The Oudtshoorn Regional Court in the Western Cape has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to 20 years’ imprisonment for the murder of her seven-year-old son. National Prosecuting Authority Spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says Drezene Jonkerman admitted in a plea agreement that she strangled her son after claiming she saw his father’s face on him while bathing him. Ntabazalila says she then…
Outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Police lead investigator Brigadier Bongani Gininda is expected back on the witness stand when the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial resumes at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria this morning. Yesterday, Gininda testified that video footage of Longwe Twala, a day after Senzo Meyiwa was murdered, does not…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues today in the High Court in Pretoria.
A Gift of the Givers team gives aid to residents of the Thabo Mbeki Informal Settlement in Mthatha that have been severely affected by the recent floods in this image captured on 13 June 2025. Gift of the Givers teams will launch full-scale humanitarian operations at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast today after…
Murder accused Mduduzi Mnisi appears before the Roodepoort Magistrate Court on 11 June 2025. Thirty-nine-year-old Mduduzi Mnisi has denied ever meeting or knowing Likhona Fose, the 14-year-old he has been accused of murdering. Fose’s mutilated body was found near her home in Durban Deep, west of Johannesburg, early this month, a day after she was reported…
Vet about to vaccinate cows The Red Meat Producers Organization (RPO) says the foot and mouth outbreak is more of an economic crisis than an animal health crisis. It says that while the state-led vaccination programme has kicked off, much more needs to be done to provide market access to affected farmers through foot and…
[FILE IMAGE]: Wine bottles. A 31-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly manufacturing and illegally distributing counterfeit alcohol at his home in Klaarwater, Marianhill, west of Durban. The suspect was arrested after police received intelligence-driven information about his illegal dealings. Police say they confiscated counterfeit vodka to the street value of R250 000 which was…
[FILE IMAGE]: Workers at the Leeuwkuil Waste Water Works. Rand Water says its planned water infrastructure maintenance project is progressing well. The project, which began last month, involved connecting a new pipeline at the Zuikerbosch Water Treatment Plant and cleaning Sasolburg Reservoir 1. The next phase of the project will start on June 30 and…
Missing Kamogelo Baukudi. The EFF in the Free State has called on Bloemfontein residents to continue supporting Kamogelo Baukudi‘s family as investigations into his alleged abduction continue. The party’s provincial secretary, Bosanku Msimanga says they are concerned about the safety of the 19-year-old who has been missing for 19 days. The grade 11 learner from…
Prison cell. The Durban High Court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of ANC member, Siduduzo Magwaza, who was gunned down in January 2021 at Cornubia in Durban. Magwaza had just been nominated to become the chairperson of the organisation in Ward 102 in the 2021 elections at that time. The…
