Sugendran Rodney Naicker at his sentencing at the Durban Magistrates’ Court. 1 minute The family of murdered Vyaksha Sookdew has welcomed the 23-year sentence handed to her killer, Sugendran Rodney Naicker, in the Durban Magistrates’ Court. Naicker pleaded guilty to the murder of Sookdew, his then-girlfriend, who was killed in December 2023 at her Havenside…
CONTRALESA President Kgoshi Lameck Mokoena addressing a Cogta event in Mpumalanga. 2 minutes The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) says it plans to engage with key national leaders, including former President Jacob Zuma and AmaZulu King Misuzulu, as part of its National Consultative Pilgrimage initiative. This follows a recent meeting with former…
FILE: IFP Deputy Chief Whip, Khethamabala Sithole. 1 minute The Inkatha Freedon Party (IFP) has called on Parliament to urgently improve the protection of its members. This follows the killing of IFP MP and Deputy Chief Whip, Khethamabala Sithole. He was shot dead in Katlehong on the East Rand on Saturday. The motive for the…
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi arrives at Westpark Cemetery in Johannesburg for the reburial of activists in May 3, 2025. 2 minutes Justice and Constitutional Development Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi will this morning attend the proceedings of the re-opened inquest into the deaths of the Cradock Four in the High Court in Gqeberha, Eastern…
Chief Albert Luthuli. 2 minutes The re-opened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) president Chief Albert Luthuli is set to resume in the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, this morning. The Luthuli family is seeking to overturn the findings of the original inquest, which concluded that his death was accidental. Chief…
FILE: Crime scene. 2 minutes Police are investigating a murder case following the discovery of a mutilated body of a 14-year-old girl in Durban Deep, Roodepoort in western Johannesburg. A passerby notified police after finding body under a shrub yesterday. Police say in a statement that the suspects are unknown. The Tshegofatso Pule Foundation has…
Deputy Police Minister, Dr. Polly Boshielo speaks at Olorato Mongale’s funeral in Bloemfontein, Free State on June 1, 2025. 1 minute Deputy Police Minister, Dr. Polly Boshielo has warned parents to stop shielding children who have committed crime. She says parents of Philangenkosi Makhanya were arrested after his mother tipped him off that police were…
The Cradock Four garden of remembrance is in honour of Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli. 1 minute The inquest looking into the deaths of the Cradock Four is expected to proceed in the Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape on Monday. Fort Calata, Matthew Goniwe, Sicelo Mhlauli and Sparrow Mkonto,…
South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada in action. 2 minutes South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada said life moves on and he will never be “Mr I-Apologise-Too-Much” after serving a one-month ban for testing positive for recreational drug use at this year’s SA20 competition. The 30-year-old Rabada can resume playing for his country in June, after being…
Constitutional Court 1 minute Parliament’s Joint Constitutional Review Committee says it received around 250 submissions seeking to review the Constitution by Friday. However, the committee expects that between then and the deadline, which was midnight Saturday night, a flurry of last-minute submissions were sent. The committee is now tasked with sifting through all the submissions…
