FILE | Sunday Times Editor Makhudu Sefara. The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has welcomed the decision of its chairperson, Makhudu Sefara, to step aside pending an investigation into allegations of lottery funds misappropriation. This follows the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) revelation that a company linked to Sefara had improperly benefited from stolen lottery…
A car is retrieved from the Komati River, where the owner is believed to have drowned, April 2026. Police divers in Mpumalanga will continue their search for a 59-year-old man who was swept away in the Komati River in Komatipoort. Police spokesperson Mavela Masondo says the man’s vehicle got stuck in the river while he…
FILE| Outside the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court. The case of nine people accused of the murder of Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) part-time lecturer Sifundo Madasi in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria, is set to resume in the Soshanguve Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning. The group, which faces a charge of murder, allegedly attacked and killed Madasi…
Manchester United manager Michael Carrick celebrates after the match against at Crystal Palace, Old Trafford, Manchester in Britain on March 1, 2026. Manchester United‘s 2-1 win over Brentford on Monday put them on the brink of Champions League qualification, but interim manager Michael Carrick said they must keep pushing to finish as high up the…
Chairperson and commissioners at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria. The office of the Auditor-General (AG) at the Ekurhuleni Municipality says it is evaluating audit-related matters after some officials were implicated at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. It says some of the allegations that came up in the evidence led before the commission, may…
Accused 1, Muzi Sibiya (blue shirt) speaking to accused 2, Bongani Ntanzi and Mthobizi Mncube during the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the High Court in Pretoria. The state in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has taken accused two, Bongani Ntanzi, through common contacts between him and his co-accused. The state is challenging Ntanzi’s testimony that…
Cows seen at a farm Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen is in Argentina to secure a continued supply of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccinations and will travel to Brazil to secure agriculture import deals. Biogenesis Bago, the vaccine manufacturer in Argentina, has been supplying South Africa with millions of doses of vaccines since earlier this year, amid…
Under20 Junior Boks have defeated Argentina. The South African under 20 Rugby team has given Argentina’s under 20s a sound 48-21 thumping in the opening round of the 2026 Championship at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape. It wasn’t perfect, but the #JuniorBoks started their #TRCU20 campaign with a bonus-point…
Belarusian tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka Top seed Aryna Sabalenka, has fought back from a set and a break down to beat Naomi Osaka of Japan in the fourth round of the Madrid Open, in Spain. With the three-set victory, Sabalenka kept her hopes alive of becoming the first female player ever to win four titles…
The African National Congress (ANC) marks Freedom Day at Ohlange, rallying support ahead of local elections, in KwaZulu-Natal The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has used the Freedom Day commemorations to rally members ahead of the local government elections. Party leaders and supporters commemorated the day at Ohlange in Inanda, north of Durban. This…
