Court gavel and book 1 minute A 51-year-old church pastor has briefly appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court, on the Cape Flats, on charges relating to rape and assault. The police’s Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit responded to claims that the pastor allegedly assaulted and raped victims at his Khayelitsha church between…
Police are seen outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 16 October 2023. 1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume at the High Court in Pretoria this morning. The case was postponed to allow Advocate Charles Mnisi to prepare for the defence of accused number one, Muzi Sibiya. Mnisi…
SA musician Wouter Kellerman poses with his Grammy Award. 1 minute South Africans have taken centre stage at this year’s 67th Grammy Awards. South African flautist, composer, producer and now three-time Grammy winning artist, Wouter Kellerman, has been honoured with a Grammy Award in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category for his…
Graphic showing the fuel price going up 1 minute Motorists are heading for a hefty fuel price increase in February. Preliminary data shows that the price of petrol will go up by between 84 and 90 cents per litre, depending on the grid. Researcher and political analyst Dr Dale McKinley says the reason the world…
Members of a CPF engage with police 1 minute Community Policing Forums (CPFs) from some of Durban’s most dangerous areas are seeking urgent help in their fight against crime. Representatives of some of the CPFs and KwaZulu-Natal government officials met yesterday. They discussed challenges that CPFs are facing and ways of strengthening their working relationship…
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde is handed over the report into the George building collapse. 1 minute The report on the George building collapse will not be made public at this stage, according to the Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers. On Thursday, Western Cape Premier Alan Winde handed over the report to provincial Police…
Mpumalanga transport officials visit Putco bus depot after the torching of 51 buses. 2 minutes Bus company, Putco, says it is ready to resume full operations on Monday following an arson attack at its various depots in Mpumalanga a week ago. According to police a group of unknown armed suspects targeted several depots in the…
Pic depicting an assault. 1 minute Traditional leaders’ organisation, Contralesa, has denounced the conduct of a traditional leader seen in a viral video assaulting two women. Contralesa President Chief Mathupa Mokoena says the traditional leader must be arrested for bringing his family and the traditional institution into disrepute. “Contralesa is reeling with shock from the…
Water in a drum. 2 minutes The community of Emondlo under the Abaqulusi Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal has been left without water following a burst water pipe in the area. On Saturday, the area was affected by a heavy storm, which affected hundreds of community members. The infrastructure was destroyed, trees were uprooted, and…
TS Galaxy player Dzenan Zajmovic celebrates after scoring a goal against Cape Town City. 1 minute TS Galaxy went one place up in the Betway Premiership log, after a 2-nil over Cape Town City at the Mbombela Stadium in Mpumalanga. City have dropped to seventh on the log standings after suffering their seventh loss of…
