Police tape at a crime scene. A 75-year-old woman has been murdered in her house in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Joseph Swartbooi, says the killing happened during a robbery. He says the deceased’s son discovered her body when he returned from work. “The victim aged 75 was declared deceased on the scene…
Phathesakhe Ngiba convicted of murder by the Ntuzuma Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal. The National Prosecuting Authority has welcomed the life sentence of Phathesakhe Ngiba convicted of murder by the Ntuzuma Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Ngiba (28) killed iLembe Municipality ANC ward councillor Zakhele Khuzwayo in September 2022. The evening Khuzwayo was killed he had been…
Bayanda Walaza celebrates winning the 200m crown at the under-20 world championships. South African sprint sensation, 19-year-old Bayanda Walaza, has added the World University Games’ title to his World Athletics Under-20 crown and Olympic Games relay silver medal won in Paris last year. He won the 100 metres in 10.16 seconds in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, beating…
The by-elections would have been the last ahead of the scheduled 27 October local government elections. Some 6 000 people from both the Platfontein and Roodepan areas near Kimberley are expected to cast their votes in the by-election for Ward 1 in the Sol Plaatje municipality on Wednesday. The election was called after a Patriotic…
Rachel Kutumela in court. Alleged insurance killer cop, Rachel Kutumela, has apparently continued to attempt to get her family and friends to take out insurance policies on other people while she was incarcerated. This is according to the investigating officer in her fraud and murder case, Captain Keshi Mabunda. Kutumela was arrested in October last…
The bail application of the man linked to the murder of Ekurhuleni Chief Forensic Auditor Mpho Mafole has been postponed to the 15th of next month by the Kempton Park Magistrates Court for further investigation. Mafole was gunned down at the end of last month while driving on the R23 in Kempton Park. He had…
Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo says he has little confidence in the Hawks and believes South Africa cannot win the fight against corruption without a capable and effective police force. Zondo was speaking at the South African Council of Churches’ National Anti-Corruption conference in Johannesburg. He warns that corruption has…
FlySafair reaffirms commitment to resolving pilots’ strike
A view from inside a court of law. The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is set to lay criminal charges today against the former Head of the Gauteng Transport Department, Ronald Swartz. This follows a report by auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which revealed over R400 million in irregular expenditure on bus subsidies during the 2016-2017…
The Gauteng Education Department has called on parents and guardians not to panic about securing placement for their children. MEC Matome Chiloane has launched the 2026 online admissions system for Grades 1 and 8 in Garankuwa in northern Pretoria. By eight o’clock this morning, when the system went live, over 40 000 parents were already…
