The identity of the North West female police officer who died in a single-vehicle collision when a state van overturned has been released as constable Keagile Rampa.

Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to survive, then left to starve.

A member of the South African Police Service died when the Toyota Hilus she was driving in overturned because of a flat tyre. Five others were injured.

North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management in the North West, Wessels Morweng has expressed anger and disappointed following reports of the alleged escape of one of the kingpins of illegal mining activities at Stilfontein.

The South African government has launched a rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in the country’s North West province, where at least 109 men have died, a group representing the miners said, after local authorities cut off vital supplies in a dramatic bid to crack down on the country’s illegal mining trade.

A member of the South African Police Service died when the Toyota Hilus she was driving in overturned because of a flat tyre. Five others were injured.

(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) An abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) The Acting Provincial Commissioner of North West, Major General Patrick Asaneng ...

Rights groups are criticizing South Africa’s government for failing to prevent what they call a “massacre” at the Buffelsfontein mine, after security officials cut off food, water, and other essential supplies to miners trapped underground and delayed a rescue operation.

The 1925 discovery of diamonds on the Atlantic Coastal margin of Namaqualand (South Africa) between the Olifants and Orange ... with glittering-baubles along the shorelines of the north-west Namaqualand coastline. Early Europeans venturing into Namaqualand ...

Around 8,636 kilometers in total, the first motorway connection begins in Cairo, Egypt along the North African coast before running along the Atlantic coast to Dakar, spanning 7 countries. However, as it stands the border between Morocco and Algeria is currently closed so the TAH 1 is not usable.

Authorities are under scrutiny after the escape of alleged illegal mining kingpin James Neo Tshoaeli, with investigations underway into police involvement and accountability.

The average retail price for refilling a 5-kilogram cylinder of cooking gas increased by 3.23% month over month from September 2024 to October 2024, to N6,915.69.