Logos of the Democratic Alliance at the JB Marks Municipality ahead of the party’s announcement of the new mayoral candidate on 07 February 2026. The newly elected Democratic Alliance (DA) leader in the North West, Freddy Sonakile, says his immediate task is to strengthen party structures in the province ahead of the local government elections….
Private investigator Paul O’Sullivan. The chairperson of Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee looking into concerns around national security, Soviet Lekganyane, says they have assured their next witness, Paul O’Sullivan, that the strictest security arrangements will be upheld during his appearance before the committee. The committee is probing allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in…
The Western Cape High Court. The state witness known as Mr X in the trial of alleged underworld crime boss, Jerome Booysen, has conceded that some of the evidence he gave to Crime Intelligence upon his arrest regarding his involvement in the murder of steroids king, Brian Wainstein, may have been captured incorrectly or misunderstood. This came…
FILE IMAGE | Crowd gathers as forensic personnel investigate after the deaths of patrons found inside the Enyobeni Tavern, in Scenery Park. The inquest into the Enyobeni Tavern tragedy has been postponed to the 23rd of February in the East London Magistrate’s Court sitting in Mdantsane. This is due to the presiding magistrate having been unable to attend…
Newly announced DA Mangaung mayoral candidate Werner Pretorius (right) is pictured alongside the city’s leadership on 09 February 2026. The Democratic Alliance (DA) newly announced Mangaung Metro mayoral candidate, Werner Pretorius, says he is ready to fix the city. Pretorius says the task ahead is huge and requires them to be fully aware of the…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and his delegation visit Bishop John Bolana’s home in the Eastern Cape on 09 February 2026. President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late fifth Bantu Church of Christ, Bishop John Bolana, as a voice of knowledge that he consulted from time to time. He visited the bereaved Bolana family in Gqeberha in the…
Water in buckets during a water crisis. The City of Tshwane says excessive household water consumption is placing its water supply system under severe strain. Areas including Hammanskraal West, Mamelodi Extension 10, Irene, Danville and Soshanguve South have been identified as some of the biggest contributors to the spike. Spokesperson Selby Bokaba says the average…
Parliament’s Ad-Hoc Committee Chairperson Molapi Lekganyane. Parliament’s Ad Hoc committee in Cape Town will consider to request another extension on its deadline. The committee, established to probe allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the criminal justice system, has already been granted two extensions. Its original deadline was end of October last year….
Two of the accused in the Meyiwa murder trial. Accused number 2 in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, says investigators were not specific on the date the soccer captain was killed when they asked for his alibi. Ntanzi, who is on trial with four others for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain,…
File Image of a school. Parents of learners enrolled at Tsandzanani Primary School in Matsulu, in Mpumalanga, are appealing to the provincial Education Department, to finish the school project. They say the school was left incomplete in 2014, with a shortage of six classrooms, toilets, a library and an administrative block. The school is struggling…
