The High Court in Cape Town. 1 minute The Cape Town High Court case of alleged underworld gang bosses Jerome Booysen, André Naude and others is set to resume today. The matter had to be postponed yesterday after an accused needed medical care for epilepsy. The case will resume without alleged kingpin, Mark Lifman, who…
A crime scene cordoned-off. 1 minute The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) is probing a death in police custody. This after a 43-year-old man shot and killed himself in a police charge office at Ventersburg police station on Monday. The man was arrested at a tavern in Winburg over the weekend after his wife reported…
Mine shaft at the Stilfontein in the North West where illegal mining takes place. 2 minutes An attorney at the Right2Protest Project at Wits University’s Centre for Applied Legal Studies, Felix Quibe, says the State can argue that assisting illegal miners would be tantamount to aiding and abetting criminality. He was speaking ahead of today’s hearing…
A trolley packed with goods in a supermarket. 1 minute As Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) prepares to release the October Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) numbers on Wednesday, analysts anticipate that inflation could drop as low as 3% from the 3.8% recorded in September 2024. They note that South Africa’s consumer price inflation has reached…
Image depicting a kidnapping 1 minute Three foreign nationals are expected to appear at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court tomorrow on charges of abduction. Police spokesperson, Malcolm Pojie says the suspects are linked to the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl a week ago. She was reported missing at the Samora Machel police station. Pojie says police…
Team Europe’s Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal during a press conference in London, Britain on September 22, 2022. 3 minutes Roger Federer paid tribute to his retiring rival Rafa Nadal today, telling the Spaniard he challenged him like no other player and that he had made the tennis world proud throughout a glittering career lasting…
Person watering their garden 2 minutes Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has assured the public that the country will not run out of water. He says there are plans to build more dams. Ageing infrastructure and leaking pipes have been highlighted as contributing to the water challenges in the country. Mahlobo was addressing…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu’s walkabout at Stilfontein mine shaft on November 15, 2024. 1 minute The High Court in Pretoria is today expected to hear the main application over the stand-off between illegal miners and police at a mine in Stilfontein in the North West. The organisation, Society for the Protection of our Constitution, approached…
Miner at Stilfontein. 2 minutes Leader of residents that have volunteered to retrieve suspected illegal miners at shaft 11 in Stilfontein in the North West, says they have halted their operation. Thembile Botman says this is to allow mine rescue personnel to assess and clear the shaft. Police Minister Senzo Mchunu accompanied by Defence Deputy…
FILE | Kids standing outside a spaza shop 1 minute Operation Dudula says it is disappointed that there are some South Africans who are assisting foreign nationals to register their spaza shops under their identities. This comes after President Cyril Ramaphosa mandated that spaza shop owners must register their businesses within 21 days to avoid…
