Accused in Joshlin Smith’s disappearance 1 minute The state prosecutor in the Joshlin Smith trial says the case is the first of its kind in South Africa based on the set of facts. Adv. Zelda Swanepoel has begun delivering closing arguments in the kidnapping and human trafficking trial in the Western Cape High court sitting…
Helicopters water bomb the blaze on Table Mountain. 2 minutes City of Cape Town authorities say a man has been arrested, suspected of arson relating to the wildfire affecting the Tokai and Silvermine sections of Table Mountain National Park. The fire is not yet contained. Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security, JP Smith says…
Minister Senzo Mchunu attends bail hearing in a harrowing KZN GBV case 1 minute Public order police have been deployed at the Richmond Magistrate’s Court in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands ahead of a bail application of a man accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend and gouged both her eyes using a screwdriver. The man is also accused…
Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and teammates celebrate after winning the Premier League against Tottenham Hotspur in Anfield, Liverpool, Britain on April 27, 2025 3 minutes Liverpool roared back from a goal behind to thrash Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 and wrap up the Premier League title in style on a momentous day at a sun-drenched Anfield on…
City Power employees 1 minute City Power has halted all restoration work in Vezinyawo, Alexandra in the North of Johannesburg, following the attack and kidnapping of their technicians while on duty. Several individuals approached and seized the keys of three City Powers vehicles, demanding power to be restored. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena condemned the…
Deputy Minister Dr Namane Dickson Masemola leads an engagement with the Buffalo City Municipality. 2 minutes Deputy Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Dickson Masemola, has expressed dissatisfaction with the state of governance and service delivery in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality based in East London in the Eastern Cape. Masemola led a…
Bodies of SAPS constables, 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu Linda (male), 30-year-old Constable Keamogetswe Buys (female) and 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge (female) were found in a river in Centurion. 3 minutes The father of Boipelo Senoge, one of the three deceased police officers from Bloemfontein, has expressed relief that his daughter’s body has been found. Senoge’s remains…
Forensic investigators combing the scene following the discovery of the missing police officials. 2 minutes Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae says it’s a sad day for the province following confirmation that three of the five bodies found at the Hennops River in Centurion are those of the missing police officers. The officers who are originally…
Economic Freedom Fighter MP Sinawo Thambo. 1 minute The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) says it welcomes the cancellation of a meeting of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance, following the party’s letter to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Thoko Didiza. The party’s spokesperson, Sinawo Thambo, says a meeting, that was scheduled for the processing of…
Mahomed Manjoo testifying before the reopened inquest into Luthuli’s death on April 29, 2025. 2 minutes A witness who was a clerk at Stanger Hospital where the late former ANC president Chief Albert Luthuli was admitted after he was reportedly hit by a goods train in 1967, has testified at the re-opened inquest in Pietermaritzburg…
