FILE | City of Cape Town Disaster Management’s fire engines. The Cape Winelands District Municipality says they’ll continue to fight one of two fires in the mountains above De Doorns. Several fires were burning in the district yesterday. Fire Services spokesperson, Jo-Anne Otto, says firefighters worked throughout the night to contain some of the fires….
ANC FLAG The ANC in Johannesburg is set to kick off its 16th Regional Conference today. The conference, originally scheduled for September, was delayed for months due to allegations of division, factionalism, and manipulation among members. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero is expected to contest the regional chairperson position against Loyiso Masuku, a member of the…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Metro Police Deputy chief, Julius Mkhwanazi has testified that his relationship with attempted murder accused, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala began in 2022. Commissioner Mkhwanazi has taken to the stand at the Madlanga Commission. Mkhwanazi has been accused of unlawfully signing two memorandum of understanding with Matlala’s companies. This includes the fitting of blue lights…
Three people, including a nine-year-old boy, have been gunned down in Rocklands, Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Andre Traut, says four assailants entered the victim’s house and opened fire. He says two other people have been wounded in the attack. Traut says police have launched a manhunt for the suspects. “Police in…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues in the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
Commissioners of the Madlanga Inquiry at the inquiry’s sitting in Pretoria, 25 November 2025. The City of Ekurhuleni has confirmed that its Head of Department for Legal and Risk Services, Advocate Kemi Behari, has been placed on precautionary suspension with full pay. The City says the decision follows the resolution of the Municipal Council taken…
The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has launched an urgent probe into the KwaZulu-Natal construction sector, following explosive revelations that highly-rated contractors have failed to deliver on critical infrastructure projects. The board says that this is now costing the province an estimated R4.6 billion. Meanwhile, Transport MEC Siboniso Duma, has alleged that some of these…
IPHC leader Michael Sandlana. The leader of a breakaway faction of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC), Michael Sandlana, is expected to apply for bail in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria. Sandlana is charged alongside Pretoria High Court Judge Portia Phahlane, her son Kagiso, and his spokesperson Vusi Ndala in a corruption and…
FILE | Businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe appears before the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Murder-accused businessman Katiso ‘KT’ Molefe and his co-accused, Michael Tau, Tiego Mabusela, and Musa Kekana, will appear again in the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court today for the centralisation of dockets. Molefe and the three face charges related to the murders of Oupa…
Court gavel hammer The family of student activist Caiphus Nyoka, who was brutally murdered in 1987, says they hope justice will prevail and that the two accused will receive a heavy sentence. This comes after the Johannesburg High Court found two of the three apartheid-era police officers guilty of the murder. Nyoka, who was a…
