Serial rapist sentenced The Ermelo Regional Court in Mpumalanga has sentenced a 25-year-old man to five life terms and an additional 18 months’ imprisonment for rape and kidnapping. Sandile Ngozo was found guilty on five counts of rape and three of kidnapping. Ngozo kidnapped and raped his victims in Ermelo and Breyten between 2019 and…
Chief Justice Mandisa Maya will host the Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts Summit, which gets underway at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The J20, as it is known, forms part of the lead-up activities to the G20 2025 Summit to be hosted by South Africa in November. Live stream:
FILE: Commuters at a Taxi rank. Commuters in Clermont and KwaDabeka, near Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal, remain stranded for a second day as the taxi strike that began on Tuesday continues. Taxi operators have suspended operations, demanding the release of their vehicles that were impounded last Friday, allegedly for not having permits. This comes after violent…
South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence has become a two-time winner of the Omega European Masters golf tournament at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland – a DP World Tour event. The 28-year-old Mbombela-born recovered from a nightmare start to post a closing four-under-par 66 and secure a two-shot victory. Lawrence started the final round with a one-shot lead, but…
The Polokwane Magistrate’s Court delivers judgment on the bail application of the former police sergeant and her two accomplices, accused of insurance-related killings. Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane, and her daughter, Florah Shokane, have been applying for bail since December last year. Live stream:
ANC Limpopo Chairperson Stanley Mathabatha addresses the Provincial Executive Committee meeting in Polokwane on June 17, 2025. Limpopo ANC leaders and the party’s Secretary-General, Fikile Mbalula, are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to discuss the provincial Chairperson Stanley Mathabatha‘s decision to step aside. Mathabatha has cited some party members’ unethical conduct when he announced his…
Gwede Mantashe at an ANC Special Regional Meeting in Eastern Cape, 31 August 2025. The South African Communist Party (SACP) says its decision to remove African National Congress (ANC) National Chairperson Gwede Mantashe from its Central Committee is solely because of his nonattendance at important meetings, without any explanation and apology. The decision follows the…
Bail application hearing looms for ex-cop Rachel Kutumela and her two co-accused, who stand accused of the murder of nine people. Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo is expected to deliver the judgment on the bail application of the former police sergeant and her two accomplices, accused of insurance-related killings. Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane…
FILE| Kroonstad Magistrates’ Court. Police in the Free State say the 80-year-old man who has been arrested on murder and defeating the ends of justice charges, will appear in the Kroonstad Magistrates Court, along with his grandson, on Wednesday morning. The elderly man was arrested on Tuesday. This follows the discovery of the body of…
Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng delivers his ruling against accused number four Mthokoziseni Maphisa in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the North Gauteng High Court on 02 September 2025. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the high court in Pretoria’s dismissal of the discharge application by accused number four, Mthokoziseni Maphisa, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial. Judge Ratha Mokgoatlheng ruled that…
