[File image] Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Sello Seitlholo says they can make cash available to upgrade wastewater plants to deal with like antiretrovirals (ARVs) that are now being detected in drinking water. This follows a study by North West University and the Water Research Commission, which detected ARV residue at wastewater plants, some…
Chairs pictured inside of a courtroom. A Limpopo police officer and two co-accused are expected to continue their bail application in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court today. Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane and daughter Florah Shokane were arrested in October last year. They face charges including murder, insurance fraud, money laundering and benefiting from the proceeds of crime. Investigating officer…
President Cyril Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed new board members to the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), in line with Section 9(1)(a) of the NYDA Act of 2008. Their three-year term will begin on August 1, 2025. Established through an Act of Parliament, the NYDA focuses on tackling challenges facing South Africa’s youth. The…
Bullet cartridges. There’s been yet another shooting incident on the Cape Flats. Two men have been killed and another wounded in Khayelitsha. More than 20 people have been killed in a series of shooting incidents across the Cape Flats in the past few weeks. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says officers found the bodies of the two men with gunshot wounds in the latest incident….
The upgrading of school infrastructure and the building of new schools will be a priority for the Department of Basic Education in the North West. Department MEC Viola Motsumi has tabled her budget in the North West legislature. She says they have appointed contractors to start repairs on over 147 storm-damaged schools. The department budgeted…
The suspected baby snatcher from Tafelsig is seen during her first court appearance at the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on 03 July 2025. A 37-year-old woman is expected to be back in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town today in connection with the kidnapping of a newborn baby at the Middestad Mall to apply for…
The mother of 11-year-old Jayden-Leek Meek has been charged with his murder at the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court. The bail application of Tiffany Meek, who is accused of killing her son Jayden-Lee Meek, will continue in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court west of Johannesburg today. The officer who wishes not to be named confirmed observing blood on…
Gavel in a court room. The State has added a fifth suspect to the attempted murder case involving actress Tebogo Thobejane. According to the National Prosecution Authority (NPA), Nthabiseng Nzama briefly appeared in the Alexandra magistrates’ court on Monday, in connection with allegations of facilitating fund transfers between accounts, while fully aware that the money…
[File image] The Tlhabane Magistrates Court in Rustenburg, North West, has handed 31-year-old Philani Daka a 25-year prison term on two counts of murder. He murdered his girlfriend, Lebogang Mokwena and her mother, Msesi Mokwena, in January last year, in Lefaragatha village. Following the commission of the crime, Daka evaded arrest for months. However, the…
Files The Gauteng Department of Health says plans are underway to digitise a minimum of 800 million paper-based patient records across all 37 hospitals in the province. This project started at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital in Soweto, where 800 000 patient files have so far been digitised. The initiative aims to make patient records…
