UCI World Mountain Bike Champion Allan Hatherley South Africa’s Allan Hatherley has become the fourth rider ever to successfully defend his UCI World Mountain Bike Championship title by winning gold at Crans-Montana in Switzerland. The 24-year-old Durban-born rider dominated the men’s elite race, taking the lead on the second lap. Hatherley completed the eight laps…
Police seen at the shooting incident in Kraaifontein in Cape Town on 14 September 2025. Two people were shot dead and three others injured in a mass shooting incident at the Europe Informal Settlement in Gugulethu on the Cape Flats on Sunday night. Western Cape Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says a man and a woman…
With elections just over a year away, African National Congress (ANC) president Cyril Ramaphosa is urging party members to ensure their selection process for councillors in the 2026 local elections produces impeccable and capable public representatives. The ANC leader was speaking at the opening of their Special NEC underway in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg, on…
E-hailing drivers pickup zone. The Department of Transport has gazetted the National Land Transport Amendment Act (NLTAA). This means that e-hailing services like Uber and Bolt are now officially recognised as legal forms of public transport. Taxi Body South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) has argued that the delay in implementing the NLTAA created unfair…
Court gavel. The trial of the three accused in the theft of millions of Rands in foreign currency at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala Farm in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, is set to start at the Modimolle Regional Court. The accused, Immanuela David and siblings Floriana and Ndilinasho Joseph, have been charged for the February 2020 break-in…
The bail application of a traditional leader charged with the 2023 murder of Umngeni chief whip, Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, is set to continue in the Howick Magistrates Court on Monday. Last week, Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma made a first appearance in court for a third separate murder case. So far, he is alleged to have killed an induna at Impendle, a man…
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela announces the establishment of a war room for 2026. Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has announced the establishment of a war room for the Post-School Education and Training sector for the 2026 academic year. Manamela says the war room will bring together the leadership of the department, NSFAS,…
Chief Simphiwe Zuma (pictured far left) in the Howick Magistrate’s Court amid bail hearing and evidence dispute. The legal representative for Chief Simphiwe Zuma, accused of killing the Democratic Alliance (DA) Chief Whip in the Umgeni municipality, Nhlalayenza Zuma, is accusing the State of illegally obtaining evidence. The Howick Magistrate’s Court is hearing closing arguments…
A South African court room. Two suspects are expected to appear in the Zeerust Magistrate’s Court in North West on two counts of murder, five of attempted murder and one of defeating the ends of justice. This is after the suspects handed themselves over to the police after the bodies of two men were found…
Mamelodi Sundowns celebrates after victory Mamelodi Sundowns went top of the Betway Premiership log for the first time this season, after registering a 3-nil win over the struggling Magesi FC in Atteridgeville in the only fixture played this weekend. Magesi played the entire second half with ten men after Samuel Darpoh was sent off after…
