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1 minute The three people convicted for Joshlin Smith’s kidnapping appear in the Western Cape High Court in Cape Town. LIVE STREAM BELOW:

The Tembisa Hospital Accident and Emergency Unit is seen after a fire on 20 April 2025. 1 minute The man 48-year-old accused of starting the fire that gutted parts of the Tembisa Hospital in eastern Johannesburg is expected to appear in the local magistrate’s court. Thembinkosi Mangonyana was arrested two weeks ago on a charge…

1 minute The cross-examination of lead investigator in the former Bafana Bafana captain, Senzo Meyiwa’s murder trial, Brigadier Bongani Gininda continues in the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM BELOW:

[File Image] A nurse takes care of a newborn, lying in an incubator, at a private clinic. 1 minute Two women are expected to appear in the New Brighton Magistrate’s Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape today, in connection with the abduction of two babies. The babies were abducted from the Dora Nginza’s maternity…

2 minutes The families of the two babies who were abducted on Tuesday night from Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha are still looking for answers. The babies were stolen from the nursery, while still in incubators, with security guards present. They were returned late Wednesday afternoon and reunited with their mothers. The Department of Health reported…

1 minute Premier Panyaza Lesufi briefs media to provide an update on key developments and decisions arising from the recent Executive Council meeting. Live proceedings below:     

The Tembisa Hospital Accident and Emergency Unit is seen after a fire on 20 April 2025. 2 minutes The Public Servants Association (PSA) has accused the Gauteng government of attempting to cover up the cause of last month’s fire at the Tembisa Hospital. Two fires occurred within days of each other at the hospital’s accident…

3 minutes Forty-two elephants have been successfully translocated from the main camp in the Addo Elephant National Park to its Kabouga section. This big move involved various teams of conservationists, wildlife veterinarians, and logistical specialists. Addo is home to a small and unique elephant population, as it stems from 11 elephants back in the 1930s. It…

Joslin Smith’s mother, Kelly, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn appear in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldhana Bay on March 4, 2025. 1 minute Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn, who have been convicted on human trafficking charges, are expected to appear in the Western Cape High Court…

[FILE IMAGE]: South African police officers at work. 2 minutes Two suspected cash-in-transit suspects have been fatally wounded in a shootout with police at Wasbank near Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal. Officers were following up information about the whereabouts of the two suspects who were allegedly involved in at least six cash-in-transit robberies at KwaDukuza, Verulam, Phoenix,…