Family of a victim stabbed to death allegedly by a 39-year-old man at Malangeni Phase 2 in Umzinto Families of five victims, who were stabbed to death allegedly by a 39-year-old man at Malangeni Phase 2 in Umzinto on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, are angry and devastated. It is alleged that Lungisani Shabane, who is now believed to have taken…
Tensions continue between the Ingonyama Trust Board and the AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini. This, after King Misuzulu halted a planned three-day strategic engagement forum of the Ingonyama Trust Board with traditional authorities, citing that, as the Chairperson, he was not informed about the meeting. The King is the sole trustee of the Trust, which administers…
Drugs that were confiscated Six people were arrested and drugs worth millions of rands were discovered by police at a laboratory in Makapanstad in the North West. According to spokesperson for the Hawks Colonel Katlego Mogale, a member of the Western Cape Serious Organised Crime Investigation as well as the counter-narcotics and gangs unit in…
Witness D’s car National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola says they are making progress on the assassination of Marius Van Der Merwe or Witness D as he was known in the Madlanga Commission. He says three persons of interest have been identified and one has already been questioned as part of the ongoing investigation. Van…
File | Contralesa President Kgosi Mokoena addressing a CoGTA event in Mpumalanga. Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) President Kgosi Mathupa Mokoena says the Department of Justice (DOJ) must come up with a plan to protect whistleblowers and witnesses after Marius van der Merwe was assassinated over the weekend. Last month, Van der…
National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola briefing the media in Saulsville, 8 Dec 2025. National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola says the arrest of three suspects is imminent following the murder of 12 people at a tavern in Saulsville, Pretoria. Thirteen others were injured. One of the three suspects is a parolee who was released in…
FILE | Mobile toilets A special tribunal has ordered that 16 officials of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education face disciplinary action for being implicated in the unlawful awarding of a multi-million rand chemical toilet contract. The Special Investigating Unit found that the contract valued at more than R2.5 million was irregularly awarded in June 2020…
File image | An inside view of a South African court room. A South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) freelance radio presenter Nonkululeko Mantula and four other accused have been granted bail by the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court, east of Johannesburg. The five appeared in court on charges related to the alleged recruitment of people for…
A drop of water from a tap. The Democratic Alliance in Johannesburg has called for an investigation into what is says is the City of Johannesburg’s water infrastructure funding failures. The party also want the investigation to look into the city’s increasing use of water tankers since 2023. The DA’s Belinda Echeozonjoku says they’ve written…
The investigating officer in the bail application of a prominent Limpopo musician says some police officers and NPA officials are being investigated for alleged misconduct. The investigating officer in the bail application of a prominent Limpopo musician says some police officers and NPA officials are being investigated for alleged misconduct. Warrant Officer Phaladi Makola says…
