The man whose matric certificate was allegedly used in a forgery case involving Eastern Cape Health Department Deputy Director for Communications, Sizwe Kupelo, has expressed surprise over the matter. In an affidavit read at the East London Special Commercial Crimes Court, Cinga Dyantyi says he had never lost his matric certificate and was shocked when…
Germany’s Alexander Zverev during his first round Wimbledon match against France’s Arthur Rinderknech at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London, Britain on July 1. Alexander Zverev has pulled out of the Swiss Open in Gstaad, organisers of the ATP 250 event said yesterday, just over a week after the German world number…
African Transformation Movement president Vuyolwethu Zungula. The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has announced plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to rename South Africa as the Republic of Azania. The party says the proposal forms part of a broader national decolonisation effort. The idea has received mixed reactions from the public, with some expressing support based…
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has outlined his department’s priority of electrifying households that still remain without power, 31 years into the country’s democratic dispensation. Following the tabling of his department’s budget vote in Parliament yesterday, Ramokgopa says unelectrified households, particularly in areas including informal settlements, deep rural areas and newly formed housing developments, now account…
Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner during a press conference. Red Bull have sacked team principal Christian Horner and appointed Laurent Mekies as the Briton’s replacement, the Formula One team announced on Wednesday. The 51-year-old Horner was the longest-serving team principal, having been in the position since Red Bull made its Formula One debut…
President Cyril Ramaphosa us holding his inaugural meeting with members of the National Dialogue Eminent Persons Group at the Union Buildings today. LIVE STREAM:
Randburg Magistrate’s Court. The Randburg Magistrates Court has granted bail to the 12 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Special Task Force members accused of the murder of Hawks investigator Frans Mathipa. The twelve are also charged with the alleged kidnapping of Ethiopian national and alleged ISIS leader, Abdella Abadiga, and his bodyguard in December…
A man throws water on a shack fire. A family of five has died during a shack fire in Olievenhoutbosch in Centurion, Pretoria, this morning. It is not clear what caused the fire. But a member of the community says the deceased includes a mother, her children and grandchildren. BREAKING NEWS: A family of five…
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, or UNAIDS, will today launch the 2025 Global AIDS Update report. LIVE STREAM:
Mduduzi Mnisi accused of killing 14-year-old Likhona Fose appears before the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on 09 July 2025. Mduduzi Mnisi, the man accused of killing 14-year-old Likhona Fose, is due back in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court today. He was granted bail of R5000 on Wednesday. He is charged with the premeditated murder of…
