Messina Moremi is fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of a Johannesburg hospital. She was shot twice in the head while out with a friend to celebrate getting a job.

Wits University confirmed it has suspended a member of the student representative council who has been accused of raping a fellow student.

In the days leading up to his killing, KwaZulu-Natal’s Mandeni ward 18 councillor Phendukani Mabhida had written a letter to the council alleging corruption, had received a threatening call and was told his days were numbered.

A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murders of two Mamelodi women whose bodies were found on the side of the road and the attempted murder of a third victim.

Gauteng premier Panyaza Lesufi believes the traffic wardens who came under attack from about 20 gunmen in Daveyton may have disrupted an illegal operation that about to take place.

A Zambian who was driving a truck that is believed to have caused a crash involving up to 20 vehicles in Cliffdale on the N3 was arrested while allegedly trying to flee the scene.

Commuters in parts of Ekurhuleni, including Katlehong and Germiston, were left stranded on Thursday after the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) halted taxi operations over the impounding of their vehicles.

The Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto is grappling with a bed linen crisis, leaving hundreds of patients without basic bedding necessities.

Residents of Westbury and Coronationville, west of Johannesburg, will have to wait at least four months before they can expect a reliable water supply.

Pupils at Simunye Secondary School in Westonaria, west of Joburg, may have to wait until the end of the year to move into their new school as its construction, which started four years ago, continues to be stalled.