North West province's dam levels rise significantly as the Department of Water and Sanitation welcomes relief from recent rainfall after a challenging drought

According to the SAPS, Zozi continued his predatory ways when he met and raped an18-year-old woman in August 2021, who was on her way home shortly after midnight.

Rescuers recovered 51 additional bodies from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa on Tuesday, raising the death toll to 60 after nine bodies were retrieved on Monday, the first day of a massive rescue operation.

Police exhumed the body of a 16-year-old teenage girl from a shallow grave at a village in Pudimoe near Taung in North West. A search is underway for the suspect.

Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi visited the General De La Rey Hospital in the North West after heavy rains in the North West province caused severe flooding.

Speaking to the media on Thursday, acting North West police commissioner Patrick Asaneng confirmed there were no illegal miners remaining at the site. The MRS is expected to provide a detailed report to law enforcement and the Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources.

In this article, Dr John Bristow of the Overberg Geoscientists Group writes about the centenary of diamond prospecting and mining along the West Coast of South Africa and the legends that shaped the business.

A group representing informal miners in South Africa says least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine have died after being trapped deep underground for months while police tried

In its concerted efforts to boost the provision of services across all local municipalities in the province, the North West Provincial Government will roll out the Accelerated Service Delivery Programme - Thuntsha Lerole Reloaded - to the residents of Matlosana Local Municipality.

The South African Weather Services warned that Limpopo and parts of other provinces will experience disruptive rain that will lead to localised flooding.

On Wednesday, IOL also reported that South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has castigated government for the agonizing death of more than 50 miners at Stilfontein, North West, whose bodies have now been extracted following a months-long standoff.