[FILE IMAGE]: A blockaded road in a township. Ekurhuleni Mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza, has promised angry Thembisa residents that he will temporarily suspend the R126 electricity surcharge. This comes after the residents took to the streets and barricaded roads with rocks and burning tyres over the high cost of electricity since last night. In April, Eskom…
File Image: Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso appears in the High Court in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. Judge Irma Schoeman is expected to deliver her judgment in the application by the state for clarification on the acquittal of Televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused, Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho, today. This after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)…
RISE Mzansi Leader and Scopa chairperson, Songezo Zibi, speaking in Parliament. The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) says the dissolution of the Board of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) will not detract from its work conducting an inquiry into the affairs of the entity. Transport Minister Barbra Creecy recently dissolved the Board of RAF,…
File image | The National Prosecuting Authority Head Office in Pretoria. President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended the South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions Adv Andrew Chauke with immediate effect pending an inquiry into Adv Chauke’s fitness to hold office. The President in a statement says that he has informed Adv Chauke of his decision in writing….
Frost on grass. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) is forecasting cold weather with temperatures peaking at 17 degrees in parts of Gauteng for this week. Partly cloudy conditions are expected from Monday afternoon. Residents are urged to use safe devices to keep warm and to never leave a device with a naked flame unattended….
[FILE IMAGE]: Suspect being handcuffed and arrested. A 35-year-old man has appeared before the Botshabelo Magistrates’ Court in the Free State in connection with the murder of his elderly father. Lefu Phosholi was arrested this past Saturday after being sought by police since his disappearance on the 2nd of July. It is alleged that the…
EFF Leader Julius Malema. The case against EFF leader Julius Malema and his bodyguard Adrian Snyman for discharging a firearm in public area has been postponed to the 29th of August for judgment. The state and defense presented their closing arguments on Monday in the East London Regional Court, in the Eastern Cape. The duo…
[File image] Nomusa Dube-Ncube speaking at an event. Police in KwaZulu-Natal say they are investigating a case of arson after a fire at former Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube’s house in Gillits, west of Durban. The fire services say three vehicles were destroyed and sections of the servant’s quarters damaged. “Police in Hillcrest have opened a case…
[File Image] Accused 1, 2 and 3, Muzi Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, and Prince Mncube seating in the dock at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in Pretoria. The State in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has resolved to allow all five accused on trial for the 2014 murder of Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa to wear protective…
FlySafair customers wait in long lines at the airport as some of the flights are cancelled. FlySafair has had to cancel 26 flights which account for 13% of its operations amid the wage dispute with pilots. The pilots have rejected the airline’s 5,7% wage increase offer, sticking to their demand of a 10,5% hike. The…
