Constitutional Court. The Pestalozzi Trust has filed a Constitutional Court challenge against the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act. According to the Trust, Parliament failed to allow sufficient public participation, resulting in a flawed and potentially unconstitutional law. The Trust says for participation to be meaningful, there needs to have been adequate notice of public hearings,…
Five cash-in-transit robbery suspects have been shot and killed during a shootout with the police in Crown Mines, Johannesburg. Firearms have been recovered. Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says this was a crime intelligence-led operation by KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng police. Lt-General Mthombeni says the suspects were heavily armed and are linked to other CIT robberies….
Boys playing soccer Scenes of jubilation as the first batch of football players stranded in Europe arrived at the Cape Town International Airport this afternoon. They have been staying at a hotel in Lisbon for nearly a week after the organisers of their overseas trip, allegedly, couldn’t afford return flight tickets and had to rely…
Thembekile Letlape, the celebrity chef. The man accused of the 2024 murder of celebrity pastry chef Thembekile Letlape has been found guilty in the Johannesburg High Court. Sibusiso Zitha pleaded guilty to killing his partner, affectionately known as ‘The Pastry Chef’, by stabbing her multiple times during an argument in front of their then 10-year-old…
Member of Parliament’s Transport Portfolio Committee, Makashule Gana has called for enhanced security measures at the country’s airports, particularly at the O.R Tambo International Airport. This follows a serious security breach at OR Tambo after a passenger boarded a flight to Ethiopia with two training hand grenades in their checked luggage. The breach which was only…
[File Image]: Bayanda Walaza celebrates winning the 200m crown at the under-20 world championships. South African athlete, Bayanda Walaza, adds to the World University Games sprint double to his already impressive list of achievements in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany. The 19 year old reigning world under 20-champion, added the 200 metres gold medal that he won earlier…
North West MEC for Economic Development and Environment, Bitsa Lenkopane, is facing criticism from opposition parties following her announcement that the Urban Blue International Gas-to-Power Plant project in Matlosana will proceed in the 2025/2026 financial year. The R15 billion project, initially halted and later handed over to the City of Matlosana earlier in 2025, was…
Members of the MK Party are seen at the Syabalanda Prayer at the Manguza-Zuma Sports Ground in KwaZulu-Natal on 20 July 2025. The uMkhonto weSizwe Party says it has requested the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza, for a secret vote in a motion of no confidence in President Cyril Ramaphosa. The party says…
A FlySafair aircraft. Wage talks under the facilitation of the Commission of Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to bring to an end strike action by FlySafair pilots will resume this afternoon. FlySafair and trade union Solidarity met at the union’s office on Wednesday for hours until late in the night as the two try to…
The Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court in Johannesburg is hearing the bail application for Tiffany Meek 31, woman accused of the murder of her son Jayden-Lee Meek. Jayden-Lee was dropped off by his school transport on the day he went missing but never made it home. His body was found the following day by a resident in…
