Buffalo City cancels Omotoso’s crusade after public outrage Buffalo City Metro has scrapped televangelist Timothy Omotoso’s planned crusade at Orient Theatre, citing public outrage over his rape and human trafficking acquittal. Mayor Princess Faku on April 24 barred Omotoso’s Jesus Dominion International church from all municipal venues. Omotoso was cleared
Comrades Marathon 2025 to feature new longer route and finish line setup The 98th edition of the Comrades Marathon is set to take place on Sunday, June 8, 2025, marking a Down Run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban over a newly confirmed distance of 89.98km. The Comrades Marathon Association (CMA) announced
American pastor Josh Sullivan returns to the US after harrowing kidnapping and rescue in South Africa American pastor Josh Sullivan, who was kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in Motherwell, Gqeberha, South Africa on April 10, 2025, has safely returned to the United States after a dramatic rescue. Sullivan,
The husband of missing police officer Keamogetswe Buys, 30-year-old Lwazi Thepa, has made an emotional appeal for her safe return, joining the families of two other missing officers in their desperate search. Constables Buys, Boipelo Senoge, 20, and Cebekhulu Linda, 24, disappeared while travelling from Bloemfontein to their deployment
Authorities are offering a R350,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of three missing police officers. Constables Linda Cebekhulu, Keamogetswe Buys, and Boipelo Senoge disappeared while travelling to Limpopo along the N1 highway over the weekend. Their vehicle was last spotted near the Grasmere toll plaza, after which
National police commissioner General Fannie Masemola and deputy national police commissioner for crime detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, are scheduled to meet the families of three missing constables who disappeared while traveling to Limpopo. Meetings with the investigative team handling the case are also planned. The three constables —
Five family members lost their lives in a devastating car accident on Sunday morning while rushing an injured relative to the hospital. The accident happened on Eddie Hagen Drive in Cato Ridge, west of Durban, when the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, causing it to crash into
Authorities have issued a warning for communities downstream of major dams as heavy rainfall has caused water levels to rise dramatically overnight. Continuous rain over already saturated catchments has led to rapid increases in the Vaal Dam, prompting the gradual opening of four more sluice gates throughout the day,
Three suspected gang members were arrested in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday after being found with firearms and ammunition during a police operation. The arrests took place in the Bester area of Inanda, where police, acting on intelligence, raided a house in the Mzomusha area. Inside, officers found a group of
The KwaZulu-Natal health department has denied allegations that patient deaths at Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg were caused by a recent power outage. Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane addressed concerns after a protest outside the hospital, where demonstrators claimed the outage had led to fatalities. She strongly dismissed the claims and
