Shamila Batohi will officially take up her position as the new NDPP on Friday. Presiding Judge Bess Nkabinde has questioned the timeframes under which the National Director of Public Prosecutions can intervene or take a matter on review. Nkabinde posed the question to NPA head Shamila Batohi. Advocate Batohi was appearing before Judge Nkabinde’s Inquiry…
[FILE IMAGE]: The aftermath of the George building collapse. The Portfolio Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure, sitting in Thembalethu in George, Western Cape, has blasted the Department of Social Development for not providing more support to survivors of the Victoria Street building collapse and the victims’ families. The committee was hearing submissions from those…
The G20 Social Summit taking place in Boksburg. Musicians participating at the G20 Social Summit at Birchwood in Boksburg are excited to be a part of the G20 Social Summit as it is important platform for the world to come to the country. They echo that the Social Summit shows the importance of raising issues…
Brown Mogotsi testifying before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria, 18 November 2025. Proceedings in the Madlanga Commission got off to a heated start on Thursday when North West businessman Brown Mogotsi faced cross-examination. This was over his witness statement which the commission criticised as having only claims and without any solid evidence. Mogotsi…
Body of a man found in a wheelie bin in Lotus River in Cape Town. The body of a man has been found in a wheelie bin in Lotus River in Cape Town. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg, says that the body had been discovered on Thursday morning. The circumstances surrounding the incident is under investigation…
Stop rape sign. A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl by the Groblersdal Regional Court in Limpopo. The man raped the teenager at Vezinyao village near Dennilton in July 2016 and May 2017. He was also given a lesser sentence for an indecent assault on a 13-year old….
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address at the closing ceremony of the G20 Social Summit at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Ekurhuleni. President Cyril Ramaphosa is confident that a leader’s declaration will be issued following the G20 Summit in Johannesburg this weekend. World leaders are meeting this weekend in Johannesburg…
The summit which will be attended by heads of states is being held on African soil for the first time. Some residents at Elim outside Louis Trichardt in Limpopo say the G20 Summit in Johannesburg should come with ways to fight unemployment, crime and drug abuse. The summit, which will be attended by heads of…
[File image]: Nafiz Modack in a court room. The case of alleged gang boss, Nafiz Modack, has been postponed until Thursday in the High Court in Cape Town, due to one of the accused, Toufeek Brown, falling ill. Modack, along with 14 co-accused, face over a hundred charges, including the murder of top cop, Charl…
MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela poses with traffic points personnel. The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has launched the Points Person of the Future Programme. It is aimed at improving traffic management and road safety across the province. The department says the programme will introduce traffic points personnel equipped with body cameras and digital reporting tools…
