[File photo] A man handcuffed. 2 minutes Gauteng police have arrested one of the prisoners who escaped from the Maputo Maximum Prison in Mozambique at a car hire dealership in Sandton, Johannesburg. The prisoner is one of more than one thousand five hundred prisoners who escaped during Mozambique’s unrest in December. The escapee was arrested…
A prison guard stands behind bars in a file photo. 2 minutes The Kimberley Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced former Karoo Hoogland Municipality Manager Louis Nothnagel to four years in jail for theft and contravention of the Municipal Financial Management Act (MFMA). His second co-accused, Marius Botha, who was the municipality’s Chief Operating Officer (CFO),…
2 minutes Technology companies attending the electronic voting conference in Cape Town have emphasized the need for digital transformation to enable an electronic electoral voting process in South Africa. The three-day conference, which ended on Wednesday, brought together political leaders, decision-makers, business representatives, civil society, and the public to discuss the feasibility of implementing e-voting…
Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn are facing charges of kidnapping and trafficking related to the child’s disappearance. 1 minute The trial of the three accused in connection with the disappearance of Joshlin Smith continues on Thursday at the High Court sitting in Saldanha on the Cape West Coast….
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana delivering the Budget Speech 2 minutes Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) says the tabling of the 2025/2026 budget was a difficult one for the Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana. The labour federation says it welcomes the budget despite the 0.5 percentage point VAT increase. Parliamentary coordinator Matthew Parks says, “It…
The late Constitutional Court Judge Yvonne Mokgoro. 1 minute The family of the late Constitutional Court Justice Yvonne Mokgoro says they seeking justice as the culpable homicide trial of her partner began in the Barkly West Regional Court, in the Northern Cape. The Barkly West Regional Court in the Northern Cape has set aside three…
2 minutes The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for a change in leadership at the Gauteng Health Department in response to a damning report by the Office of Health Standards Compliance and the Health Ombud. The report, which investigated allegations of neglect at Helen Joseph Hospital in Johannesburg, highlights systemic failures and poor conditions at…
1 minute South African billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected unopposed for a second term as the President of the Confederation of African Football at the 14th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, Egypt. Motsepe, who was elected for a first term in March of 2021, will now lead Africa’s football governing body for…
Informal traders outside a mall 2 minutes Informal businesses in the Buffalo City Metro in the Eastern Cape have expressed displeasure on the in the VAT increase proposed by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. The Minister said a one-percentage point VAT increase has been envisaged over the next two years, meaning that another half a percentage…
