 12:00:01 GMT
All systems go for May 29 local and national elections, says IEC

Tue, 14 May 2024 11:54:11 GMT
WATCH: Nine cops injured after SAPS Nyala overturns on N1 highway

Tue, 14 May 2024 11:03:54 GMT
IEC says Zanu PF not accredited to observe elections in South Africa

Tue, 14 May 2024 10:28:34 GMT
Homeless woman lives in supermarket sign for a year before being found out

Tue, 14 May 2024 10:11:31 GMT
Joshlin Smith: ‘No, I didn't sell her,' says pregnant mother Kelly

Tue, 14 May 2024 09:51:42 GMT
Free State Department of Human Settlements raided by Hawks amid fraud allegations

Tue, 14 May 2024 09:25:26 GMT
Suspect who killed a man during a church service, shot dead in scuffle with cops

Tue, 14 May 2024 09:03:55 GMT
Ad regulator rules Mr D’s watermelon advert was misleading after shopper’s complaint

Tue, 14 May 2024 08:48:56 GMT
N3 to be closed to facilitate blasting at the Market Road Overpass Bridge

Tue, 14 May 2024 08:46:22 GMT
How to explain the NHI to a five-year-old

Tue, 14 May 2024 07:58:45 GMT
George building collapse: Death toll rises to 32, six deceased positively identified

Tue, 14 May 2024 07:48:46 GMT
Road spiking in Gauteng: ‘Do not remain seated in your car, they will rob you’

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