An Uber logo is shown on a vehicle. The Transport Department has introduced a number of regulations for e-hailing services, which include the branding of all e-hailing vehicles. This follows the department’s publication of the National Land Transport Amendment Act on Friday. The Act introduces e-hailing services as a recognised mode of public transport. The…
An inmate is escorted out. The lawyer for the family of Leigh Matthews, who was kidnapped and killed in 2004, says her convicted killer Donovan Moodley has been recommended for parole by the parole board. Moodley abducted Matthews from Bond University and held her captive and demanded ransom. He pleaded guilty the following year. However,…
FILE | Residents of Westbury, Coronationville, Newlands and surrounding communities block roads with burning tyres, rocks and branches during a protest over water shortage in Johannesburg Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says they are doing everything possible to restore water in affected areas amid decaying infrastructure. Some residents have endured prolonged water outages, sparking violent protests…
[FILE IMAGE]: Phala Phala farm accused, Imanuwela David, Froliana and Ndilinasho Joseph, appear at the Bela-Bela Magistrate’s Court, December 8, 2023. The millions of rand in foreign currency that were stolen at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm, were from the sale of 20 buffalo. This is the evidence of the state witness, who was…
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero briefing media on the city’s water challenges, 15 September 2025. Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says they are working around the clock to address widespread pipe leaks and illegal water connections in Johannesburg as part of urgent interventions to improve water supply in severely affected communities. Morero was speaking during a media…
Police seen at the shooting incident in Kraaifontein in Cape Town on 14 September 2025. Two people were shot dead and three others injured in a mass shooting incident at the Europe Informal Settlement in Gugulethu on the Cape Flats on Sunday night. Western Cape Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says a man and a woman…
Court gavel. The trial of the three accused in the theft of millions of Rands in foreign currency at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala Farm in Bela-Bela, Limpopo, is set to start at the Modimolle Regional Court. The accused, Immanuela David and siblings Floriana and Ndilinasho Joseph, have been charged for the February 2020 break-in…
The bail application of a traditional leader charged with the 2023 murder of Umngeni chief whip, Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, is set to continue in the Howick Magistrates Court on Monday. Last week, Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma made a first appearance in court for a third separate murder case. So far, he is alleged to have killed an induna at Impendle, a man…
Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela announces the establishment of a war room for 2026. Higher Education Minister Buti Manamela has announced the establishment of a war room for the Post-School Education and Training sector for the 2026 academic year. Manamela says the war room will bring together the leadership of the department, NSFAS,…
A South African court room. Two suspects are expected to appear in the Zeerust Magistrate’s Court in North West on two counts of murder, five of attempted murder and one of defeating the ends of justice. This is after the suspects handed themselves over to the police after the bodies of two men were found…
