File image of crime Scene tape. An unknown partially decomposed body of a man has been retrieved from a river in Palm Ridge on Gauteng’s East Rand. City of Ekurhuleni’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services(DEMS) says they received a call about the sighting of a body and went out to investigate. Spokesperson William Ntladi says…
[FILE IMAGE] Kgoshikgolo Thulare Victor Thulare III passed away from a COVID-19 related illness at the age of 40. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein in the Free State has referred back to the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, the battle for the Bapedi kingship. The late king Victor Thulare the third’s mother, queen…
Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge appears at the Judicial Conduct Tribunal. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge has denied the allegation that he sent a picture of his private parts to complainant, Andiswa Mengo. The tribunal previously heard from Mengo that she received an image of private parts allegedly from the…
Infrastructure damaged caused by floods. Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Zolile Williams says the disaster relief funding by the national government is not enough to cater for all the damages and losses caused by last month’s floods. The province will receive R504 million from national government’s R1,2 billion disaster recovery grant…
SA drivers’ licence The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has urged the Department of Transport to extend the validity period of driving licences to 10 years instead of the proposed eight years. This comes after the department confirmed plans to extend the validity period from five years to eight years, to address the administrative backlogs…
FILE | Initiates from Ga-Mothapo in Limpopo line up for their ceremony after completing their time at an initiation school on 14 July 2024. A 19-year-old initiate has died in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo. According to the Limpopo Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs Department, the epileptic initiate was taken to Philadelphia Hospital…
Inside a court room The South African Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) has called for transparency in the out-of-court settlement process for criminal cases. This as they express concern about the alleged corruption within the criminal justice system, citing a lack of trust in prosecutors. The settlement aims to alleviate the backlog of court…
FILE | The remains of a burnt car and a sign block the road after stick-wielding protesters marched through the streets, as violence following the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma spread to the country’s main economic hub in Johannesburg, South Africa, July 11, 2021. The trial of the alleged July 2021 unrest instigator, Bonginkosi…
Scenes at a a suspected illegal blanket manufacturing factory in Industria West in Johannesburg where officials pounced on hijacked buildings on 07 July 2025. The MMC for Human Settlements Mlungisi Mabaso has raised serious concerns over the inhumane living conditions in hijacked buildings across Johannesburg. His remarks come after an operation led by himself and…
SA Police Service vehicle used in arrests of illegal miners Five suspected illegal miners have been arrested at Atok and Ga-Phasha villages outside Burgersfort in Limpopo. Police spokesperson Masekela Magoro says a driver was arrested for allegedly illegally transporting chrome at Atok. A truck has also been confiscated. The driver was also found to be…
