FILE | Pupils using scholar transport. The North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management has put aside more than R1 billion for transport operations. When presenting the R2.4 billion budget for the 2025/2026 financial year at the provincial legislature in Mahikeng, MEC Wessels Morweng said half of that budget will be allocated to…
The High Court in Johannesburg. Pre-school teacher Amber Lee Hughes has confessed to drowning her ex-boyfriend’s four-year-old daughter. Hughes appeared in the Johannesburg High Court facing two counts of rape and one count of murder. She told the court through her lawyer that she was suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder at the time of the…
Early Childhood Development centre Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has launched the Bana Pele Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres registration across the country. The intention is to get all ECD centres across the country registered. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has previously announced that the government has allocated R10 billion towards early childhood development. In an…
Constitutional Court. The Pestalozzi Trust has filed a Constitutional Court challenge against the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act. According to the Trust, Parliament failed to allow sufficient public participation, resulting in a flawed and potentially unconstitutional law. The Trust says for participation to be meaningful, there needs to have been adequate notice of public hearings,…
Five cash-in-transit robbery suspects have been shot and killed during a shootout with the police in Crown Mines, Johannesburg. Firearms have been recovered. Gauteng Police Commissioner Tommy Mthombeni says this was a crime intelligence-led operation by KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng police. Lt-General Mthombeni says the suspects were heavily armed and are linked to other CIT robberies….
Thembekile Letlape, the celebrity chef. The man accused of the 2024 murder of celebrity pastry chef Thembekile Letlape has been found guilty in the Johannesburg High Court. Sibusiso Zitha pleaded guilty to killing his partner, affectionately known as ‘The Pastry Chef’, by stabbing her multiple times during an argument in front of their then 10-year-old…
Member of Parliament’s Transport Portfolio Committee, Makashule Gana has called for enhanced security measures at the country’s airports, particularly at the O.R Tambo International Airport. This follows a serious security breach at OR Tambo after a passenger boarded a flight to Ethiopia with two training hand grenades in their checked luggage. The breach which was only…
The Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court in Johannesburg is hearing the bail application for Tiffany Meek 31, woman accused of the murder of her son Jayden-Lee Meek. Jayden-Lee was dropped off by his school transport on the day he went missing but never made it home. His body was found the following day by a resident in…
The Ditsobotla Local Municipality in Lichtenburg in the North West has cut electricity supply to several businesses, government offices and schools, citing non-payment of electricity debts. The municipality is facing severe financial challenges, including its own R1.4 billion debt to Eskom. Acting Chief Financial Officer of the municipality, Ntesang Moagi, says residents and businesses were…
Judge Nambitha Dambuza Constitutional Court Justice Nambitha Dambuza says the reopening of inquests into apartheid-era murders reflects the enduring reach of the law. She was delivering the annual Griffiths and Victoria Mxenge Memorial Lecture at Nelson Mandela University. The lecture honours the legacy of the late Griffiths and Victoria Mxenge, both anti-apartheid activists and legal…
