6-Year-old Bontle Mashiyane The trial of four people accused of kidnapping and killing six-year-old Bontle Mashiyane is expected to start in the Mpumalanga division of the High Court in Mbombela on Monday. The four were arrested after Mashiyane’s mutilated body was found in bushes. She had been reported missing in 2022. The community had burned…
Minister of International Relations (DIRCO) Ronald Lamola. Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Ronald Lamola says although South Africa does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, it has maintained trade relations with it. South Africa officially ended its diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1997. The department says the plan to relocate the Taiwan Liaison…
EWN political journalist and editor, Tshidi Madia. Arrangements for the funeral of Eyewitness News (EWN) Politics Editor Tshidi Madia, are expected to be announced this coming week. She died four days ago at the age of 42. Madia had been admitted to hospital for two weeks after a short illness. Media colleagues, friends and family…
Police officers stand to attention while doing a drill. The Hawks in the Free State say the killing of two police constables inside the Koffiefontein police station in June 2017 is still under investigation. This comes after families and residents raised concerns that the investigations were slow. Family members say for eight years they have…
Buscor, a bus company who trains female bus drivers celebrates women as Women’s Month comes to an end. Women in the transport sector, a traditionally male-dominated industry, have been celebrated in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, to mark the end of Women’s Month. The event was organised by one of the province’s major bus companies, Buscor. Among those…
[File photo] The Chief Executive Officer of Women’s Development Business Trust, Riah Phiyega has called for more proactive measures to eradicate violent crime in the country, especially on the Cape Flats. This, as there has been a surge in violent crimes in the area, and gang-related crimes over the past few months. Phiyega was one…
The Limpopo Department of Transport has confirmed that five people have died and two others were injured in a horrific car crash along the N1 near Ysterberg Mountain, outside Polokwane. Department spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene says the crash occurred in the early hours of Saturday morning when two sedans collided head-on before bursting into flames. Four…
President of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe The President of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, says CAF is about to conclude an eight-year, groundbreaking deal worth one billion US dollars to turn around the fortunes of African Football. The deal pertains to broadcast rights for the continent’s major events. Motsepe announced…
ActionSA leader, Herman Mashaba ActionSA insists it will make its mark as a constructive opposition, saying the party will support progressive government policies but oppose measures that fail South Africans. Five years since its establishment during lockdown, ActionSA reflects on its growth and its place in South Africa’s political landscape. ActionSA has sought to clarify…
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has accused the Acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia of interfering in investigations into political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. This after Cachalia publicly criticised the return of 121 dockets to the National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola’s task team earlier this week. Cachalia argued that decisions about…
