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Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues in the Pretoria High Court. Livestream: 

FILE| Entrance of Wits University in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Wits University students in Johannesburg held a protest on Monday night against gender-based harm. The protest follows allegations that a newly elected member of the Student Representative Council (SRC) raped a fellow student. The university says the incident has been reported to its Gender Equity Office, which…

Western Cape Minister of Mobility Isaac Sileku has welcomed the postponement of the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO).  Transport Minister Barbara Creecy has announced that the rollout of the demerit system, which was due to start next month, has been postponed to July next year. Seleku says the postponement provides…

Accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya appears at the High Court in Pretoria on November 10, 2025. Cross examination of Muzi Sibiya, accused number one in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues on Tuesday. Sibiya has been confronted by his late lawyer Thulani Mngomezulu’s claims that Longwe Twala shot himself…

Signage warning motorists on a closed road. The Johannesburg Metro Police Department has announced temporary road closures around Nasrec, south of Johannesburg this Saturday. The closures, which will be from 9am to 1pm, are part of traffic measures leading up to the G20 Leaders’ Summit to be held at the Nasrec Expo Centre later this…

Police officials seen visiting Reiger Park on Monday. Some people in Reiger Park, east of Johannesburg, say they hope that the plans by Acting Police Minister, Firoz Cachalia, to end the ongoing gang violence in the area are not just empty promises. Cachalia and high-ranking police officials held a ministerial stakeholder engagement with community leaders,…

Brothers Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande are accused of orchestrating AKA and Tibz murders. Two brothers – Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande – accused of murdering music rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes and his friend Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane in Durban in 2023, are expected to be brought back to South Africa from Eswatini on Tuesday to stand trial….

Retired Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Police Chief Revo Spies gives evidence at the Madlanga Commission in Pretoria on November 11, 2025. Retired Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Deputy Police Chief Revo Spies says Acting Deputy EMPD Chief Julius Mkhwanazi was at the scene of a Meyerton business when copper was confiscated and stolen…

Image of prison cell The Circuit High Court sitting at George in the Western Cape has sentenced a man to life in prison for hacking his wife to death with a panga in 2022.   34-year-old Rodney Witbooi was also sentenced to 15 years for attempted rape, 15 years for attempted murder, seven years for…

Outside the KwaZulu-Natal High Court. Some alleged instigators who were members of the social media groups which incited public violence during the 2021 July civil unrest had international links to countries like Cuba. This was the testimony of the state’s first witness, Hawks Major-General Gopaul Govender, who is the National Co-ordinator for Unrest Investigations. Govender…