Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy releases the 2024/2025 festive seasons road safety report in Pretoria on January 20 ,2025. 1 minute Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy says 1 502 people have died on the country roads during the festive season. The deaths resulted from 1234 collisions, an increase from last year’s 1427. Six provinces including KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern…
Former South African Defence Minister and former Speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula appears in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. 1 minute The corruption case of former Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been postponed until 28 March 2025. SABC News understands that an agreement has been reached with the state to disclose Section B and…
A pharmacy employee holds a box of medication. 2 minutes A large group of unemployed pharmacists have gathered at the National Department of Health in Pretoria to call upon government to intervene in the crisis facing their profession. More than 2 000 pharmacists are struggling to find employment, despite completing their compulsory community service. The pharmacists…
Judge hammer 2 minutes A man arrested in connection with the rape of two nurses at Ga-Chuene clinic near Lebowakgomo in Limpopo, has made a brief appearance in the Polokwane Magistrates’ Court. The accused had his case postponed to April this year for further investigations. Outside the court, nurses, community members and non-governmental organisations, were…
Suspects accused of killing Senzo Meyiwa at the High Court in Pretoria. 4 minutes The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes on Monday. Advocate Zandile Mshololo, the lawyer representing accused number 5, Fisokuhle Ntuli is expected to continue her cross-examination of lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda. This, while accused number 1, Muzi Sibiya, will now be…
The rescue of Stilfontein illegal miners is continuing. 2 minutes SAFTU General-Secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi has described the handling of the Stilfontein illegal miners’ matter as a monumental disaster. To date, 87 bodies of illegal miners have been retrieved and over 1 900 illegal miners have been brought to the surface. Vavi says if government acted…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini 2 minutes The advocate representing AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has handed their papers in the Pietermaritzburg High Court to oppose an application for an interdict against him taking another wife. Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela Zulu is asking the court to halt the king’s customary marriage to Nomzamo Myeni, which is scheduled to…
Inanda hacking suspects to appear in KZN court. 1 minute The twelve people arrested in connection with the hacking to death of five men in Bhambayi near Inanda north of Durban are expected to appear in the Ntuzuma Magistrates’ Court today. It’s alleged that the accused dumped the bodies of the deceased at a local…
1 minute A 21-year-old man from Delft on the Cape Flats has been arrested after setting his three Pitbull dogs on police officers conducting a search for illegal firearms. Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie stated that members of the Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) were forced to use rubber bullets to defend themselves against the dogs. During the…
1 minute The High Court in Pretoria will hold a special sitting tomorrow in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial to allow accused number one, Muzi Sibiya, to confirm his new legal representative. This follows the death of Sibiya’s lawyer, Thulani Mngomezulu, who passed away in December after being hospitalized. Sibiya is one of five individuals…
