File image: Silver handcuffs. The Eastern Cape Education Department has distanced itself from the arrest of a teacher accused of human trafficking, sexual exploitation and running illegal brothel in East London. The female educator was arrested by the Hawks yesterday. She allegedly recruited young women in Qumbu, Mthatha and Ngqeleni to East London, where they…
[FILE IMAGE]: DA members protesting. The DA has opened a criminal case against former Gauteng Health Chief Financial Officer Lerato Madyo. The party says Madyo failed to institute an investigation into possible looting and corruption at Tembisa Hospital. Slain whistleblower Babita Doekaran first raised the alarm over suspicious payments to the tune of R850 million…
Court gavel. The 66-year-old pastor, who allegedly raped a three-year-old girl at Botlokwa in Limpopo, has been denied bail by the Morebeng Magistrate Court in Botlokwa outside Polokwane in Limpopo. Justice Mongalo, who works as a driver at a crèche owned by his wife, delivered the child home late on the day of the rape….
Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at High Court in Pretoria. LIVE |
Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya. Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya, says there was no interaction or communication between himself and accused number two, Bongani Ntanzi, on the day the soccer captain was killed. Sibiya is back on the witness stand at the High…
FILE PHOTO: Condoms form the red ribbon, which represents the international symbol for AIDS Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has announced that the US government has approved a PEPFAR bridge plan for South Africa, to the value of 115-million US dollars. US Government approves PEPFAR BRIDGE PLAN for South Africa 4.1.1. Cabinet welcomed the…
Gauteng MEC Panyaza Lesufi Lesufi speaking at a government engagement. Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, has released the performance agreements for all Members of the Executive Council (MECs) for the province to the public. His office says this move is part of the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU)’s commitment to building a capable, ethical and developmental…
SAPS bakkie at the scene of a plane crash in Nottingham Road, in the KZN Midlands. Both pilots in the two aircraft that disappeared on Wednesday have been killed. Both aircraft have been located. One of them was found in the west of Howick in KwaZulu-Natal. The search team involved the SAPS and emergency services…
A City Power employee working on site. Johannesburg City Power says it has implemented measures aimed at protecting its employees. This is after armed men robbed two of its security officers of their belongings at the Alexandra substation last week Friday. The power utility says five armed suspects broke into the substation. The incident comes…
FILE | A crash scene The Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) says it hopes the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act will help to change driver behaviour. The act will take effect on December the first. It seeks to improve road safety, hold offenders accountable and introduce a points demerit system…
