Complainant Andiswa Mengo testifies at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge on January 21, 2025. 3 minutes Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge’s counsel’s earlier request to subpoena retired Chief Justice Raymond Zondo to the Judicial Conduct Tribunal has seemingly found meaning before the fact-finding body….
File image: Former Judge of the Gauteng High Court, Nkola Motata. 1 minute The Constitutional Court has dismissed impeached Judge Nkola Motata’s bid to challenge his removal from office. In its order, the apex court concluded that no case had been made for direct access. Motata was removed from office following the National Assembly vote…
CONTRALESA President Kgoshi Lameck Mokoena addressing a Cogta event in Mpumalanga. 2 minutes The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (CONTRALESA) has criticized the recently signed Expropriation Act, saying it fails to address the needs of dispossessed black South Africans. The Act allows government to expropriate land in the public interest to address issues…
Bullets seen on a desk. 2 minutes The Western Cape Education Department has strongly condemned the murder of a school principal in Kraaifontein. The 54-year-old man was shot in his car outside the Ekuphumleni Primary School in Bloekombos on Thursday. Department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond says counselling services have been given to affected parties. “This is…
A gavel seen on a desk in a court room. 2 minutes A 40-year-old man is expected to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court today for his alleged involvement in a rape and murder committed at Du Noon in Milnerton, Cape Town on New Year’s Day. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says police responded to…
His Eminence Cardinal Stephen Brislin seen in church. 1 minute More than 10 000 faithful will gather in Johannesburg this weekend for the installation of Cardinal Stephen Brislin as the new Catholic Archbishop of Johannesburg. This will be held at Saint Benedict’s College in Bedfordview in Gauteng on Saturday from 9am. Brislin takes over from…
(File Image) Members of the South African Police Service salute while on parade. 1 minute Police Minister Senzo Mchunu says the goal is to raise more than R6.6 million for the SAPS Education Trust, which supports the education of children whose parents were officers killed in the line of duty. Last year, the Trust funded…
Initiates walking. 2 minutes Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has committed to deploy more resources in the Eastern Cape to prevent the death of initiates in the province. Hlabisa made the commitment during a meeting with provincial traditional leaders in East London. More than 370 initiates in the Eastern Cape have…
South African National Defence Force members. 2 minutes Deputy Defence Minister General Bantu Holomisa has urged government to allocate more funding to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) for troops deployed abroad. This call comes as Defence Minister Angie Motshekga visits the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to assess the operational conditions and welfare…
Police officer wearing a bullet vest. 1 minute The Bellville South police have requested the help of the public to identify a man who was hit and killed by a train in Bellville, Cape Town. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says the incident happened on Wednesday. He says the man was declared dead on the scene….
