President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the opening address at a government function. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa says it’s all systems go for the National Budget to be presented on Wednesday. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is back to the drawing board, crafting a third Budget after the first two attempts failed due to disagreements among members…
Handcuffs used to effect an arrest. 1 minute The Gauteng Department of Community Safety says they will ensure that heightened law enforcement operations are conducted across the province. This comes after more than 700 suspects have been arrested so far through Operation Shanela in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg. In a separate incident, two of the…
[FILE IMAGE] Nigerian televangelist, Timothy Omotoso appears in the High Court in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. 1 minute Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso has officially left South Africa on a flight to Lagos. He voluntarily opted to be deported following his re-arrest on the 10th of May by immigration authorities in East London. Omotoso was arrested in…
Members of a CPF engage with police 2 minutes Secretary of the KwaZulu-Natal Community Policing Forum (CPF) Siyanda Biyela says people are becoming more reluctant to join crime-fighting structures in their areas for fear of being targeted by criminals. This follows the mass shooting of eight people at the Zamani Transit Camp in Umlazi in…
Snow clings to branches during below-freezing temperatures. 1 minute The South African Weather Service(SAWS) has issued a weather warning for extremely low temperatures in Johannesburg, Gauteng from Wednesday. The cold spell is expected to last for the rest of the week. City of Johannesburg Emergency Management Services has encouraged residents to use all heating devices…
EFF leader Julius Malema meeting the AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo. 2 minutes EFF leader, Julius Malema has condemned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s pending visit to the United States. Ramaphosa will visit the US from Monday to Thursday, where he will hold talks on relations, among other things, with US President Donald Trump. Malema says Pretoria and…
File Image: Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute Police have confirmed that two cash-in-transit and murder suspects have been killed in a shootout with officers in Boksburg on Gauteng’s East Rand. A Hawks tactical team and SAPS members who have been following the case from KwaZulu-Natal traced the two to a house in…
NPA’s Shamila Batohi addresses a media conference. 2 minutes The National Director of Public Prosecutions Advocate Shamila Batohi says she will not step down from her position. This after several calls by some members of Parliament’s Justice and Constitutional Development Portfolio Committee, during a meeting where the NPA appeared to address the matter of televangelist…
1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that it will not prosecute a case of the sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl that was presented to prosecutors in Matatiele Magistrate’s Court in November last year. NPA spokesperson Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga says the prosecutors assessed the contents of the docket and concluded that there was…
Phala Phala farm in Limpopo. 2 minutes The trial of the three accused in the February 2020 theft at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm will start tomorrow in the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo. Immanuela David and siblings Floriana and Ndilinasho Joseph allegedly broke into Ramaphosa’s farm and stole over $580 000 that had been…
