Grief-stricken families stood at a distance, separated by yellow police tape, watching silently as government officials inspected the ruins of what should have been a place of opportunity, not death. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has called on the owners of New Order NIV to come forward and account for the nine employees who died during the construction of a warehouse in Ormonde, south of Johannesburg on Monday. Large sections of the structure remain standing, towering over the…

Nine construction workers died after a two-storey building under illegal construction collapsed at Amethyst Business Park in Ormonde on Monday afternoon. Emergency teams worked through the night and into Tuesday morning, recovering the final body early today. About 12 workers were on site when a concrete slab failed, sending the upper floor crashing down. Some injured workers were pulled from the rubble, including at least one who suffered serious trauma. The victims included both South African and Lesotho nationals, Johannesburg…

A tactical operation by the Hawks has resulted in the arrest of seven suspects who were allegedly planning to bomb an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in the Klerksdorp central business district (CBD), North West, on Tuesday morning. Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said the team acted swiftly following a tip-off received prior to the planned crime. “The suspects, aged between 30 and 58, were arrested before they could execute the crime. One rifle, one pistol and explosives were recovered during…