Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala appears in the High Court in Johannesburg on October 20, 2025. The attempted murder case against controversial businessman Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala and his four co-accused is expected to resume at the Alexandra Magistrates Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday morning. Matlala is accused of attempting to murder his former girlfriend Tebogo Thobejane in…
Shacks destroyed by a fire in Limpopo. About 168 people have been temporarily accommodated at a local community after their shacks burnt down at Plastic View informal settlement in Hoedspruit, Limpopo. Volunteers have been providing families with groceries, school uniforms and other basic necessities. There were no injuries in the fire. The Mayor of Maruleng…
The trial of Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a uMkhonto Wesizwe Party Member of Parliament and alleged instigator of the July 2021 unrest, continues at the Durban High Court on Tuesday. Watch live proceedings:
rain drops seen from a car windscreen The North West Cooperative Governance department says disaster management teams are on high alert to respond to any eventuality following heavy rainfall and thunderstorms. The department urges residents across the province to exercise extreme caution after the South African Weather Service placed the province under a Yellow…
Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues in the Pretoria High Court. Livestream:
FILE| Entrance of Wits University in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Wits University students in Johannesburg held a protest on Monday night against gender-based harm. The protest follows allegations that a newly elected member of the Student Representative Council (SRC) raped a fellow student. The university says the incident has been reported to its Gender Equity Office, which…
Retired Ekurhuleni Metro police Chief Revo Spies will continue testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry this morning. Yesterday, Spies told the Commission that Acting Ekurhuleni Metro Police chief Julius Mkhwanazi was called to assist to clean a murder scene in Brakpan. Live proceedings below:
Justice Sisi Khampepe The Foundation for Human Rights has expressed disappointment in what it says is a lack of seriousness on the part of the parties involved in the Khampepe Commission in Johannesburg that is probing the failure to prosecute TRC cases. Inquiry Chairperson Justice Sisi Khampepe adjourned proceedings to the 26th of November after…
Western Cape Minister of Mobility Isaac Sileku has welcomed the postponement of the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO). Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that the rollout of the demerit system, which was due to start next month, has been postponed to July next year. Seleku says the postponement provides…
Ekurhuleni’s Deputy Metro Police Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi. The Madlanga Commission in Pretoria has heard how Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) Police Chief Julius Mkhwanazi was called to assist in cleaning a murder scene in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni. This is according to retired EMPD Deputy Chief Police Officer Revo Spies’ testimony. The said incident is said to…
