Soccer ball on the sports ground. A group of Cape Town-based soccer players who were stranded in Europe are expected to return home tomorrow. The 35 young players affiliated to an unregistered academy left on July 6 to participate in a soccer tournament in Spain. They were expected back in the country on Wednesday last week; however,…
Chairs pictured inside of a courtroom. A Limpopo police officer and two co-accused are expected to continue their bail application in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court today. Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane and daughter Florah Shokane were arrested in October last year. They face charges including murder, insurance fraud, money laundering and benefiting from the proceeds of crime. Investigating officer…
President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed new board members to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), in line with Section 9(1)(a) of the NYDA Act of 2008. Their three-year term will begin on August 1, 2025. Established through an Act of Parliament, the NYDA focuses on tackling challenges facing South Africa’s youth. The…
Bullet cartridges. There’s been yet another shooting incident on the Cape Flats. Two men have been killed and another wounded in Khayelitsha. More than 20 people have been killed in a series of shooting incidents across the Cape Flats in the past few weeks. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says officers found the bodies of the two men with gunshot wounds in the latest incident….
Higher Education and Training Minister, Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane. Rise Mzansi has joined the DA in welcoming the removal of Higher Education Minister Nobuhle Nkabane. President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday appointed Nkabane’s deputy, Buti Manamela, as the Minister and Nomusa Dube-Ncube as one of the deputies. The party says Nkabane must still be held accountable as a…
The upgrading of school infrastructure and the building of new schools will be a priority for the Department of Basic Education in the North West. Department MEC Viola Motsumi has tabled her budget in the North West legislature. She says they have appointed contractors to start repairs on over 147 storm-damaged schools. The department budgeted…
The suspected baby snatcher from Tafelsig is seen during her first court appearance at the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on 03 July 2025. A 37-year-old woman is expected to be back in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town today in connection with the kidnapping of a newborn baby at the Middestad Mall to apply for…
The mother of 11-year-old Jayden-Leek Meek has been charged with his murder at the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court. The bail application of Tiffany Meek, who is accused of killing her son Jayden-Lee Meek, will continue in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court west of Johannesburg today. The officer who wishes not to be named confirmed observing blood on…
South Africa has spent over R72 million on about 900 000 doses of vaccines for the Foot and Mouth disease outbreak since March this year. The government is now prioritising measures to manufacture locally produced FMD vaccines to respond quicker to outbreaks and prevent economic devastation for many agricultural stakeholders. Various stakeholders, led by the…
Flight FA288 was departing from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport to Durban’s King Shaka International Airport. Lanseria Airport, west of Johannesburg, has confirmed two flight cancellations today due to the ongoing FlySafair pilot strike, now in its second day. Airport management says FlySafair has continued to keep both the airport and passengers informed about developments…
