File image: Christmas tree. Political parties in Parliament have wished South Africans well over the Christmas and festive holiday period. The National Legislature has officially taken a break after a busy and challenging year. All parties have set politics aside to extend heartfelt wishes this festive season. “As we gather let’s pause to be grateful,…
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba. Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba has raised concerns about gambling in the country. He says it accounts for 60% of the R1.5 trillion gambling industry and is trapping millions of people in a cycle of addiction. Makgoba was delivering the 18th Christmas Eve midnight mass at…
Metro police are seen during a festive season roadblock in Gauteng. Gauteng Traffic Police have arrested 12 motorists for reckless and negligent driving on the N1, N14 and N4 freeways. The suspects will also face an alternative charge of exceeding the prescribed speed limit of 120 kilometers per hour on the freeway. Gauteng Traffic Police…
One of the two suspects in the DJ Warras murder case is making his first appearance at the JhB Central Magistrate’s Court. The case against a suspect arrested in connection with the murder of Warrick “DJ Warras” Stock has been postponed to January 6 for a bail application. Police had initially arrested two suspects in…
File image| Gavel in court. The case against a 32-year-old suspect linked to the Saulsville mass shooting has been postponed to December 31 for further investigations and a bail application. The suspect made a brief appearance at the Attridgeville Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on 12 counts of murder and 13 counts of attempted murder. The…
File: Image of Archbishop Thabo Makgoba addressing the masses at the annual Christmas midnight mass at the St Georges Cathedral in Cape Town Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has extended well wishes to all who celebrate Christmas. He conducted the midnight mass at the St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town. This is the…
An IEC ballot box. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) says it is sharpening its tools to improve the voting experience ahead of next year’s Local Government Elections. While 2025 was not an election year, the IEC says it focused on legislative reforms and preparations for polls expected to be highly contested. Earlier this year, the…
A worker shows the mouth of a cow at a cattle shop. As part of precautionary measures, the Eastern Cape government Agriculture Department, has restricted the movement of animals across the province for the next 30 days, except for slaughtering. This after one case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in the Amahlathi Local Municipality. Agriculture…
Traffic officia duting a road safety operation. The Eastern Cape Transport Department says it is hopeful it will keep the downward trajectory of road fatalities in the province until the end of the holiday season. The department says it has recorded a decrease in the number of fatalities recorded on the roads compared to the…
Bitou Municipality Deputy mayor and Ikhwezi Political Party Movement leader, Nokuzola Kolwapi. A new video of the Deputy Mayor of the Bitou Municipality in Plettenberg Bay allegedly firing a gun, shows her handing the weapon to her bodyguard afterwards. The initial video showed Councillor Nokuzola Kolwapi shooting into the air to celebrate her son’s homecoming…
