Illegal miners appear in the Barberton Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on August 4, 2025. The 24 illegal miners who resurfaced at the Sheba Gold Mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Monday are expected to appear in the local Magistrate’s court today. Twenty-eight others resurfaced yesterday and will appear in court tomorrow. Those arrested are facing charges…
Northern Cape Mental Health hospital A task team has been established to implement the recommendations of the Health Ombudsman following the release of a report into the state of care at two Northern Cape Hospitals. Two psychiatric patients lost their lives at the Kimberley Mental Hospital and Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital. Another two suffered severe health…
Fikile Mbalula addresses the media over the contents of the recently held ANCs NEC meeting. African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Fikile Mbalula says the party has seemingly failed to convince the communists not to be on the ballot. Relations between the ANC and the South African Communist Party (SACP) appear to be at an…
The bail application of Katiso “KT” Molefe has been postponed to the 15th of this month by the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court, north of Johannesburg. Molefe and three others were arrested in Gauteng last month for the murders of Oupa John Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody, and two of his bodyguards in 2022. The state is…
Wet road. Northern Cape motorists driving in areas affected by heavy rains have been warned to exercise caution due to wet and slippery conditions. No incidents have been reported yet, but drivers are cautioned against crossing heavily flooded roads and speeding. Heavy rains in some areas of the Namaqua district are expected to subside only…
A home where four members from one family were killed during the mass murder in Lusikisiki. The State, in the case of six men standing trial for the murder of 18 people at Ngobozana Village in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, has called two witnesses to give evidence on Wednesday. The trial is held in the Mthatha…
Nedbank has revised its growth outlook for 2025 to 1%, down from its earlier, more optimistic outlook of a 1.5% increase in GDP. This came out of a discussion with the bank’s Chief Executive, Jason Quinn, who was answering questions on the company’s interim results released on Tuesday. For the six months ended June 2025,…
Judge hammer The Pretoria Magistrate’s Court has advised a 36-year-old man accused of murdering an Eersterust woman to seek legal representation. This, after he told the court he would represent himself. The case has been postponed to October 15 for further police investigation and a possible bail application. He was arrested in Polokwane on Monday. Video |…
Kristie Paine is an award-winning beekeeper and entrepreneur from the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands Kristie Paine, an award-winning beekeeper and entrepreneur from the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, has made her mark in a male-dominated industry while raising awareness on how to help bees work for the environment. Paine became interested in bees when she was working as a game…
Parts of Mthatha in the Eastern Cape submerged in flood water. More than 30 flood victims have been relocated to New Rest in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape. Government has completed 62 Temporary Relocation Units while in the process of building the houses. This has brought some relief to those affected after they spent almost…
