ANC member and former Gauteng housing MEC Dikgang Moiloa. African National Congress (ANC) member Dikgang Moiloa has died. The party has confirmed that he died on Saturday. Moiloa, who was affectionately known as ‘Uhuru’ which means freedom in Swahili, served in the Gauteng Legislature in different portfolios. The African National Congress bows its banners in…
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File: A person holds a knife. A University of Venda student arrested in connection with the murder of his girlfriend is expected to appear in the Thohoyandou Magistrate’s Court, in Limpopo, on Monday. Police say the suspect, a 20-year-old student, allegedly stabbed the victim, a fellow student, to death during a fight. The victim was…
The Democratic Alliance party flag The Democratic Alliance in the Free State says it will push the Moqhaka Municipality to fill 120 posts in the waste management department. The party says the municipality is in a waste management crisis. This comes after the community of Seisoville in Kroonstad took to the streets over electricity hikes…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile addresses a gathering at the Methodist Church in Butterworth, Eastern Cape. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says faith-based organisations (FBOs) are the strategic partners to promote social cohesion and foster social compacts. He was addressing a gathering at the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape. “We will…
The Lusikisiki murder trial continues in Mthatha High Court. The trial against the six accused of the murder of 18 people at Lusikisiki and politician Mncedi Gijana, last year, will resume at the Mthatha High Court sitting in Lusikisiki, this morning. [WATCH] Six men accused of the massacre of 18 relatives at Ngobozana village in…
Prisoners behind bars in a prison Two taxi hitmen are serving a life term each after the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal sentenced them on Friday. Muzi Sibiya and Nduduzo Shezi had been found guilty of robbery. The incident had taken place at a pay point of the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) in…
Western Cape High Court, where the trial of alleged underworld kingpin Jerome Booysen is being held. The case against alleged underworld crime boss Jerome Booysen and 11 others is expected to resume in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. The state, in the case against alleged underworld crime boss Jerome Booysen and 11 others, has…
A South African court room. The inquest investigating who should be held liable for the Highgate Hotel attack that took the lives of five people, leaving many others injured in May 1993 is expected to resume at the East London Special Tribunal on Monday. The inquest adjourned last month following testimonies from former police officers…
SACP General Secretary Solly Mapaila during a media briefing in Johannesburg. Despite the seemingly irreconcilable relations between the ANC and SACP, the communist party says it is still committed to the alliance and its unity. This at the end of a three-day plenary of its Central Committee meeting on Sunday. At the heart of the…
