NATIONAL: The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has announced revised social grant payment dates for November 2026 ahead of the upcoming Local Government Elections. In a statement issued on Wednesday, 14 October, SASSA said the revised schedule followed consultations with stakeholders and approval from National Treasury to ensure smooth
A newborn baby girl was found alive in a Woolworths shopping bag in a bush in Oakford, near Verulam, on KwaZulu-Natal’s north coast, on Tuesday morning. A couple walking to a local tuckshop heard a baby crying from a bush near several houses. They followed the sound and discovered the
A shopper got an unexpected surprise on Monday afternoon after spotting a roughly one-metre-long green snake coiled inside a shoe displayed in a cabinet at a store on Todd Street in Verulam’s CBD, KZN. Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was called to the scene. By the time a reaction officer
South African Police Service (SAPS) officers at Assen police station in the North West helped a woman in custody deliver a healthy baby girl after she went into labour on Thursday, 8 October 2026. According to SAPS, officers under the command of Sergeant Chidi responded to a report of a
LIMPOPO: Limpopo Premier Dr Phophi Ramathuba has urged medical students to remain in South Africa and contribute to strengthening the provincial health system, highlighting the critical shortage of healthcare professionals in the department. Ramathuba was speaking at the funeral service of Thabi Tsebi, a 22-year-old fourth-year medical doctor at the
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has confirmed that police are investigating senior Home Affairs officials accused of facilitating the irregular entry of foreign nationals into South Africa. Mkhwanazi was speaking in Durban today, Friday, following violent protests that erupted in Durban and Soweto over immigration and asylum applications.
Massive queues formed outside the Department of Home Affairs offices in Marabastad, Pretoria, early this morning. Dozens of asylum seekers arrived before dawn, seeking to process their applications following a landmark Constitutional Court ruling. According to the SABC, heavily armed contingent of the South African Police Service (SAPS) remains on
Acting National Police Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane has issued a stern warning to those involved in violent protests in Soweto and Durban. This follows the torching of ten cars in Soweto and 14 in Durban during protests outside Home Affairs offices assisting asylum seekers. Three foreign nationals have been
An elderly woman filmed being searched by security at a Shoprite store has received an outpouring of public support after content creator Mandisi Tshingana appealed for help. The video, which went viral on Thursday, shows a security guard searching the woman and removing items including a small bag of rice,
Chaos and violence erupted across the Durban Central Business District (CBD) as intense anti-illegal immigrant protests left parts of the city engulfed in flames. Demonstrators took to the streets in large numbers, demanding that the Department of Home Affairs Refugee Centre immediately halt the documentation and processing of undocumented foreign
