Five suspects nabbed following jewellery store robbery in Brooklyn
A hijacked vehicle was recovered in the Pretoria CBD. Five suspects have been arrested following…
Government to dispose over 1 600 state owned properties: Macpherson
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, has revealed that the government plans to dispose of more than 1 600 state owned properties. He says the move is part of efforts to cut costs and improve how state assets are used. The initiative also ties into government…
Madlanga Commission’s Witness G to testify virtually and off-screen
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry commissioners. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has ruled that Witness G will testify virtually and off-screen with only audio broadcast to the public. Witness G handles informers who are believed to include political middleman Brown Mogotsi. The commission has also ruled that only commissioners, legal teams and essential staff…
US, Israeli war on Iran pushes up international oil prices
Oil. The price of Brent Crude Oil remains volatile as a result of the war in the Middle East, surging to around $109 dollars a barrel. Iran’s Revolutions Guards have threatened to target oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar. This after Israel’s attacked on the world’s largest natural gas…
Five suspects nabbed following jewellery store robbery in Brooklyn
A hijacked vehicle was recovered in the Pretoria CBD. Five suspects have been arrested following a robbery of a jewellery store in Brooklyn, Tshwane, earlier on Wednesday. The suspects aged between 32 and 38, were arrested after hijacking a vehicle following the robbery and were traced and tracked down by private security and police in…
Sergeant Fannie Nkosi denies celebrating raid at Matlala’s house
Sergeant Fannie Nkosi testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. Member of Gauteng’s organised crime unit, Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, has denied celebrating a raid at Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala’s house with taxi boss Joe Sibanyoni. Evidence before the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria has shown that Nkosi sent a message to Sibanyoni on December 5, 2024, a…
Commission hears how a man linked to taxi tycoon gave Nkosi case list
Madlanga Commission of Inquiry commissioners. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has heard how a man linked to the late taxi tycoon Mswazi Msibi handed the member of Gauteng’s organised crime unit, Fannie Nkosi, a document with a list of case numbers. Mthakathi Mswazi’s document was in relation to the shooting of Msibi’s vehicles…
Consumer inflation slows to 3%
Graphic depicting inflation. There’s good news for consumers as inflation eased from 3.5% in January to 3% in February. That is according to Statistics South Africa’s latest data. It shows that contributions to the 3% annual consumer price inflation rate came from housing and utilities, food and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as insurance and financial…
Man killed in a shootout with police in Durban
Crime scene at Botanic Gardens Road in Berea area A man believed to be in his 20s has been killed in a shootout with police in the Berea area in Durban. Personnel from a private ambulance service say the man sustained a gunshot wound to the head. A paramedic, Garrith Jamieson, says the man sustained…
Six-week-old baby dies, several injured in Kempton Park crash
The scene of a head-on crash in Bredell, Kempton Park on 18 March 2026. A six-week-old baby has been killed and several adults injured following a crash involving a taxi and a bakkie in Bredell, Kempton Park on Gauteng’s East Rand. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown at this stage. Ekurhuleni EMS…
Hack slams CAF decision on Morocco, says soccer body got it wrong
Senegal’s Sadio Mane lifts the trophy with teammates as they celebrate after winning the Africa Cup of Nations. Former Chairperson of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board, Raymond Hack, has bemoaned the decision of the continental football governing body’s Appeal Board to strip Senegal of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title. The…
