Accused in Senzo Meyiwa’s murder 1 minute A new state witness is expected to be called when the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes in the High Court in Pretoria on Monday. This, after defence counsel Charles Mnisi’s cross-examination of lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda was paused. Five men are on trial for gunning down Meyiwa…
Survivors and locals walk past the gutted block at the Usindiso building in Johannesburg after the blaze on August 30, 2023. 1 minute The trial of a man accused of starting the fire at the Usindiso building in Johannesburg that claimed 76 lives in 2023 continues in the High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm…
FILE | President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting at the Union Building in Pretoria. 1 minute A 28-year-old suspect is expected to appear at the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court today on charges of intimidation. This follows his arrest in Germiston on the East Rand by the Hawks’ Crime Against The State (CATS) unit after he…
1 minute The man, who manipulated images of prominent people, including the President, by superimposing their faces onto pornographic content before distributing them, has been jailed. The Pietermaritzburg Regional Court has sentenced Thabiso Nene to five years in prison for contravening the Cybercrimes Act. Nene unlawfully downloaded images of the president, a former police minister,…
Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa 3 minutes Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramakgopa, says Africa needs to tackle illicit financial flows, as they reverse the continent’s development. She was speaking to members of the G20 Development Working Group, currently meeting in Durban to address…
Former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks 1 minute Hundreds of mourners gathered at the NG Kerk in Wellington, Boland, in the Western Cape, to pay their final respects to former Springbok player Cornal Hendricks. The 37-year-old passed away just over a week ago after suffering a heart attack. He had been diagnosed with a heart condition…
Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel 1 minute The Lesotho Highlands Water Tunnel has finally been reopened after being two months behind schedule. The maintenance, repair and refurbishment work started in October last year and was initially scheduled to be completed within six months. The tunnel channels water from Lesotho to South Africa delivering about 700 million…
Crime Scene. 1 minute Police are investigating an incident in which a suspected petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Belhar on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg says the owner of the house is believed to be a relative of a police officer. ” Nobody was at home at the time of…
Jayden-Lee Meek who was murdered in Fleurhof 1 minute Gauteng police report that their investigation into the murder of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek is at an advanced stage. The grade five learner’s bruised body was discovered on the staircase of his family’s Fleurhof complex in Johannesburg. He was laid to rest at Westpark Cemetery on Saturday. …
File image: Black handcuff with keys. 1 minute Western Cape Premier Alan Winde and Community Safety Minister Anroux Marais have cautiously welcomed a decline in the province’s murder rate. Winde announced a 4% reduction in murders during the fourth quarter of 2024–2025, following decreases of 7.7% in the third quarter and 8.7% in the second…
