Sign with the word ‘Missing”. A family from Rietvlei in Greytown in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) midlands, whose son has been missing for over two months, is seeking answers. 27-year-old Vukani Zondi is alleged to have disappeared on April 15 when he did not return from an outing with friends. Vukani’s mother, Khumbuzile Zondi last saw…
Third G20 working group on Education, in Durban. Higher Education and Training Deputy Minister, Buti Manamela, says classrooms are more than just places of learning; they are also battlegrounds for equality, safety and dignity. He was speaking at the opening of a seminar on the promotion of gender equality though education in Durban. The seminar,…
[FILE IMAGE]: KwaZulu-Natal Police have cautioned residents to refrain from sleeping with braziers and open fires in confined spaces. Police in Plessislaer in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands are investigating an inquest following the deaths of six relatives in KwaMyandu. It is alleged that the men aged between 17 and 50 died in their sleep after inhaling…
Water Treatment Plant in Tshwane. The City of Tshwane says the Temba Water Treatment Plant will remain closed until the water quality stabilises. The city was forced to shut down the plant last week due to a sewer discharge flowing into the Apies River, which feeds into the Leeukraal Dam, the primary water source for…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile leads the Clean Cities and Towns integrated service delivery programme in the Matjhabeng Local Municipality in Welkom, in the Free State. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the National Dialogue will continue to take place to build a better country. This after the ANC’s biggest Government of National Unity (GNU) partner, the…
The DA will refer the shocking state of the Krakeel Sportsfield to Parliament. The DA in the Eastern Cape has raised questions over the alleged expenditure of R8 million on a sports field in Krakeel in the Kou-Kamma Municipality. The party has requested a breakdown of the expenditure from the Minister of Sports, Arts and…
George Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape. The case against two men accused of the murder of alleged Cape Town underworld crime boss and businessman, Mark Lifman has been postponed to the 25th of August at the George Regional Court in the Western Cape. Lifman was gunned down in the parking lot of the Garden…
FILE | Cradock Four Garden of Remembrance in the Eastern Cape. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) Legal Services’ representative, Advocate Masilo Brian Lekoloana says he is not in a position to delay proceedings in the inquest into the deaths of the Cradock Four in the High Court in Gqeberha. This, after a brief…
[FILE IMAGE]: A person stands behind bars. The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced former Human Resources Manager at the New Hope School to six years imprisonment for fraud. Christopher Fischer defrauded the school for learners with special needs of R6-million. He had faced 11 counts of fraud committed between July 2018 and April…
FILE | Baby wrapped in a blanket A 37-year-old woman has been arrested for the alleged kidnapping of a nine-day-old baby in Bellville, Cape Town. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says the baby’s mother reported the incident after the child went missing at a local shopping complex at the weekend. He says officers later found…
