File: Pethe Simiao appears in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on October 25, 2024. The 25-year-old man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering six-year-old Amantle Samane is set to hear his fate at the Johannesburg High Court on Monday. Phethe Simiao will be sentenced on the kidnapping, rape, murder and contravention of the Immigration…
Minister Solly Malatsi addressing the M2 Summit in Johannesburg, 01 September 2025. Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says press freedom without interference and censorship is essential to ensure a thriving democracy. This was the Minister’s message during his keynote address at the M20 Summit, which kicked off on Monday morning in Melrose Arch,…
File: Suspects alleged to have killed and mutilated Bontle Mashiyane in court, June 2022. The trial of four men accused of kidnapping and killing six-year-old Bontle Mashiyane in Mganduzweni near Masoyi in Mpumalanga has once again been postponed. The four appeared in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in Mbombela. The matter has been…
A view of the scene where police shot and killed two suspects in KwaMashu. Two suspects have been killed during a shootout with police at KwaMashu on Monday morning. It’s alleged that police investigations into recent armed robberies led them to a house in B-section. KwaZulu-Natal Hawks spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo says the suspects opened fire…
Johannesburg’s newly constructed Lilian Ngoyi Street, formerly Bree Street. The City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says Lillian Ngoyi Street, formerly known as Bree, in the Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD), will be reopened next week Friday. The Mayor had previously committed to completing the repair work in August, which had been delayed due to…
Poster bearing slogan, Not in My Name for16 days of activism against GBV. Civil Society Movement NotInMyName International is demanding the dismissal of a teacher at the Prinshof School for the blind in Pretoria, following rape allegations. It is alleged that a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her teacher in 2024. The teenager confided…
An inside view from the M20 summit held in Johannesburg, 01 September 2025. The Forum on Information and Democracy says the only way to effectively reach the G20 Presidency goals is by tackling the crisis of media integrity and sustainability head-on. This was the message at the start of the M20 Summit, which kicked off…
Phethe Simiao 25, who pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering six-year-old Amantle Samane, is set to hear his fate at the Johannesburg High Court today. LIVE STREAM:
Journalist at a story On Monday, as part of the various summits related to G20, global leaders, media, policymakers and civil society will convene in Johannesburg, for the M20 Summit. The M20 is an independent joint programme of Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) and the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF). The Summit will provide a…
ANC member and former Gauteng housing MEC Dikgang Moiloa. African National Congress (ANC) member Dikgang Moiloa has died. The party has confirmed that he died on Saturday. Moiloa, who was affectionately known as ‘Uhuru’ which means freedom in Swahili, served in the Gauteng Legislature in different portfolios. The African National Congress bows its banners in…
