Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital. The Kimberley Magistrate’s Court has transferred the R51 million tender fraud case in the Northern Cape to the high court for pre-trial in April. Nine accused are allegedly linked to tender fraud for the construction of the Northern Cape Mental Hospital. They face fraud, corruption and money laundering charges, amongst others. The accused, who include…
South African money Security personnel contracted to safeguard the Nkomazi Municipal infrastructure have downed tools. They allege that they have not received their January salaries. Their company is contracted to secure the water pump stations and reservoirs on 65 sites in different villages in the Nkomazi area. The workers say that their employer claims that…
Amber-Lee Hughes in the dock Sentencing arguments against convicted child rapist and murderer, Amber-Lee Hughes, have been adjourned in the High Court in Johannesburg. The 26-year-old former pre-school teacher was expected to take the stand but her defence told the court they were unable to consult with her. Last year, Hughes was convicted of raping…
File image | Taxis seen parked at a taxi rank. Former North West Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Sello Maema, has dismissed the police’s account of their role in the 2008 murders of members of the Kwa-Maphumulo Taxi Association in KwaZulu-Natal. Maema has told the Nkabine Enquiry in Pretoria that cartridges and firearms discovered…
[File Image] Accused 1, 2 and 3, Muzi Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, and Prince Mncube in the dock at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in Pretoria. Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa trial, Bongani Ntanzi, says eyewitness Zandile Khumalo was mistaken when she pointed him out from the dock in court. Khumalo was one of…
KZN businessman, Calvin Mathibeli. Police in KwaZulu-Natal have responded to allegations made by KZN businessman Calvin Mathibeli, founder and CEO of Calvin and Family Group. Mathibeli has accused KZN police of plotting to kill him and staging it to appear as though he was fully armed. His claims follow a raid at his offices in…
File: AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo The Eastern Cape Traditional Affairs Department says Abathembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo is not empowered to dethrone any traditional leaders without consultation with the Premier. This follows public statements by Dalindyebo that he has removed Chief Mandla Mandela of Mvezo and two traditional leaders, Nkosi Vulisango Pantshwa and Nkosi Vulithuba Sangoni from…
FILE | An initiate in South Africa. Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa has called on all parties involved in the traditional initiation custom to play part in safeguarding this rite of passage. Hlabisa met with Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committees, traditional leaders, MECs among others to devise strategies aimed at ending initiation‑related…
FILE | Shelter in Johannesburg. Non-Governmental Organisation Helping Hands Assistant Social Worker Dickson Solomons says shelters alone are not the solution. His remarks follow President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) commitment to scale up survivor-centred support, expand access to shelters and one-stop service centres, strengthen mobile and rural outreach, and place social…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
