Pieter Coetze celebrates a win South Africa’s Pieter Coetze has won his country’s first gold medal at the World Swimming Championships in Singapore. The 21-year-old bettered his own South African and African record set at the World University Games in Germany just 10 days ago, winning the 100 metres backstroke title. He clocked a time…
Former president Thabo Mbeki attends the Liberation Movements Summit in Kempton Park on the East Rand on July 27, 2025. Legal expert Mpumelelo Zikalala says former President Thabo Mbeki’s application for his former justice minister Bridget Mabandla’s intervention in a case of victims of apartheid is an effort to exonerate his administration. In January, the…
Tiffany Meek who is in court for the murder of her late 11 year old son, Jayden-Lee Meek The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court has denied bail to Tiffany Meek, who is accused of murdering her 11-year-old son, Jayden-Lee Meek, in May. Meek faces charges of murder, crimen injuria, and defeating the ends of justice. She has…
The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in Lichtenburg in the North West The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West has restored electricity to a number of schools and government departments. The local authorities disconnected electricity last week to a large number of their creditors due to non-payment. Their acting CFO, Nthabeleng Moagi, told the SABC that…
Slain South African artist, Oupa John Sefoka, famously known as DJ Sumbody. The case of four suspects arrested in connection with the killing of Oupa Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody and two of his bodyguards has been postponed at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. All four suspects, including the alleged mastermind Katiso “KT”…
FlySafair plane on a run way Trade union, Solidarity has reached out to FlySafair CEO Elmar Conradie, urging him to intervene in the strike action and bring parties back to the negotiating table. This as the strike by the airline’s pilots enters week two with a deadlock on working conditions. At the heart of the…
A swimming competition South African swimmers, Erin Gallagher and Rebecca Meder, failed to qualify for their respective finals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. Gallagher finished sixth in her 100 meter butterfly semi-final and was 13th fastest overall, while Meder finished seventh in her 200 meter medley semi-final, and 10th overall. Germany’s Lukas Martens…
An attendant puts fuel into a car. Diesel prices are expected to go up next month while petrol users can expect a slight reprieve. This is according to the latest unaudited data from the Central Energy Fund. The data shows both grades of diesel are expected to increase by between 62 and 63 cents a…
FILE | Former ANCYL Secretary Sindiso Magaqa. A former municipal manager of the Umzimkhulu Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal is expected to appear in a local magistrate’s court on Tuesday. The 55-year-old man was arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Secretary Sindiso Magaqa in 2017. Magaqa was a…
Oupa “DJ Sumbody” Sefoka. Four men arrested in connection with the murder of Oupa Sefoka, popularly known as DJ Sumbody, are expected to be back in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in northern Johannesburg on Tuesday. The accused include businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe, who is expected to apply for bail. They were arrested in Gauteng last week…
