Eskom plans to build 14,000km of new transmission lines in the coming years at an estimated cost of R440bn, electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says.

Police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a woman was run over by a tractor on a farm close to the Estancia hamlet in the Breyten area, near Ermelo.

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) board has confirmed that its acting CEO, CFO, chief governance officer and head of the office of the CEO have been placed on precautionary suspension with immediate effect.

Three Botswana women were rescued at OR Tambo International Airport on Friday after falling victim to an alleged human trafficking scam.

The head of crime intelligence, Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo, told the Madlanga commission he was never given the assessment report that led to the decision to disband the police killing task team (PKTT).

The government says it has received distress calls from 17 South African men, aged between 20 and 39, who are trapped in the war-torn Donbas region of Ukraine.

A case of attempted murder is under investigation after a car in which businessman Brown Mogotsi was travelling was riddled with bullets on Monday night.

Brown Mogotsi, the businessman accused of involvement in purported complicity between politicians and organised crime, allegedly came under fire from gunmen on Monday night.

One of the top cops from the Hawks alleged members of the elite cop unit interfered with the arrest of controversial businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe.

Chief provincial inspector George Raftopoulous of the Gauteng traffic police, who flew a helicopter over Katiso “KT” Molefe’s house during an operation by the political killings task team on December 6 2024, says allegations of interference are untrue.