Longwe Twala’s case postponed to next month

A gavel and a cone in a court room. 1 minute Longwe Twala, the son of music legend Sello Chicco Twala, appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. His case has been postponed to Wednesday next week. Longwe was rearrested yesterday, after failing to appear in court last month following his release from custody. At that…

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Further arrests linked to AKA’s murder expected: Mkhwanazi

KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi briefing the media in Durban. 3 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi says further arrests are expected in the investigation into the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes in Durban. Mkhwanazi was briefing the media in Durban. Forbes and his friend, Tebello Motsoane, were gunned down outside a restaurant in…

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England look to get Bazball back on track

File Image: England head coach Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes during practice Cricket at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot, India on February 14, 2024. 4 minutes England head to New Zealand for the second time under locally-born captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum looking to revive the momentum of Bazball against a Blacks Caps…

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AG reports improvement in government audit outcomes

AG Tsakani Maluleke 2 minutes Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke says there has been an improvement in the audit outcomes of national and provincial departments for the 2023/24 financial year. Maluleke was briefing a joint meeting of parliament’s finance chairpersons on Tuesday. While there has been a general improvement in audit and accounting processes, she has…

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E-tolls debt severely affected Gauteng’s budget: Maile

File image: An e-tolls gantry on a Johannesburg road in the evening. 1 minute Gauteng Economic Development MEC Lebogang Maile says the cost of servicing the e-tolls debt has severely affected the province’s budget. He says despite this the budget is fairly healthy. Maile delivered Gauteng’s medium-term budget in the provincial legislature yesterday. He says,…

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SANDF cancels Cuban Medical Training Programme

1 minute The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has decided to cancel the Cuban Medical Training Programme, describing it as wasteful expenditure. The South African Military Health Service says it will not send additional medical students to Cuba. But it says students that are already there will be allowed to complete their medical courses….

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