A customer with a virtual banking card uses a smartphone to pay for a purchase. Digital banking may be fast and convenient, but it’s also becoming a growing target for fraudsters. The National Financial Ombud Scheme (NFO) has raised the alarm after reporting a sharp rise in digital banking fraud complaints – up by a staggering…
FILE | South African Police Service Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo. South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo is scheduled to appear before the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday. The court will hear further evidence in a case involving charges of fraud and corruption against Khumalo and six others. The…
Gun and bullets. Four men have been gunned down in a mass shooting this morning at the Overcome Heights informal settlement in Muizenberg in Cape Town. Police say the victims are between the ages of 20 and 37 years old. Their bodies were found on the side of the road. The circumstances surrounding the deaths…
Police tape at a crime scene. A 26-year-old man has died in a hail of bullets during an alleged gang-related shooting incident at Loftus River in Cape Town last night. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the victim was walking when a car pulled up next to him and the occupants started shooting. He says police…
Ekurhuleni mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza speaks to members of the media. The Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says if they abandon their operation to evict people who are illegally occupying some buildings in the city, they would have failed as government. He was commenting following the eviction of Pharoe Park flats residents in Germiston East of Johannesburg…
China uses imported canola to make animal feed for its aquaculture sector China announced preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola imports on Tuesday, escalating a year-long trade dispute that began with Ottawa’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports last August. The provisional rate will be set at 75.8%, effective from Thursday, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement….
[FILE] Department of Trade industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau Department of Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says the government is consolidating partnerships with other countries in a bid to enhance South African trade and investment relations. This is to mitigate the impact of the 30% tariff imposed by the US. Tau says…
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa. The United Democratic Movement (UDM) says it supports the African National Congress (ANC)’s proposal to expand the 10-party coalition in the government of national unity (GNU). UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the move would help stabilise the GNU and prevent it from being influenced by parties threatening to leave when disagreements…
The five accused in the AKA murder appear before court. The case of five men linked to the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and his friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane is once again set down for a pre-trial conference in the Durban High Court. The suspects, who are currently in custody, face multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of…
State witness in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case, Lourentia Lombaard, takes an oath before testifying. The Presiding Judge in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case, Nathan Erasmus, is expected to make a ruling in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday on a defence leave to appeal the matter. He will further make judgment on whether…
