Police search inmates during a raid at the Odi Correctional Services Centre in Mabopane, north of Pretoria, on 22 June 2025. National Correctional Services Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale says they are stepping up efforts to improve leadership and tighten controls to keep contrabands out of prison facilities. He was speaking to the media during a raid…
[File Image] Accused 1, 2 and 3, Muzi Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, and Prince Mncube seating in the dock at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in Pretoria. Defence lawyer Charles Mnisi is expected to continue with the cross-examination of the state witness, Sergeant Moses Mabasa, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on Monday. The trial will…
Sauspoort Dam The Musical Dikabo Tse Ntle Music and Art Promotions presents a four-day Saulspoort Dam The Musical at the Northern Cape Theatre. It captures the lives and tragedies of the hopeful passengers on the bus to the workers’ day rally celebrations on 1 May 2003. The musical focuses on a bus tragedy that left…
Erstwhile King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana. The ongoing battle for the VhaVenda kingship is expected to resume on Monday in the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo. Princess Masindi Mphephu is challenging her uncle and erstwhile king, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana for the throne. The legal Marathon, that began in 2012, saw former president’s decision to declare Mphephu…
[FILE IMAGE]: Youth protest over lack of employment options. An organisation called Baithaopi Free Skills Development in Moshawane near Mahikeng has volunteered to transfer skills to interested residents in the province, particularly the youth. With the province currently leading with the unemployment rate in the country, the organisation says the aim of this free skill…
Rhinos seen at a range. Ten black rhinos made up of five males and five females have been successfully translocated from South Africa to Zinave National Park in southern Mozambique. This is to help secure the first founder population of the critically endangered species, where they become locally extinct five decades ago. The initiative involved…
[FILE IMAGE]: Protest against Gender-based Violence. Attendees of the National Day of Prayer in Soweto have expressed outrage at the state of violent crime in the country especially against women and children. Representatives of various church denominations, civil and political formations including government ministers graced the occasion. The event was a call for people to…
[FILE IMAGE]: Joslin Smith’s mother, Kelly, her boyfriend, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn appear in the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldhana Bay on March 4, 2025. The defense lawyers for convicted human kidnappers and traffickers in the Joshlin Smith case have filed notices for leave to appeal in the High Court in…
Advocate Charles Mnisi who represents accused number 3 and 1 in the Senzo Meyiwa case. The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is set to resume in the Pretoria High Court on Monday. Defence lawyer, Charles Mnisi is expected to continue with cross-examination of the state witness, Sergeant Moses Mabasa. The police officer was called back to…
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille doing a pre-inspection at the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretive Centre at the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State on June 21, 2025. The National Department of Tourism has handed the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre over to SANParks. Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille has described the Kgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation…
