[File image] Gunshots on car windscreen. The City of Ekurhuleni says it is deeply shocked and saddened by the murder of its forensic audit head, Mpho Mafole. Mafole was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting on the R23 in Kempton Park, East of Johannesburg, on Monday. The motive for his killing is being investigated by…
Higher Education Minister, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane. Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Jeanne Adriaanse has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Higher Education Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane. Adriaanse spoke during the department’s budget debate in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). On Monday, the DA laid a criminal complaint against Nkabane because they believe she lied…
Online betting on the rise in SA The National Gambling Act of 2004 needs to be updated from a digital point of view, to accommodate for the rise in online betting and the advent of social media. That’s according to the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation (SAGF), who say the laws surrounding gambling are over…
A service station. Motorists can expect to pay more at the pump with fuel prices set to increase from midnight. The Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources has announced that the price of petrol will increase by between 52 cents and 55 cents a litre, depending on the grade. Diesel will increase by between 82…
[FILE IMAGE]: MK Part Chief Whip Colleen Makhubele in the National Assembly. The MK Party Caucus in the National Assembly says it is heavily divided, as some MPs have written to the party president calling for the removal of Chief Whip Colleen Makhubele. They say she makes unilateral and undemocratic decisions, also referring to the…
Over 100 families in the Shabalala Trust outside Hazyview, Mpumalanga, are enduring a cold and dark winter without electricity. These families have been without power for six months due to a damaged transformer that was damaged last December. They claim that Eskom is refusing to replace the transformer, demanding R65 000 from them. The families…
The Hawks in Mpumalanga pounce on a farmer selling expired food during a raid on 05 February 2025. The Hawks in Mpumalanga have arrested two more suspects linked to the sale of expired food on a farm in Charl Cillier in Secunda. Farmer Pieter Grobler was apprehended in February when rotten food and packaging material…
The Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The bail application of a police officer sergeant accused of killing nine people for insurance claims, together with her two co-accused, has been postponed to the 23rd and 24th of July at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane and daughter, Flora Shokane,…
Suspect in Gugulethu mass shooting stands before court. A 35-year-old suspect, who is allegedly connected to the mass shooting that claimed the lives of seven men in Gugulethu, on the Cape Flats, last weekend, is due to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says police are still searching for…
Hellen Zille speaking to the media in Cape Town. Democratic Alliance (DA) member of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee for Higher Education Karabo Khakhau has arrived at the Cape Town Central police station to lay criminal charges against Higher Education and Training Minister Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane. DA Federal Council Chairperson Helen Zille and the party’s Deputy Chief…
