FILE | ANC flags In keeping with the African custom and tradition, which requires that traditional leadership be informed and consulted before undertaking any activities in their jurisdiction, the ANC is meeting with a number traditional leadership ahead of its birthday celebrations in the North West. Earlier Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa met Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi…
FILE| KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has officially endorsed provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for a second term. Ntuli says the decision was taken following a meeting with National Commissioner Fannie Masemola. Mkhwanazi’s term of office was due to end on March 30 this year. Ntuli has expressed confidence in Mkhwanazi’s…
Police vehicle seen at the shooting scene at Bester in Inanda, January 8, 2026. Police in KwaZulu-Natal say the five suspects who were killed in a shootout with officers on Thursday morning at Bester in Inanda, west of Durban, were wanted in connection with various cases. They include the killing of police officers. Thursday’s incident…
FILE| Bullets seen on a desk. Five alleged suspects have been shot dead in a shootout with police at Bester in Inanda, north of Durban. The incident comes after another separate shooting, which left two alleged suspects fatally wounded by police at Amaoti in Inanda on Wednesday. #sapsKZN Two suspects, who were wanted in connection…
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Fiston Mayele in action with Algeria’s Aissa Mandi Algeria substitute Adil Boulbina slammed home a last-gasp winner a minute from the end of extra time as his side overcame the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 on Tuesday to book a place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. Just as the round-of-16 tie was headed to a…
Evidence leader for the Ad Hoc Committee, Advocate Norman Arendse, SC. Some of the witnesses expected to appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system, include private forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan, EMPD suspended Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi, former head of the Independent Police Investigative…
Court gavel Three people will appear in the Tzaneen Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo on Thursday on alleged fraud, corruption, theft, and money laundering charges. Hawks spokesperson Lethunya Mmuroa says the suspects were arrested on Wednesday in connection with fraudulent Unemployment Insurance Fund claims. The claims were submitted to the Labour Department in Tzaneen between January and May 2025. Mmuroa says…
A 25-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man are to appear at the Ogies Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga tomorrow, for statutory rape. A 25-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man are to appear at the Ogies Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga on Thursday, for statutory rape. The woman is accused of coercing a 15-year-old girl to have sexual…
Lightning strikes during a stormy day. Family and friends are attending a joint memorial service for 27-year-old Koketso Shikwambe and 35-year-old Kenosi Mashishi at a primary school in Moretele in the North West. They died after lightning struck them at the Dertig Sports Ground at the weekend. Forty other people were injured and taken to…
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro holds a copy of the Venezuelan constitution while he speaks during a meeting with members of the Venezuelan diplomatic corp after their arrival from the United States, at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2019. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it supports the protest against…
