Prison cell A KwaZulu-Natal pastor found guilty of raping young girls at Nquthu has been sentenced to ten terms of life imprisonment and an additional 70 years. 58-year-old Mandlelisa Mabhale faced ten charges of raping young children, sexual assault, and exposing children to pornography. He was arrested in September 2022. The court heard that four…
Consumer inflation edged higher in June. Stats SA data show that the annual consumer price inflation was 3% in June, up from 2.8% in May. The main positive contributors to the 3 percent annual inflation rate were housing and utilities, food and non-alcoholic beverages, and alcoholic beverages and tobacco. Between May and June, the CPI increased…
Over 40 000 Netizens were already waiting in the lobby when the Gauteng Education Department opened its online applications portal for the 2026 academic year for Grade 1 and Grade 8. Education MEC Matome Chiloane officially launched the platform just after 8 o’clock this morning. Chiloane was at one of the 81 walk-in centres in…
The last remaining Knysna elephant in SANPaks managed forest. SANParks has encouraged the public to celebrate the presence of Knysna’s last remaining elephant responsibly, by not revealing her location or trying to track her. SANParks says such actions could harm the elephant as well as those pursuing her. The sighting of Oupoot on farmland in…
As political organisations prepare for the upcoming Liberation Movements Summit in South Africa this weekend, many citizens of the region hope that their leaders will have honest, frank, and robust discussions about the challenges their countries face. The summit will be convened under the theme: “Defending the Liberation Gains, Advancing Integrated Socio-Economic Development, Strengthening Solidarity…
The suspect was arrested on Tuesday after applying for a visa at the United States Embassy in Sandton, where his fugitive status was flagged. A 57-year-old Chinese national has been arrested in South Africa by the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) extradition team in Pretoria. The suspect is reportedly linked to a fraud case in…
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi Health Minister Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi says a new TB vaccine could be the biggest game changer in South Africa’s fight against Tuberculosis, HIV and AIDS. Motsoaledi was addressing the TB Vaccine Preparedness Workshop in Sandton, north of Johannesburg, on Thursday. The two-day event has been organised by his department in…
[File photo] Television cameras and recording devices have been barred from the Durban High Court in KwaZulu-Natal, where five men charged with the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes are appearing. Forbes and his friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane were gunned down outside a popular nightlife venue in the province in 2023. The case was remanded…
Kenny Kunene, Patriotic Alliance Deputy President.1 Patriotic Alliance (PA) deputy president, Kenny Kunene has been suspended for a month from party political work and duties as MMC by his party. This is pending an investigation instituted by his party to establish why its deputy president, Kenny Kunene, was at the house of the alleged DJ…
The Bulls Head Coach Johan Ackermann. The newly appointed head coach of the Bulls, Johan Ackermann, has finally been introduced as the new head coach at Loftus Versfeld. Ackermann replaces 2007 World Cup-winning coach Jake White, whose contract was cut short earlier this month — ahead of the start of this year’s edition of the…
