FILE | Retired KZN Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Moipone Noko. Retired KwaZulu-Natal Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Moipone Noko is expected to testify before the Nkabinde Enquiry when it resumes its hearings in Pretoria on Wednesday. She will be the second witness to testify before the enquiry, which retired Justice Bess Nkabinde chairs. The…
The R102 crash near Lotus Park at Isipingo south of Durban The Department of Transport in KwaZulu-Natal, led by MEC Siboniso Duma, will hold a mass prayer and memorial service for the 11 victims who lost their lives in the Isipingo crash last week. The victims died when the Toyota Quantum taxi they were travelling…
The University of Johannesburg’s Civil Engineering Technology Department The University of Johannesburg is looking to revolutionise the housing sector with technology, which makes it possible to build a home in less than a day. Researchers say they have developed a 3D printer capable of constructing a 40 square metre house in under eight hours. UJ’s Doctor Jeffrey Mahachi…
A mosquito on a person’s skin. Twelve malaria-related deaths and over 800 malaria cases have been recorded in Limpopo since April 2025. Health Department spokesperson Neil Shikwambana says two of the deaths were recorded after last month’s floods. Shikwambana says that the risk of malaria transmission has significantly increased due to the heavy rain. Malaria symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, diarrhoea and…
Court gavel. Sentencing for convicted murderer, Alberto Matthews, has been delayed again by another day following a postponement by the Northern Cape High Court. Judge Danie Olivier adjourned court until Thursday morning after pre-sentencing arguments on Wednesday. Matthews was found guilty of the December 2023 murder of his ex-wife, Mandy Bailey. Bailey was shot in…
An empty lecture hall. Traditional Leaders Organisation, Contralesa has called upon the Department of Higher Education to plan ahead for student admission to avoid frustrating deserving students who have passed their matric especially those who are from rural areas. Contralesa President Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena says there are many students who have passed their matric but…
New Mapulaneng Hospital under construction Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Health has raised concerns about the delays in the completion of the new Mapulaneng Hospital in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. The hospital was scheduled to be completed last June. The portfolio committee visited the old Mapulaneng Hospital as part of its oversight visits in areas that have been…
FILE | The three accused of breaking into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm appear in court. The Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo has heard that one of the accused in the Phala Phala farm theft trial has paid about a million rand to buy a house in North West. First accused Imanuwela David bought the property…
A prison corridor Correctional Services Minister Dr. Pieter Groenewald says he will set up a commission to investigate the high number of incidents at prisons in the Western Cape. Groenewald appeared before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee to discuss unnatural deaths in correctional facilities. These include the brutal attack on two correctional officials and the death of…
Thabo Bester during a court appearance. Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester wants the High Court in Pretoria to declare the Department of Correctional Services decision to transfer him from Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre to one of the country’s tightest prisons, eBongweni in Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal, unconstitutional and invalid. He is set to challenge his…
