LIVE: Media briefing on state of readiness for National Dialogue
Media briefing on the state of readiness to host the first national convention of the National Dialogue of South Africa. Live proceedings below:
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Traditional healer accused of ritual murder to appear in court
Judge’s chair and gavel in a courtroom. A traditional healer from Mozambique suspected to be in the country illegally is today set to appear before the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court, north of Pretoria. The suspect faces charges of kidnapping, defiling a corpse as well as contravening the Immigration Act. During his arrest on Wednesday in Winterveld,…
Chesnay Keppler murder accused back in court for bail hearing
The Protea Magistrates’ Court in Soweto. The former police officer charged with the murder of his Gauteng Crime Warden girlfriend will know whether he’ll be released on bail when the case resumes at the Protea Magistrates’ Court today. Mandla Buthelezi allegedly shot and killed 22-year-old Chesnay Keppler in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg in December…
Six police officers lost their lives since April: Masemola
The Mpumalanga Community Safety MEC Jackie Macie, the National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, his Deputy, Lieutenant General Tebello Mosikili, the Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Zeph Mkhwanazi and the traditional leadership of the Shongwe Chieftaincy visit the crime scene where the late Sergeant Lawrence Dumisani Mtshweni was shot in Schoemansdal. National Police Commissioner General…
Amantle Samane’s alleged killer to appear in court
FILE | Six-year-old, Amantle Samane. A man accused of raping and killing a six-year-old girl is expected to plead guilty when the case resumes in the High Court in Johannesburg today. Pethe Simiao is facing charges of kidnapping, rape, murder and contravention of the Immigration Act. Amantle Samane went missing in Orlando West in Soweto…
Masemola confident they arrested right cop killer in Mpumalanga
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola. National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says they are confident they have arrested the right person in the killing of 47-year-old Sergeant Lawrence Mtshweni. He was shot and killed in the line of duty in Mpumalanga on Friday. Mtshweni was part of a group of police officers who responded…
Assault victims feel failed by justice system after late disclosure
[FILE IMAGE] An image illustrates a victim of sexual assault clutching their hand Psychologists, therapists, and trauma counsellors agree that it is not unusual for abuse survivors to speak out years after the incident. They describe this as a common trauma response. In South Africa, there is no statute of limitations for certain sexual assault…
Makhubela’s family relieved as 3 suspects arrested for her murder
Gontse’s family welcomes arrests in the case The family of slain 20-year-old Gontse Makhubela says they can finally find closure. This is after North West police cracked an almost 2-year-old case by arresting three suspects linked to her 2023 disappearance and murder. Makhubela was abducted while at work. Her decomposing body was discovered in Elandrand,…
Five people including a toddler killed in KZN crash
Five people, including a toddler, have been killed in a road accident in Bergville, in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands. Traffic authorities say the accident occurred after a driver lost control of his vehicle, causing it to collide with an oncoming car carrying seven occupants. The Road Traffic Inspectorate’s Sindi Msimang says five people died on the…
Four women killed in Polokwane bus crash
Bus crash on the R81 road in Sekgopo, Mopani District, August 10, 2025. Four female passengers have been killed and several others injured when a bus they were travelling in overturned on the R81 at Ga-Sekgopo outside Polokwane in Limpopo. Transport Department spokesperson Tidimalo Chuene says the injured, including a bus driver, have been taken…