[File image] Four people have been killed and one critically injured in a multiple vehicle accident that occured on the R59 Vaalpark offramp in Sasolburg, Free State. FS Emergency Medical Services Spokesperson Sipho Towa has urged road users to exercise caution and seek an alternative route. The critically injured passenger will be airlifted to hospital….
Taxi boss killed near Delft, Cape Town. Taxi organisation CODETA in the Western Cape has distanced itself from recent violence in the taxi industry. The violence led to the murder of a rival taxi boss on the R300, near Delft, on the Cape Flats. The deceased was a member of a rival taxi organisation, CATA….
File image: An employee holds up cannabis in a laboratory at a herbal medicines manufacturer. The University of Pretoria’s Professor Olalekan Ayo-Yusuf says that cannabis-related psychiatric problems among adolescents have more than doubled since 2017. He says this is in light of the decriminalisation of cannabis and the massive surge in vaping in South Africa….
The Judicial Conduct Tribunal hears closing arguments in the sexual harassment case involving Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge. A court official, Andiswa Mengo, lodged a complaint against Mbenenge in 2021. She claims the Judge President made unwanted advances and sent her inappropriate messages. LIVE STREAM:
A gavel in the courtroom. The trial of a 22-year-old man accused of kidnapping and killing Johannesburg school teacher Kirsten Kluyts is expected to start on Tuesday in the High Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court in Ekurhuleni. Bafana Mahungela was arrested after Kluyts’ body was found in Sandton in October 2023. He…
[File Image] A male lion. The authorities in North West say the lion that escaped on the R49 between Zeerust and Lichtenburg from a trailer transporting it has been captured. The animal was being transported from the Free State to Nietverdiend in Ramotshere Moiloa Municipality in the North West on Monday. A video has been…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues on Tuesday morning at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM:
A firefighter works at the scene of a deadly fire which occurred in the early hours of the morning in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 31, 2023. The trial of the man accused of setting alight the Usindiso building in the Johannesburg CBD is expected to continue in the High Court sitting at Palm Ridge on…
Matric exams well wish. Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says her department is fully prepared to administer the 2025 matric examinations. Over 900 000 candidates will sit for the examinations which will start on Tuesday. Gwarube briefed the media in Skukuza, Mpumalanga on Monday, on her department’s state of readiness for the exams “All nine…
Students attending school. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has appealed to the public to support matric learners as they start their final exams on Tuesday. More than 188 000 matric learners in Gauteng will started their National Senior Certificate exams. The province aims to maintain its strong performance after achieving an 88.4% pass rate last year….
