A 37-year-old woman from Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, is expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court today in connection with the kidnapping of a newborn baby at the Middestad Mall in Bellville at the weekend. The suspect allegedly lured the mother, 25-year-old Imaan Sharmar, to the mall for a workshop on support for young mothers….
Banyana Banyana training Banyana Banyana sponsors Sasol have confirmed that its sponsorship agreement with the South African Football Association (SAFA), which included support for the senior women’s national team as well as the semi-professional Sasol League, has come to an end. The 16-year partnership officially ended at midnight on the 30th of June and is…
Zinhle Nqkayi, the former secretary of Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge. The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge continues on Thursday at 9:30 am with the cross-examination of Judge’s former secretary Zintle Nkqayi. Nkqayi was the first witness called by the top Judge after Evidence Leader,…
[File image] The Randburg Magistrate’s Court. The bail hearing for twelve South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Special Task Force members is expected to resume on Thursday at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court. The group is facing charges related to the 2023 murder of Hawks specialist investigator Lieutenant Colonel Frans Mathipa. They are also facing charges relating…
Customers queue to draw money from an ATM outside a branch of South Africa’s Capitec Bank in Cape Town, South Africa March 15, 2016. Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie has spent over 11 years at the helm of the bank and has grown the finance house dramatically in that time. The customer base of 5 million…
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal probing allegations of sexual harassment against the Judge President Selby Mbenenge of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court continues. Live proceedings below:
[File Image] Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza delivering the State of the City Address. City of Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says he has written to National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola to investigate a series of shootings involving senior Ekurhuleni municipal officials. This follows the assassination of the municipality’s head of forensic audits, Mpho Mafole. The official…
Judge President Pule Tlaletsi Northern Cape High Court Judge President Pule Tlaletsi has been grilled on his stance on sexual harassment within his division. This came out during the first day of the Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) interviews being conducted by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in Sandton Johannesburg. Tlaletsi is one of three candidates…
Yard of a home after floods Eastern Cape CoGTA MEC Zolile Williams has assured the Mthatha flood victims that government will relocate the homeless families to newly identified land and will also renovate the partially demolished homes. The bed and breakfast accommodation for the homeless has also been extended by 15 more days. Williams visited…
Metal workers working in a manufacturing plant. The manufacturing sector continues to show signs of strain. According to the ABSA Purchasing Manager’s Index, headline PMI contracted for the eighth consecutive month. The index, which measures the health of the sector, increased by 5.4 points to 48.5 index points in June. However, the data suggests that local demand conditions…
