Taxi strike Uitenhage. 2 minutes Several months after the collapse of the Matanzima Road bridge, the town is still in chaos with early morning traffic disrupting taxi routes, costing the taxi industry thousands as the alternative route is a gravel road which deteriorates the state of the vehicles. Uitenhage District Taxi Association Spokesperson, Lubabalo Vesele, says…
South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) 1 minute Eleven suspects allegedly involved in the SASSA card fraud scheme are set to appear before the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg today. The 11th person who was on the run was arrested last week. The individuals allegedly created fake profiles and committed identity fraud in order to…
A suspect in handcuffs. 1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority(NPA)’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption have arrested two former state security members on charges relating to the misappropriation of almost R6 million in state funds. The two suspects made their first court appearance at the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court yesterday. Ntshavheni Makhathana was granted R100…
Gender-based Violence protest. 2 minutes KwaZulu-Natal Premier, Thami Ntuli is encouraging women to speak out early and report abuse by their partners. Ntuli was speaking at the home of two sisters, Nandipha and Nangamso Lifana, who were shot and killed by a man at Lindelani township at Umzinto on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. The sisters’…
Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to host interviews to fill vacant positions. 1 minute The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) holds interviews to fill vacancies in the Labour and Electoral Court.
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…
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…
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…
