South Africa recorded more than 15 000 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape had more infections than Gauteng.
The N3 Toll Route encouraged motorists to plan ahead. Volumes on the highway can quickly increase to over 2000 vehicles per hour.
The City of Cape Town has restored power to all the areas affected by the outage, including the entire CBD and Atlantic Seaboard.
Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said all cables that supply electricity to Area 7 tripped after ‘major damage’ to City and Eskom infrastructure on Monday night.
Imtiaz Sooliman, founder of Gift of the GIvers, has called for donations to rebuild fire damaged Paarl homes.
We take a look at the stories and pictures that made the front pages of newspapers around the world on Tuesday, 21 December 2021.
The South African Weather Service issued an Orange Level 5 weather warning for the Eastern Cape as thunderstorms are expected yet again.
Eskom said it expects electricity to be restored to the affected parts of the City of Cape Town by 15:00 on Tuesday.
South Africa recorded 8515 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, 20 December. Unfortunately, 105 more people succumbed to the disease.
A gang of armed robbers got into a shootout with a neighbourhood watch shortly after robbing a house in Moghul Park on Monday.
A woman, 40, and two men – aged 56 and 36 – were shot and killed in Grassy Park, Cape Town on Sunday night. No arrests have been made.
The South African Post Office (SAPO) released the SASSA R350 grant payment dates for January 2022.
We take a look at the stories and pictures that made the front pages of newspapers around the world on Monday, 20 December 2021.
More than 1400 suspects were arrested by the Gauteng police this weekend for crimes including murder, house robbery and assault.
Simamkele Kovu was mauled to death on Sunday. ‘The dog was stabbed multiple times by a resident who tried to save the child,’ said police.
A 20-year-old woman and two assassins will face five murder charges in court on Monday. The accused told police she hired hitmen to kill her family.
‘Despite serious issues with the availability of President Zuma’s legal team, however, in the interests of the country all efforts have been made to honour the date proposed by the Judge.’
The Pietermaritzburg K9 Unit discovered a large quantity of explosives in an abandoned house in Mooi River, KZN. No arrests have been made.
SANDF stopped six luxury vehicles from entering Mozambique this week. On Thursday, four suspects abandoned the vehicles 100m from the borderline.
Search and Rescue police in KZN recovered an unknown man’s body from the filtration grid at Lansdowne Pump Station on Saturday.
Kenneth Sebushi, 25, Lesibana Johannes Khalo, 26 and Lehlogonolo Mabokela, 30 were sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday.
Nkosi Duma, the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, and former Mayor of Ekurhuleni died on Thursday night.
The Limpopo transport department said “silly season” is here after three drivers were caught doing around 200km/h on the N1 on Friday.
The ‘vast majority of the fire on Paarl Mountain’ was contained by 18:00 on Friday. Firefighters will monitor the situation overnight.
South Africa recorded more than 20 000 new COVID-19 cases on Friday. Hospitals across the country now have 7932 patients admitted for treatment of the disease.