Empty benches in court. A 40-year-old man from Botshabelo in Free the State is set to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrates’ Court later today for fraud, extortion, and defeating the course of justice. The suspect is alleged to have made telephone calls to business owners in Botshabelo, Thaba-Nchu, and Bloemfontein alerting them about planned robberies…
Court gavel A drug trafficker who was nabbed by police on the N1 in Beaufort West in the Central Karoo has been handed a 20-year sentence in the local regional court. The man was found with almost R3 million worth of drugs after being stopped at a vehicle checkpoint outside the town in 2018. A…
The KwaZulu-Natal E-hailing Council has blamed the lack of regulation of the e-hailing industry for the recent attacks on the drivers. On Wednesday, two e-hailing drivers were assaulted, and one of the vehicles was shot at in KwaDabeka near Pinetown, allegedly by taxi drivers. Two weeks ago, an e-hailing driver who had just started his…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria.
Residents of Jagersfontein making their way through mine sludge after the local mine dam walls collapse. The Jagersfontein Lerumo Justice Forum has expressed concern over what it calls delayed justice, almost three years after the 2022 Jagersfontein Mine dam wall collapse. The forum has also lamented the discrepancy in the number of people reportedly killed…
FILE | EWN Political Editor Tshidi Madia. The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) says the passing of revered political journalist Tshidi Madia is not only a loss for the journalism fraternity but also a loss for South Africa. Madia passed away on Wednesday in hospital following a short illness. She was regarded as one…
Outside the homestead where the massacre of 18 people occurred in Lusikisiki. The trial of six men who allegedly killed 18 people in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape continued today and during the cross-examination of one of the witnesses, he accused the first suspect, Mzukisi Ndamase, of being a drug dealer. Taking place at the…
Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube. Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, has urged the new members of the National Education and Training Council (NETC) to approach their responsibility with courage and humility. The members have been appointed after the department received a total of 119 nominations, following a public nomination process. Gwarube says the council…
A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge’s desk in this illustration picture. Two convicted murderers, including a former police officer, have been served life imprisonment each by the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo. Cousins Moses Mokwana and Maxwell Mokwana were found guilty of killing a woman who was a member of LGBTQ-plus,…
Late veteran EWN political journalist and editor Tshidi Madia. Colleagues of the late political journalist at Primedia broadcasting, Tshidi Madia, say they have lost a powerhouse following her death. Madia died in hospital on Wednesday after a short illness. She was 42. Madia recently worked as a political editor at Eyewitnesses News and contributed on…
