Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng delivers his ruling against accused number four Mthokoziseni Maphisa in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the North Gauteng High Court on 02 September 2025. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the high court in Pretoria’s dismissal of the discharge application by accused number four, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng ruled that…
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya Chief Justice Mandisa Maya will host the Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts Summit, which kicks off on Wednesday at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The J20, as it is also colloquially known, forms part of the lead-up activities to the G20 2025 Summit to be hosted by South Africa in…
[File Image] Social Development Minister Nokuzola Tolashe briefs members of the media. Social Development Minister Nokuzola Tolashe has warned that the termination of the agreement between the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the Postbank will negatively affect grant beneficiaries. Tolashe and Sassa management appeared before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Social Development yesterday. They…
[FILE IMAGE]: Police were called in to calm the situation down. The Gauteng education department has announced the temporary removal of the Tiyelelani Secondary School principal, in Soshanguve, Tshwane. The move follows learners going on the rampage. They were protesting in response to allegations of a school teacher allegedly raping and impregnating a learner. Student…
Tourism Minister Patricia De Lille. Political parties in the Tourism Portfolio Committee want Minister Patricia de Lille to reinstate the South African Tourism Board, which she dissolved last month. However, de Lille insists that she stands by her decision to dissolve the board. The committee’s chairperson, Ronaldo Nalumango, says she will seek legal advise on…
Setting at day 2 of the M20 Summit in Johannesburg, 2 September 2025. The African Editors Forum says that due to the rise of disinformation and fake news as a result of Artificial Intelligence, journalists across the world must go the extra mile to fact-check every aspect of their story before they publish. This was…
Proteas win against England in London. South Africa have crushed England at Headingley in Leeds in the first of three One Day Internationals. The Proteas beat their hosts by seven wickets in a match that didn’t even last 50 overs in total. England who were put into bat, were bowled out for 131 inside 25…
Elderly man arrested in Free State Police in the Free State have arrested an 80-year-old man for murder and defeating the ends of justice following the discovery of the body of a man on a farm between Kroonstad and Welkom on 20 August 2025. The arrest followed after an alleged a tip off from the…
Chairs and tables in a classroom. Two Lesedi Secondary School learners accused of fatally stabbing another learner have been released on bail by the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrates’ Court in Gauteng. Twenty-year-old Grade 12 learner Mlehalinye Montasi was freed on R6,000, while 19-year-old Kgotlhello Mathabathe who is in Grade 10 was granted R3,000 bail. They are both charged with premeditated murder after allegedly…
Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala appears in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Businessman Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala is expected back in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a bail application. Matlala, his wife and three others are facing charges of attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Matlala allegedly ordered a hit on his…
