AFRICA

A fatal collision between a car and a bakkie on the R301 in Franschhoek in the Western Cape left four people dead and further six people injured, according to reports from ER24. Life Healthcare and Stellenbosch Fire Services were the first to arrive on the scene, quickly followed by ER24 paramedics …

Three people were confirmed dead in separate shack fires across Cape Town in the early hours of Sunday morning. City of Cape Town fire and rescue services spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said the first fire they responded to was in Scottsdene, Kraaifontein, just after midnight. Carelse said four fire engines, two …

Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been disbanded. Mohammed Adamu, the Inspector-General of Police, made the announcement on Sunday afternoon. This follows days of a nationwide protest against the police operation. Nigerians, mostly the youths, had taken to the streets of major cities to protest SARS’ brutality while the hashtag …

Former South African president, Jacob Zuma, was ordered on Friday by a judicial panel to testify next month over allegations of state corruption during his nine years in office. The badgered politician is obligated to appear in court before a commission — chaired by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo and …

It has been reported that no less than two Junior Secondary School students have been killed in Kwara state. The young Nigerians were reportedly crushed to death while five others sustained injuries in a fatal auto accident in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. According to an eyewitness who posted the …

Police say the women from Midrand in Gauteng were with a property developer viewing buildings to buy when they were attacked. Police say two women have died after being shot execution style while inside a luxury car at an industrial site in Polokwane, Limpopo. Police say the women from Midrand …

A four-year-old boy who went missing on his way to a local tuck-shop was found hours later, dead in a box in the Northern Cape. The boy’s family, from Ikhutseng in Warrenton, reported him missing on Friday when he did not return home. His body was found in a box …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is determined to end police brutality, introduce reforms and bring “erring personnel… to justice”. His comments came after two days of protests sparked by a video of a man allegedly being killed by police. The protest movement initially targeted the federal Special Anti-Robbery …

At least 12-people have been killed in a horrific taxi accident in Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. Three other people were injured and transported to nearby hospitals. Emergency services say the taxi rolled down an embankment flinging passengers out as it rolled. Source: NCA

The City of Cape Town’s Fire and Rescue Service received an emergency call at 07:40 about an informal structure that was alight just off Tienie Meyer Bypass, Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse said. “Bellville’s fire crew was quickly on [the] scene and found a man with third-degree burn …