File Image: Court gavel and a cone. 1 minute A Northern Cape woman has started serving her prison sentence for defrauding two municipalities of over R900 000 in 2021. The Kimberley Specialized Commercial Crimes Court found Simangele Sangweni guilty of fraud, forgery and money laundering and sentenced them to 10 years in jail. Sangweni submitted…
Due to the rapid increase of inflows into the #VaalDam, a fifth sluice gate has been opened at 10h00 this morning to manage water levels that have increased overnight as a result of the ongoing rainfall in the Vaal River catchment. 1 minute The Vaal River Corridor Tourism Association has warned that floods in the…
Stolen copper cables 1 minute The Gauteng government has called law enforcement officers to work with Johannesburg’s city power to fight cable theft. The power utility says it spends about R1 billion annually on replacing its vandalised infrastructure. It says it’s concerned about the way law enforcement officers are handling the escalating incidents of cable…
[File image] Minister Velenkosini Hlabisa speaking at a government event. 2 minutes Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa says a full report regarding the continued use of poisonous organophosphates by some spaza shop operators and farmers will soon be sent to parliament to declare the substance illegal. It is alleged that many…
GBVF protest 1 minute Anti GBVF Movement Women for Change is urging government to declare Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) a national disaster. The organisation staged a demonstration at the Union Buildings in Pretoria where it handed over a petition with more than 150 000 signatures. This comes amid a surge in GBVF cases, sparking…
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu speaks at an event. 2 minutes Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, says the South African Police Service (SAPS) has secured a partnership with the private sector to begin digitizing case dockets, as well as to upgrade five police stations. The identified police stations are in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and the Western Cape….
Trucks seen at the a road block. 1 minute The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has urged religious leaders to preach road safety messages to congregants during the Easter holidays. This is due to the high volume of people who will be travelling to various holiday destinations and others going on pilgrimages during the long weekend….
The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continues – 11 April 2025. 2 minutes Accused number one, Jacquen Appollis in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case in the High Court at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast, has demonstrated in court how he claims police assaulted him with batons before he gave a statement in March last…
Empty courtroom 1 minute The Acornhoek Magistrate’s Court in Mpumalanga has postponed the murder case against 40-year-old Portia Moeng accused of being involved in the murder of her 83-year-old mother, Mandenane Maonye. Moeng allegedly conspired with her 26-year-old niece, and a 25-year-old pastor, Thapelo Khoza to kill Maonye for life insurance proceeds. Maonye’s lifeless body…
Joshlin Smith’s mother during court proceedings 1 minute Judge Nathan Erasmus has used humour to bring court proceedings back into focus during cross examination in the Joshlin Smith trial within a trial hearing. Justice Erasmus has on more than one occasion asked Advocate Nobahle Mkabayi to place her questions in context. Captain Philip Seekoei, who…
