File: Vaal River North-West University researcher, Professor Wynand Malherbe, has flagged the surging Vaal River pollution as a critical threat to the region’s aquatic biodiversity. Malherbe has been studying the ecological health of the river in the Vredefort Dome area. He says that although animals are still surviving at the river, the abundance of invertebrates and…
Shooting crime scene. Police in Durban have shot and killed four suspects in their suspected hideout in Bellair. The suspects were all wanted for business and house robberies and kidnapping. Police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says they were tracking the suspects when they pounced on them in the house, believed to be their hideout. BREAKING NEWS…
Chairperson of the Kwa-Maphumulo Taxi Association, Sphamandla Mhlongo, has told the Nkabinde Enquiry in Pretoria that, like most of his colleagues, he was arrested and tortured by the police. Mhlongo testified that he was taken to the Cato Manor Organised Crime Unit’s offices, where he was repeatedly tortured until he was unconscious as police forced…
Member of Gauteng’s organised crime unit Sergeant Fannie Nkosi has denied that Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala’s gave him his bank card so he could withdraw cash to pay a bribe to himself and General Shadrack Sibiya. Cat Matlala’s Luxor bank card, which was in Sergeant Nkosi’s possession, has been the subject of his cross-examination at the…
Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala testifying at the at Kgoši Mampuru Correctional Facility in Pretoria. Deputy President Paul Mashatile has denied claims made at the Madlanga Commission that he met with attempted murder accused Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala. The claims were made by a member of SAPS Gauteng’s organised crime unit, Sergeant Fannie Nkosi, earlier today before the…
Home Affairs Minister Dr Leon Schreiber says investment in personnel and technology will assist in resolving illegal immigration challenges experienced at the Beitbridge port-of-entry in Musina, Limpopo. Schreiber has conducted an oversight visit, which assessed operational readiness and personnel deployment ahead of the Easter weekend. He was accompanied by the Border Management Authority Commissioner, Dr…
Orlando Pirates players Relebohile Mofokeng and Tshepang Moremi celebrate after winning 6-0 against TS Galaxy. Orlando Pirates are back on top of the Betway Premiership log table after putting TS Galaxy to the sword in Mbombela. The Buccaneers, who have played a game more than defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, beat the Rockets 6-nil. They are…
Sergeant Fannie Nkosi giving testimony at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria on March 23, 2026. Madlanga Commission Chairperson Mbuyiseli Madlanga has read out a WhatsApp message where Sergeant Fannie Nkosi is requesting the cellphone numbers of entertainment blogger Musa Khawula from SABC journalist Natasha Phiri. The WhatsApp message exchange shows that Sergeant Nkosi…
FILE | Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota. The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has found that the late leader of Congress of the People (COPE), Mosiuoa “Terror” Lekota was of unsound mind and incapable of managing his own affairs from 25 May 2025 to his passing on 4 March 2026. The Court…
The remains were unethically removed more than a century ago from Namaqualand in the Northern Cape. They were part of museum exhibitions at Glasgow in Scotland and at the Iziko Museum in Cape Town. LIVE STREAM:
