Mpumalanga police officer’s murder case postponed

South African Police Service logo. 1 minute The Bushbuckridge Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga has postponed the murder case of a police officer Nyiko Nyathi. 42-year-old Nyathi is facing two counts of murder. She allegedly killed her husband, Lawrence Mashego and Victoria Lebyane in February 2024. Mashego was kidnapped by a group of armed men at…

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Convicted Mozambican prison escapee arrested in Sandton

[File photo] A man handcuffed. 2 minutes Gauteng police have arrested one of the prisoners who escaped from the Maputo Maximum Prison in Mozambique at a car hire dealership in Sandton, Johannesburg. The prisoner is one of more than one thousand five hundred prisoners who escaped during Mozambique’s unrest in December. The escapee was arrested…

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Former manager of Karoo Hoogland municipality jailed for theft

A prison guard stands behind bars in a file photo. 2 minutes The Kimberley Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced former Karoo Hoogland Municipality Manager Louis Nothnagel to four years in jail for theft and contravention of the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA). His second co-accused, Marius Botha, who was the municipality’s Chief Operating Officer (CFO),…

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Tech firms push for digital transformation to enable e-voting in SA

2 minutes Technology companies attending the electronic voting conference in Cape Town have emphasized the need for digital transformation to enable an electronic electoral voting process in South Africa. The three-day conference, which ended on Wednesday, brought together political leaders, decision-makers, business representatives, civil society, and the public to discuss the feasibility of implementing e-voting…

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Varied political reaction to Budget Speech

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering the Budget Speech 2 minutes Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) says the tabling of the 2025/2026 budget was a difficult one for the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana. The labour federation says it welcomes the budget despite the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase. Parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks says, “It…

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Motsepe re-elected unopposed for second term as CAF President

1 minute South African billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected unopposed for a second term as the President of the Confederation of African Football at the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, Egypt. Motsepe, who was elected for a first term in March of 2021, will now lead Africa’s football governing body for…

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