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2 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
1min"KwaMashu police arrest five suspects with firearms and narcotics. Image: SAPSIn the early hours of Tuesday, police in KwaZulu-Natal apprehended five people for illegally possessing weapons, ammunition, and narcotics at a fueling station in KwaMashu. "Police officers, who are members of Public Order Policing (POP), were conducting patrols and stop and search operations when they spotted a vehicle with five young men at a filling station in Bridge City, KwaMashu.
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2 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
2minThe first group of Afrikaners from South Africa arriving for resettlement in the USImage: SAUL LOEB / AFPThe first group of South African Afrikaners have officially touched down in the United States of America. Armed with US flags, the group listened intently as they were welcomed at the Dulles Airport in Virginia following their flight from Johannesburg.
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2 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
2minThe first group of Afrikaners from South Africa arriving for resettlement in the USImage: SAUL LOEB / AFPThe first group of South African Afrikaners have officially touched down in the United States of America. Armed with US flags, the group listened intently as they were welcomed at the Dulles Airport in Virginia following their flight from Johannesburg.
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2 days ago | 
dailyvoice.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
Xolile Mtembu | May 13, 2025ACCORDING to the founder of the Amerikaners website, Sam Busa, a vrag Afrikaners are set to follow the 54 “refugees” who left South Africa for the US on Sunday. US president Donald Trump repeatedly said that this group was fleeing racial persecution and would welcome them into the US with open arms. And Busa, who founded the Amerikaners website with information for those who want to resettle in the US, reckons many more are planning to pak en waai.
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3 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
3minAfrikaners and the refugee debate: What does it mean to be a refugee?
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3 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
1minFatal police shoot-out in KwaZulu-Natal claims lives of three murder suspects. Image: Doctor Ngcobo/ Independent NewspapersThree suspected murderers have been shot and fatally wounded on Monday morning, in a shoot-out with police at Amaoti in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. The crime scene was still active, and updates would be provided after the SA Police Service (SAPS) confirmed the information. This is one of numerous shoot-outs in the province that ended fatally for alleged criminals.
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3 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
1minClarification on Mother's Day accident: Eight church members confirmed dead. Image: Supplied KZN Department of Transport MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma, has clarified that eight members from the Umkhumbi Wesethembiso Church in Zion died in a tragic accident on the Empangeni N2. The Department initially reported that nine people had lost their lives. The accident took place on Mother's Day and involved a tow truck and a Hyundai H-100 bakkie.
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3 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
3minSouth Africans respond to Donald Trump's claims about Afrikaner refugees. Image: X (Twitter)Forty-nine Afrikaners departed South Africa for the United States on Sunday, May 11. US president Donald Trump repeatedly said that this group was fleeing racial persecution in the country and would welcome them into the US with open arms. This unprecedented process, however, has seen some South Africans in disbelief over Trump's 'folly'.
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6 days ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
1minUncovering corruption: EFF's role in the R2 million laptop scandal in Mpumalanga. Image: FreepikThe Economic Freedom Fighters' (EFF) Collen Sedibe has claimed that the party is responsible for exposing the R2 million laptop corruption in Mpumalanga. Talking on Sinawo Thambo's podcast, Sedibe divulged the red party's alleged involvement in blowing open the corruption and a key suspect they allegedly sought for evidence. "It was the biggest laptop heist in history of the South African government.
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1 week ago | 
iol.co.za | Xolile Mtembu
1minPSA commends KwaZulu-Natal's efforts to combat potholes. Image: Neil BaynesThe Public Servants Association of South Africa (PSA) has applauded the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport's plan to address the province's 3.12 million pothole backlog. The KwaZulu-Natal Premier, the MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, and the mayor of uMgungundlovu District Municipality launched the scheme in Pietermaritzburg with a budget of R216 million. "Fifty-five trucks have been deployed to do the work.
