Operation Vala Umgodi in the Northern Cape spearheaded a multi-disciplinary high-density operation in the greater Kimberley area on Thursday, 28/08 leading to a number of arrests on various charges. More than 20 suspects have been arrested in the Northern Cape for contravening immigration laws. The suspects were apprehended at a construction site in Kimberley after…
File: A taxi rank in Springs. There are concerns that the shutdown of taxi operations may spread to areas beyond Ekurhuleni. Earlier, the South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) in Gauteng said only parts of Ekurhuleni would be affected. This follows threats of a shutdown in the province on Thursday after officials from the Transport…
The surgical team that performed South Africa’s first robotic donor nephrectomy at Tygerberg Hospital. Doctors at Tygerberg Hospital in Cape Town have successfully performed South Africa’s first living donor kidney removal using robotic surgery technology. The procedure involved a 45-year-old woman donating a kidney to her 24-year-old daughter. Urologist Dr. Danelo du Plessis, who carried…
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) in Gauteng says taxi operations will only be shut down in parts of Ekurhuleni. This follows threats of a shutdown in the province on Thursday after officials from the Transport Department impounded 17 taxis for offences, including unroadworthy vehicles. Taxi operations in Benoni, Katlehong and Kempton Park were…
FILE | Desmond Tutu IP Trust Chairperson, Dr Mamphela Ramphele. The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) says it is aware of the matter relating to the conduct of one of its news presenters during an interview with the Desmond Tutu IP Trust Chairperson, Dr Mamphela Ramphele. The interview was conducted following a statement issued by…
File: E-hailing drivers protest, raising safety concerns amongst other issues. The KwaZulu-Natal Transport Department will meet with representatives of taxi associations and e-hailing drivers on Friday in a bid to address the violence between the two groups. Fifteen taxi drivers and owners have been taken in for questioning after one e-hailing service driver was assaulted…
File: Peter de Villiers coached the country’s national rugby team from 2008 and 2011. Former Springboks coach Peter de Villiers is a free man. This after the Malmesbury Regional Court in the Swartland acquitted him of sexual assault charges on Thursday. Earlier this month, his lawyer filed an application to have the charges dropped. A…
FILE | Protest against gender-based violence in Cape Town. Nyanga residents and community activists in Cape Town will march to Parliament on Friday to demand justice for 25-year-old Zenande Tshazibane. She was raped and murdered in her Nyanga home in June, just days after seeking legal protection from her partner. Authorities have yet to make…
Farmland. The Economic Freedom Fighters in the Free State has lambasted the police for failing to arrest what the EFF says are known suspects in the murder of a man who was buried on a farm next to Kroonstad on the way to Welkom in the Free State in July. EFF Provincial Secretary, Bosanku Msimanga,…
[FILE IMAGE]: An empty prison cell. The High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, has handed two life sentences to a former farm worker convicted of killing two friends at Echo Caves, Ohrigstad. Christopher Mgiba killed Anneke and Hennie Claasen and burnt down their houses with the bodies inside in June 2023. Mgiba had been expelled from…
