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Handcuffs police use to apprehend suspects. Five suspects had been arrested in connection with a shooting incident in the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi on the Cape Flats. Three men and a woman were killed on Saturday evening. The incident is suspected to be linked to extortion. The suspects are facing charges of murder, attempted…

North-West businessman Suliman Carrim’ The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has ruled against North-West businessman Suliman Carrim‘s application to testify in camera on Monday. Carrim’s legal counsel had argued that his client had been receiving death threats. However, the commission has disputed the argument. Evidence leader Adila Hassim has argued that the threats against…

An empty court room. The nine suspects arrested in connection with the killing of a part-time lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) will be back in the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court, north of Pretoria, on Monday morning. The suspects will apply for bail. They were in court last week when the matter was postponed….

File: Homeless person’s belongings seen on pavement About 700 homeless people have been removed from the Moore Road area in the Durban CBD. Police say the homeless people had established informal dwellings on the side of the road, making the area unsafe. It’s not clear where the homeless people have been relocated. Metro Police spokesperson…

The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, also known as the Madlanga Commission continues hearing witness testimony. LIVE STREAM: 

City of Johannesburg’s Emergency Management Service (EMS) rescuers attending to a building collapse in Ormonde on March 2, 2026. An infrastructure specialist from GenTECH Consulting, Lufuno Ratsiku, says the construction industry in South Africa is facing a corruption crisis. The country has seen the recurrence of buildings collapsing, claiming dozens of lives. Nine construction workers…

The Free State High Court is expected to hand down judgment on the application to postpone the trial in the R255 million asbestos roof removal corruption case for three months. The court wanted to hear why Legal Aid South Africa declined to represent accused number one in the matter. The former head of the Department…

The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM: 

File: Graphic of shooting scene Police are still searching for suspects in a shooting incident in the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi East on the Cape Flats. Three men and a woman were killed at a house on Saturday evening. Two gunmen entered the premises and fired several shots. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the…