A test tube labelled “Mpox virus positive” A 40-year-old KwaZulu-Natal Midland’s man is being treated for Mpox in the Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. The KwaZulu-Natal Health Department says the patient visited a clinic in the city with symptoms associated with Mpox in mid-October. He was immediately transferred to the hospital. A laboratory test confirmed he…
Prisoners behind bars A Free State barber, who preyed on young boys, has been sentenced to four life terms behind bars. The Wesselsbron Regional Court found him guilty of raping four boys aged between 12 and 15 at his shack, which also operates as a salon in Malebogo Township near Hertzogville. The assaults happened…
Two of the accused in the AKA, Tibz murder case, Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande. The two men linked to the murders of Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and his friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane are expected to be extradited to South Africa next Tuesday. Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande were arrested last year in February in Mbabane in the…
Ambulance in the Eastern Cape Five EMS workers employed by the Eastern Cape Health Department have briefly appeared before the East London Commercial Crimes Court. They allegedly fraudulently falsified their matric certificates in order to gain employment as Basic Ambulance Assistants. The incident happened in 2015 after a whistleblower alerted authorities and a case was…
Cows on a farm The Western Cape Department of Agriculture has placed three properties where cattle are kept under quarantine, for suspected Foot and Mouth disease. The department’s spokesperson Mary James says the provincial Veterinary Services placed a property in Gouda in the Cape Winelands District under quarantine after animals from the Free State with…
Accused number 1 in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya. The state in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial says they have reason to believe that accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, was using a different number to communicate during the period the soccer captain was killed. Meyiwa was shot and killed in October 2014, while…
Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi speaks at a government function. Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says all citizens deserve quality healthcare, regardless of their socio-economic status. Motsoaledi was speaking at the G20 health minister meeting in Polokwane, Limpopo. He says that they will collaborate with countries such as Norway, which already has universal healthcare, to…
FILE: Blue lights of a police vehicle. The Randburg Magistrates Court has dismissed an application by Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s former bodyguards to have the case against them dropped. Eight VIP protectors are out on R 10 000 bail. In 2023, a video emerged showing the accused assaulting occupants of a VW Polo on the…
A police officer operating a stop-and-go search. The SA Police Service has taken Operation Shanela 2 to the streets of Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, on Thursday morning. The coordinated, intelligence-driven campaign aims to curb and prevent violent crime in the country. Police say these efforts will continue ahead of and throughout the festive season, as…
Christo van der Rheede is the Executive Director of the FW de Klerk Foundation. The FW de Klerk Foundation has urged government to declare gangsterism a national crisis, following a spate of recent gang-related killings that left six people dead and three injured in Reiger Park, Boksburg. The foundation, along with crime and security experts,…
