FILE | Memorial for Senzo Meyiwa An Orlando Pirates’ fan branch has paid tribute to former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa on the 11th anniversary of his death. Meyiwa was shot at his girlfriend Kelly Khumalo’s parental home in Vosloorus, Gauteng, on the 26th of October 2014. He died later in hospital. Five men are…
Palm Ridge Magistrates Court In Johannesburg. The trial of 21-year-old Bafana Mahungela, accused of the kidnapping, murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances of Johannesburg teacher Kirsten Kluyts, continues on Monday morning, at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court in Ekurhuleni. The trial had been postponed in recent weeks but is now set to continue with the…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues in the Pretoria High Court. Accused number one in the murder trial, Muzi Sibiya, is back on the witness stand. Sibiya, one of the five men on trial, has distanced himself from the 2014 contract killing alleged to have been ordered by singer Kelly Khumalo. LIVESTREAM | Senzo Meyiwa…
South African banknotes and coins illustrated on picture above. The rand is slightly firmer after the greenback declined against a basket of currencies. The removal of the country from a global financial crime watchdog’s list of countries under heightened scrutiny also helped the local currency. The Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) decision to remove South…
Miss South Africa 2025, Qhawekazi Mazaleni. Beaconhurst High School in East London in the Eastern Cape is beaming with pride, following the crowning of their former Head Girl as Miss South Africa. Twenty-four-year-old Qhawekazi Mazaleni walked away with the prestigious title at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria on Saturday night. Mazaleni matriculated at the school…
An elevator shaft. A Durban father is mulling legal action after his seven-year-old son died when he and his twin sister fell into an elevator shaft on the fourth floor of the block of flats they are living in, in the Durban CBD. The boy died in hospital, while his sister remains in a critical…
uMkhonto weSizwe party leader Jacob Zuma. The Jacob Zuma Foundation has cautioned the public against getting involved in unauthorised fundraising campaigns circulating online. It says some people are claiming to raise money for the former President Jacob Zuma’s legal fees. The Foundation says it has noted the recirculation of an old fundraising poster and stresses…
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese. United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese has described the situation in Gaza as apocalyptic. Addressing the 23rd Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Sandton, Johannesburg, she highlighted the systemic nature of oppression faced by Palestinians. “To invoke Mandela’s name…
SIU’s operation at a Sandhurst home connected to Tembisa Hospital Capture investigation. The Activists and Citizens Forum is questioning the lack of arrests in the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal, despite the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) identifying suspects and confiscating assets. Over R2 billion has been allegedly stolen from the hospital, through corruption with syndicates working…
Dry tap Residents of Tonga Village in Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, have raised concerns about infrastructure vandalism, that often leaves them without water. This comes after electricity cables were recently damaged at a local water pump station. They claim that this is the fifth time this has occurred, since last year. The concerned residents believe that water…
