Public Eye

17/06/2026

Eleven people were injured after a white Toyota Hiace taxi crashed into the wall of a crèche in Waterloo, KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday afternoon.

On arrival, officers found that the minibus taxi had left the roadway and collided with the crèche wall while carrying 11 occupants.

17/06/2026

DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis is understood to be preparing a significant reshuffle of the party’s representatives in the GNU, with former party leader John Steenhuisen reportedly set to lose his position as minister of Agriculture.

17/06/2026

MK Party national organiser Tony Yengeni has sought to reassure supporters about former president Jacob Zuma’s health after the 84-year-old took a tumble while dancing at a Youth Day event in Mpumalanga.

The dramatic moment unfolded as Zuma danced on stage, briefly losing his footing and stumbling, prompting audible gasps from supporters.

17/06/2026

One person was killed and five others injured in a multi-vehicle crash on the N2 northbound before the Nandi Drive off-ramp, north of Durban, on Tuesday night.

Garrith Jamieson from ALS Paramedics said they responded to the scene shortly before 9 pm and found "chaos and carnage" spread across all lanes.

17/06/2026

With institutions of higher learning and schools closing for the winter holidays, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport says its Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) teams are on high alert.

The department welcomed the arrest of a Zimbabwean national who was allegedly caught driving at 172km/h in a 120km/h zone.

17/06/2026

As South Africa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the 1976 Soweto Uprising on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa warned that youth unemployment had become the defining struggle of a new generation, revealing that more than 4,7 million young people remained without work.

16/06/2026

A young woman, allegedly heavily intoxicated, was arrested after crashing into road infrastructure and then allegedly driving on the wrong side of the N2.

The woman was allegedly heavily intoxicated when she crashed while driving on the wrong side of road, and asks RTI 'Do you know who I am?'

16/06/2026

Mountain Rise police arrested 20 suspects during a weekend crime prevention operation aimed at curbing criminal activity in the policing precinct.

The operation, which ran from Friday, June 12, to Sunday, June 14, targeted identified crime hotspots linked to serious offences in the area.

16/06/2026

Angry residents of Thembelihle near Eastwood in Pietermaritzburg shut down at least one Somali-owned spaza shop on Tuesday morning as part of a protest aimed at forcing undocumented foreign nationals out of the community.

Protesters demanded the closure of foreign-owned spaza shops, stating that local residents should be allowed to operate businesses.

16/06/2026

The local district netball governing body, uMgungundlovu Netball Association, believes positive reflections and a larger number of players taking part in the Telkom Netball League means that the game is alive and development structures are working.

KwaZulu-Natal Kingdom Queens fought bravely until the final whistle, but narrowly missed out on Telkom Netball League Division 2 gold crown