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…
FILE | Protestors in Johannesburg called on Glencore to stop exporting coal to Israel. An activist from the Malaysia Global Sumud Flotilla Nadir Al-Nuri has called for an immediate halt to Glencore’s coal exports to Israel. He and other pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside Glencore’s offices in Melrose Arch in Johannesburg, condemning the company’s ongoing shipments….
FILE | The accused, Imanuwela David, Froliana Joseph and her brother Ndilinasho Joseph, who are linked to the theft of $580,000 USD at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s farm Accused number one in the Phala Phala farm theft trial has received funds amounting to R9 million between the 3rd and the 31st of May 2020. This is…
Closed water taps. Johannesburg Executive Mayor Dada Morero says work is under way to build four more reservoirs to increase water supply capacity in Midrand and surrounding areas. Frustrated residents in the area have been living with dry taps since Saturday. Rand Water has identified a major leak at its Klipfontein Reservoir that supplies water…
A JMPD roadblock The Gauteng Transport Inspectorate (GTI) and the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) is clamping down on lawlessness and non-compliance on the roads within the province. In January, they ran a stop-and-search operations on key routes including the City of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, and Tshwane, focusing on public and scholar transport hotspots. They impounded…
