The vehicle carrying Joshua, a Lexus Jeep with the number plate, KRD 850 HN, reportedly collided with a stationary truck under circumstances that are still being investigated. A PUNCH staff member, Adeniyi Orojo, who witnessed the accident, told PUNCH Online that Joshua sustained minor injuries, saying that two people died on the spot. Orojo, who…
What should have been the joyful beginning of a lifetime together has ended in devastating heartbreak after a young Pretoria couple, married only months ago, were killed in a horrific head-on collision on the N3 in the Free State. The tragedy has left families, friends and the wider community reeling as tributes continue to pour…
A devastating incident has shaken the community of Duduza, South Africa, where a five-year-old girl named Ntombenhle Mzima was brutally raped and stabbed to death. The incident occurred in Bluegum View, Duduza, on the morning of January 3, 2025. _Details of the Incident_ South African travel According to various sources, Ntombenhle’s lifeless body was discovered…
Tragedy has struck the community of Midrand following the untimely death of a seven-year-old learner, Nsuku Mabunda, a Grade 2 pupil at Noordwyk Primary School. The young boy tragically drowned after falling into a deep, water-filled pit in President Park on Friday, 10 October 2025. According to family members, Nsuku had left home around 1:00 p.m. with a group of friends,…
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government, alongside the Dumke family, sporting officials, and the local community, gathered in Centane’s Chebe Village on Monday to bid farewell to one of the province’s most celebrated figures, the late Lusanda Dumke. Honoured with a Special Provincial Official Funeral (Category 2), Dumke’s contributions to sport and community development were formally…
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A South African court has handed down a devastating yet resolute judgment in a case that has shaken the nation, sentencing Nompumelelo Dlamini to 30 years in prison for the murder of her six-year-old daughter, along with an additional 15-year sentence for the attempted murder of her eight-year-old child. The sentences will run concurrently, marking a firm stance by the justice system…
The North West Department of Education and the wider community of Dithakong East near Mafikeng have been plunged into deep shock and mourning following the alleged death of a 19-year-old Grade 12 learner, Onalenna Booi. Booi, a pupil at Tiego Tawana Secondary School, is reported to have died after being forcefully taken to an initiation…
The Eastern Cape community is reeling in shock and grief following the tragic discovery of the body of 16-year-old Linomtha Skeyi, who had been reported missing earlier this week. Hopes that the teenager would be found alive were shattered when her body was discovered in Makhanda, near the offices of the Department of Social Development,…
In the earliest hours of the morning, when the world was supposed to be quiet and still, a tragedy unfolded inside an apartment in Alabama that would leave an entire family, and an entire community, permanently changed. The fire came suddenly, without warning, tearing through the apartment while most people nearby were still asleep, unaware that two…