A gavel in the courtroom. 1 minute The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will today hold interviews to fill vacancies in the Labour and the Electoral Court. One candidate, Judge Leicester Adams of the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, will be interviewed for a vacancy in the Electoral Court. Another four candidates will be interviewed to…
Minister Ronald Lamola speaking at Aziz Pahad dialogue launch in Pretoria. 1 minute International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola says those who want the government to change its foreign policy must follow the proper channels. Speaking during the launch of the Aziz Pahad dialogue at the Department of International Relations in Pretoria, Lamola says…
Person holds up a sign during a protest against rape. 1 minute uMkhonto weSizwe Party Youth leader Bonginkosi Khanyile says justice must take its course in the rape of a seven-year-old child from Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. The child was sexually assaulted allegedly on school premises last October while waiting for her transport. Khanyile…
Person writes out the word debt 2 minutes The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it is concerned by the rising municipal debt as it will affect basic services. This is after National Treasury issued a circular revealing that the total amount owed by municipalities has increased by R24 billion in the 2024/2025…
Former multiple boxing world champion, Isaac “Angel” Hlatshwayo to host a boxing tournament in Limpopo. 2 minutes The World Boxing Council’s Bridgerweight champion, Kevin Lerena will become the first South African to defend his WBC World title on home soil, when he fights Ukraine’s Serhiy Radchenko on the 1st of May. Lerena’s first defence of…
File image: Court gavel and a cone. 1 minute Fourteen suspects arrested for alleged robberies that took place in the Bloemfontein CBD in the Free State will appear in the local magistrate court today. This follows video footage that went viral on social media depicting violent attacks on people in the CBD. A woman is…
Gunshots on car windscreen. 1 minute Three men have been shot and killed in what appears to be taxi violence at Vlakfontein, south of Johannesburg. Gauteng police say they are investigating three cases of murder. Officers say when they arrived at the scene they found three men in a Toyota Quantum, with gunshot wounds. “The…
A body of a deceased person in a mortuary. 1 minute Northern Cape police say the three bodies of two adults and a 10-day-old baby girl that were stolen from a mortuary in Kuruman, two weeks ago, have not been found and no one has been arrested. The suspects entered a guardroom of a funeral…
Workers are seen building housing units at a construction site as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown regulations ease in Fleurhof, near Johannesburg, South Africa, October 6, 2020. 2 minutes Employees who earn above a certain amount annually will no longer be covered by South Africa’s labour legislation, effective from Tuesday. According to a notice published in…
The woman, who is the victims’ neighbor is currently being treated in hospital. 1 minute A man has shot and killed two sisters and wounded another woman at Lindelani township in Umzinto on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. The woman, who is the victim’s neighbour, is currently being treated in hospital. Provincial police spokesperson Bonnie Nxumalo…
