Ammunition seized during arrests in the Western Cape. Western Cape police have arrested 26 suspects for gang-related crimes. Most of the suspects were arrested in and around Manenburg, Elsies River, Kensington, Wynberg, Lentegeur, and Delft this week. The majority of the suspects are known gang members and were arrested for crimes including possession of unlicenced…
FILE | Accused number one in Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya. The cross-examination of accused number one in the former Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya, is expected to continue on Thursday morning. Sibiya claims he was living in KwaZulu-Natal in 2014, the year Meyiwa was murdered. He is appearing at…
Randburg Magistrate’s Court. The Randburg Magistrate’s Court, north of Johannesburg, is expected to deliver judgment on Thursday in the matter of the eight former members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP Protection Unit. They brought an application to have charges against them dropped. The officers are all currently out on R10 000 bail each. In…
An attendant fills fuel into a car. Fuel prices will decrease across the board with effect from midnight. The Mineral Resources and Petroleum Department says the price of both grades of petrol will go down by 51 cents, diesel by between 19 cents and 21 cents respectively, while illuminating paraffin by 1 cent at the…
DA welcoming new party members Four senior ANC officials in the Western Cape have joined the DA after resigning from the party. They include the party’s Provincial Secretary Neville Delport, ward councillors Daniel Baadjies and Paul Strauss as well as Regional Executive member Jason Donn. They were introduced by the DA Federal Council…
Accused in pig farm murder The double murder trial against Limpopo pig farmer has been postponed to January next year in the High Court in Polokwane. One of the defense lawyers Advocate Jacobus Venter has concluded cross-examining state witness, Rudolph de Wet. Zacharia Olivier and William Musora are being tried for the murders of two…
File Image: Political parties seen on screen. The upcoming local government elections are expected to see intense high level of contestation. This as the number of political parties registered with the IEC currently stands at just over 500. The Electoral Commission has vowed to educate these entities, many of whom have been in government about…
Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. The fourth accused in the insurance related killings in Limpopo has made his first appearance in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. Accused Johannes Shokane had his case postponed to November 18 for bail application. He’s the brother to former police sergeant Rachel Kutumela and Anna Shokane. Another accused is Rachel Kutumela’s daughter, Flora…
A tap dripping Water supply in some suburbs in the South of Johannesburg has been affected after the Eikenhof pumping station was hit by an electricity outage. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says power has been restored to some parts of the suburbs. He says work is under way to restore power to…
The SACP flag. The SACP has confirmed the disbandment of its KZN Provincial structure. This follows the meeting of the SACP’s Politburo held over the weekend in the North West. The Politburo, which is the highest decision-making body of the Communist Party between its Central Committee, discussed the economic, political and organisational situation facing the…
