Hijacked buildings in Johannesburg’s central business district. The City of Johannesburg’s Member of the Mayoral Committee for Housing Mlungisi Mabaso says South Africans are also involved in hijacking abandoned buildings in the CBD. Mabaso and Joburg acting Mayor Kenny Kunene spearheaded a raid on the hijacked buildings earlier this week. The illegal occupants of the…
Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero fixing a pothole, 10 July 2025. Johannesburg residents have expressed outrage after Mayor Dada Morero announced that repairing the city’s potholes could cost approximately R700 million. The staggering figure, announced during the launch of the city’s war on potholes campaign in Hyde Park, has ignited debate over budget priorities and years…
Construction site of Odendaalsrus police station in Free State. The construction of a multi-million-rand police station in Odendaalsrus in the Free State which started in August 2018 has still not been completed. This despite R77 million being budgeted for the project. R43 million had already been spent on the construction by July 2020. The site…
SANDF members during a parade. The Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg is expected to deliver judgment today in the bail application of 12 South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Special Task Force members accused of the murder of Hawks investigator Frans Mathipa. Last week, both the defence and the state presented their closing arguments. The…
Former Reaction Unit 6 leader Johan Marais appears in the High Court in Pretoria on July 10, 2025. Former apartheid-era police officer Johan Marais has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of student activist Caiphus Nyoka. Marais, who led the Reaction Unit 6, was found guilty of Nyoka’s premeditated murder in…
Many shopping malls in Pietermaritzburg were vandalised. The commander of the serious organised crime unit, Brigadier Msizi Nyuswa, says there are 274 cases that were opened during the 2021 July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal. He was testifying in the Durban Regional Court during the trial of alleged unrest instigator, Bonginkosi Khanyile. Nyuswa could not confirm as to…
A woman reads a leaflet promoting HIV/AIDS awareness during World AIDS Day in Athens December 1, 2010. Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says South Africa must start thinking about getting rid of the HIV/AIDS disease. Motsoaledi says that’s his plan and he believes it’s possible. He was speaking during the UNAIDS and the South African…
Students protesting on campus. Deputy vice-chancellor for teaching and learning at North West University, Professor Linda du Plessis says the dysfunction within the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) is negatively affecting the quality of education at the institutions of higher learning. She says while the focus has been on how the lack of funding…
Woman appears in Belville Magistrates’ Court. The Bellville Magistrates’ Court in Cape Town has heard that a 37-year-old woman, accused of kidnapping a nine-day-old baby from Middestad Mall, may have previously targeted a 15-year-old girl. This was revealed by Investigating Officer (IO), Seargeant Dawid Fortuin who was called as a first witness during the bail…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. The South African Policing Union (SAPU) has called for Police Minister Senzo Mchunu to step aside following serious allegations against him by KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. In a recent press conference, Mkhwanazi alleged that criminal syndicates have infiltrated the police and have influence over the minister. KwaZulu-Natal Special Operational Briefing…
