SASSA office in Bellville 2 minutes The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has warned that payments to around 184 000 social grant beneficiaries in KwaZulu-Natal may be delayed next month. This follows the discovery that many failed to disclose additional sources of income during their initial applications. Nationally, SASSA has identified 210 000 individuals…
RAF CEO, Collins Letsoalo addresses a media briefing. 1 minute The Department of Transport says its decision to place Road Accident Fund (RAF) CEO Collins Letsoalo on special leave with immediate effect, does not constitute disciplinary action or presumption of guilt. This follows allegations of corruption involving a R79-million office lease deal. The Special Investigating…
Life Esidimeni families picketing outside the NPA offices. 1 minute Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Section 27, is joining the families of the Life Esidimeni victims, in calling for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to pursue criminal charges against former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and the former Director of Mental Health in Gauteng Dr. Makgabo Manamela….
Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn 1 minute A probation officer who compiled reports on three convicted human traffickers, Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn has recommended a maximum sentence for the accused. Sentencing procedures in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking case continued today in…
Kelly Smith and two other accused in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case. 1 minute The state in the case of six-year-old Joshlin Smith’s disappearance has called a social worker who sourced victim impact statements from members of the community. The then-six-year-old went missing from her Middlepos home in February last year. Deonnett Boltney took statements…
Forensic medicine room and morgue. 1 minute The family of a Northern Cape man whose body was stolen at a mortuary in Kuruman says they will only find peace when his body is found. In March, two men entered the guardroom at Motheo wa Bophelo mortuary, assaulted security and stole three bodies. Macdaline Batswadi, the…
A view from inside a court of law. 1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in the Western Cape has confirmed that former Stellenbosch University student Theuns du Toit has been acquitted of all criminal charges related to a 2022 incident that sparked national attention. Du Toit was charged with crimen injuria and malicious damage…
FILE: Artist Presley Chweneyagae. 2 minutes The family of legendary actor Presley Chweneyagae has confirmed that he passed away as a result of natural causes. Forty-year-old Chweneyagae passed away at his home in Pretoria yesterday. He was best known for his leading role in the award-winning 2005 film, Tsotsi. Chweneyagae also starred in various films,…
AmaZulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini 1 minute Security is tight at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein which is hearing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s appeal of a High Court decision invalidating his recognition of Misuzulu kaZwelithini as King of the Zulu Nation. Roads leading to the SCA have been cordoned off with barbed wire. Members of…
George Masebe Hospital entrance 1 minute Limpopo Health MEC Dieketseng Mashego says they have established grounds to institute disciplinary action against a male doctor that allegedly attempted to rape a pregnant female patient at George Masebe Hospital outside Mokopane. The incident reportedly happened at the ultrasound scan ward last month. The 22-year-old female patient reported…
