Former police Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane and daughter Flora Shokane at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo ahead of judgement on their bail application on September 3, 2025. A former police Sergeant and her two accomplices, accused of insurance-related killings, have been denied bail by the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. Rachel…
Beds are seen in a fever clinic that was set up in a sports area as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Beijing, December 20, 2022 The latest mortality data from Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) published on 28 August, shows 486 041 deaths recorded in 2022, which is a sharp decline by 22% compared…
Santon Convention Centre where the J20 Summit of the Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts is being held. The Deputy Chief Justice Dunstan Mlambo says that the South African Judiciary will not blindly adopt Artificial Intelligence. He was speaking ahead of the J20 Summit of the Constitutional Courts and Supreme Courts at the Sandton Convention Centre…
Suspended Deputy National Commissioner for crime detection Shadrack Sibiya and National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola are appearing in the High Court in Pretoria. Sibiya wants the court to declare his suspension unlawful in a bid to be reinstated. Masemola suspended Sibiya in July for the alleged unlawful disbandment of the KwaZulu-Natal team tasked with investigating…
Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya. Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner for Crime Detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya, and National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola are set to face off in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this morning. Sibiya wants the high court to declare his suspension unlawful. Masemola…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi briefs media in Johannesburg on September 3, 2025. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Khampepe Commission of Inquiry into the Usindiso building fire has indicated that the cause of hijacked buildings in the Johannesburg CBD is a result of extreme poverty, which forces residents to live in unsafe conditions. Lesufi addressed…
[File Image] Traffic officers during a roadblock. Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) says the looming roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences system (AARTO) to 69 municipalities across the country is an effort to curb the high number of road fatalities in the country. The system will come into effect on December 1…
Police Minister, Professor Firoz Cachalia. Police Minister Professor Firoz Cachalia and National Police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola have agreed to submit the 121 dockets linked to the political killings task team to the Madlanga Commission. This follows a meeting between the two on Monday. There have been mixed reactions to the National Police Commissioner’s decision…
EFF Deputy Provincial Chairperson Thomas Macingwane leads picket outside the Kroonstad doctor’s practice on September 1, 2025, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members in Free State have gathered outside the Kroonstad Magistrate’s Court in the Free State, where an 80-year-old man is due to appear. The man admitted on camera to murdering someone and burying the…
Serial rapist sentenced The Ermelo Regional Court in Mpumalanga has sentenced a 25-year-old man to five life terms and an additional 18 months’ imprisonment for rape and kidnapping. Sandile Ngozo was found guilty on five counts of rape and three of kidnapping. Ngozo kidnapped and raped his victims in Ermelo and Breyten between 2019 and…
