It was a winter wonderland for most parts of South Africa as snow hit various provinces between Friday and Monday morning. Residents across South Africa took to social media to share images and videos of snowfall or flakes making landfall…
A security company wants to use aviation technology as a way of fighting crime in the northern suburbs of Johannesburg. In partnership with UDS Group, a South African company specialising in unmanned aerial vehicle systems, Fidelity…
The DA has launched a petition to oppose the renaming of William Nicol Drive to Winnie Mandela Drive. Earlier this month, the City of Johannesburg announced it had started the public participation for the proposed renaming. The city’s…
Students took to the streets of Johannesburg on Monday to continue their protests about fees. The police used a water cannon to disperse students who started fires on the street in Braamfontein. The students responded by hurling stones at…
Five young adults were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in collided with a tree in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg, on Saturday night. The entire front part of the vehicle was torn into pieces, with the engine components…
The joy of the festive season and Christmas has been marred with sorrow for several families of Newclare in Johannesburg after they lost everything when a fire ripped through their block of flats. Jolin Meyer, who has lived at the block…
Arlin Visagie from Parkhurst, northern Johannesburg, was enjoying his morning cup of coffee on the patio in his garden when he heard the screams of a woman in distress. “I heard very loud bloodcurdling screams and immediately knew someone…
A 36-year-old man who raped multiple women and filmed their private parts in an attempt to blackmail and silence them was slapped with three life terms and an additional 134 years behind bars. Percy Matimba Chauke of Kagiso, west of…
The skull of a close human cousin was unearthed at the Drimolen archaeological site at the Cradle of Humankind just north of Johannesburg in 2018 and studied by scientists and researchers at Melbourne’s La Trobe University. According to…
Five people were killed and several others injured in separate collisions in Johannesburg at the weekend. In one incident, three men died in a collision along Hendrik Potgieter near 14th Avenue, west of Johannesburg. “Paramedics from ER24…
Robbers in three vehicles held up a cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle on Ontdekkers Road, Johannesburg, on Friday morning, according to preliminary reports. A tow truck driver was killed, allegedly by the fleeing robbers, Gauteng traffic…
Luxury watches including Rolex and TAG Heuer were stolen during a robbery at a restaurant in Sunninghill, Johannesburg, on Wednesday. Istanbul Kebab owner Burhan Demirtas told TimesLIVE that a group of his regular customers arrived at the…
A man who allegedly tried to rob a cyclist in Randpark Ridge, Johannesburg, on Saturday was shot dead at the scene, paramedics said. The incident happened before 7am on Beyers Naudé Drive. “ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene at 6.49am…
Emergency services in Johannesburg remain on high on alert on Tuesday with more stormy weather expected this afternoon. Joburg Emergency Services spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi said they are monitoring the situation in low-lying areas in…
After running away from home 10 years ago, Lerato Mapena, 27, dreams of getting off drugs and moving back to her family in Soweto. For the past four years, Mapena has been living in squalid conditions at Wembley Stadium along with dozens…
