[FILE IMAGE]: Judge Dhaya Pillay. Judge Dhaya Pillay has disputed reports of long waiting periods during the May 2025 provincial and national elections. Pillay is seeking another seven-year stint as an IEC Commissioner having first been appointed to the position since 2018. She is one of eleven candidates being interviewed over the next two days…
RAF board seen at a taxi rank. Chairperson of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), Songezo Zibi, says the inquiry into the affairs of the Road Accident Fund (RAF) will continue despite the dissolution of the board of the entity. The committee has set the ball rolling on setting up an inquiry to investigate…
A player has his foot on a soccer ball. The Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Ricardo Mackenzie, is travelling to Portugal to assess the situation regarding a group of stranded young soccer players from Cape Town. The group left the city earlier this month to take part in a football tournament in…
SIU branded vehicle. President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a proclamation, authorising the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) to investigate contracts awarded to Tokiso Security Services CC in the North West province. The SIU’s probe at the North West Development Corporation (NWDC) has been expanded to include a contract given to Tokiso Security Company to provide security…
The scene of a collision involving a bakkie and a light motor vehicle on the R66 near the Dokodweni Bridge in KwaZulu-Natal. Five family members have been killed and 7 others seriously injured in a collision involving a bakkie and a light motor vehicle on the R66 near the Dokodweni Bridge in Gingindlovu, north of…
[File Image] Residents walk across a flooded road following severe weather with heavy rain from a cold front. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has issued a weather warning for possible disruptive rains accompanied by strong winds along the coast of KwaZulu-Natal. These weather patterns are expected to persist through this week. Forecaster Sihle Dlamini…
[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 Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Five men are on trial for the murder of the then Bafana…
[File Image] Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza delivering the State of the City Address. Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has arrived in Thembisa to address protesting residents. The residents are protesting against electricity tariff hikes. Disgruntled community members went on the rampage, barricading roads with rocks and burning tyres. In April, Eskom increased its electricity tariffs by…
Sign with the word ‘Missing”. Mpumalanga police are looking for a three-year-old child with a speech and hearing impairment who went missing in Masoyi near White River yesterday afternoon. Provincial police spokesperson Jabu Ndubane says the child was last seen playing outside his home. Ndubane says the child’s father and other members of the community…
The Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg hears the bail application for Tiffany Meek, the 31-year-old woman accused of the murder of her son Jayden-Lee Meek. Live stream below:
