A worker wears protective gear while working with cattle amid a foot and mouth disease outbreak. The Western Cape Government has intensified efforts to contain an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD). The disease was first detected on a farm near in Gouda on the Cape Winelands in November last year. Authorities have confirmed…
A corruption sign. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a second repayment in its probe into the misappropriation of National Lotteries Commission grant funds for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games “Roadshow Send-Off” campaign. The Special Tribunal made an order directing Imbizo Events to repay R70 000 to the SIU in two equal instalments. This…
Court room gavel and a book. Judge Nkosinathi Emmanuel Chili has reserved judgment on the state’s Stop Stalingrad application until the 24th of April. The state wants Judge Chili to rule that the trial proceed regardless of any further applications or appeals by the defense. The state has argued that the 18-year delay in the…
An ambulance seen as emergency services responds to an incident. Two people have been critically injured when their light aircraft crashed in Austin View in Midrand north of Johannesburg on Monday morning. The Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) says they have been taken to a medical facility for treatment. The centre says the light aircraft…
The new Alfred Nzo District Municipality Mayor Tsileng Sobuthongo addresses members during a special council meeting after being elected into the position on 03 February 2026. The Alfred Nzo District Municipality in the Eastern Cape has announced a new mayor. Tsileng Sobuthongo takes over after the resignation of Vukile Mhlelembana last year. The municipality secured a…
File image: The Free State High Court in Bloemfontein. The High Court in Bloemfontein has sentenced Bangile Dael to 22 years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to the murder of retired magistrate, Pieter Christiaan Bester. The court heard that in January last year that Dael killed the Bester at his smallholding in Glen in Bloemfontein….
FILE | SAPS crime scene tape. The three suspects arrested in connection with Tuesday’s shooting incident on the R59 near Meyerton, south of Johannesburg, are expected to appear in court soon. Police have confirmed that six people were killed after a group of suspects ambushed the minibus they were travelling in. Police say the victims…
A shooting crime scene. Six people have been killed and several others injured following a shooting incident on the R59 near Meyerton, south of Johannesburg. Police have confirmed that two suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident. Gauteng SAPS Deputy Commissioner Major-General Fred Kekana is en route to the scene. More details to…
A crime scene cordoned-off. The Mpumalanga High Court in Mombela has heard that the Mdluli family had tampered with the scene where Solomon Mdluli was murdered. Mdluli was killed in White River in January 2017. It is alleged that his wife, Ethel Mdluli, contracted two men to kill her husband at their home. Police say…
[File Image]: School pupils wait to board scholar transport. Concerned parents of learners who have not been going to school due to the scholar transport strike in Gauteng, have urged the provincial Department of Education to pay bus operators what is owed to them. Among the hundreds of learners missing classes are matric students preparing…
