A medical staff member holds a bottle of anti-typhoid vaccine. Authorities are investigating a spike in reported cases of Typhoid Fever in several neighbourhoods around Pretoria. Typhoid is an infectious bacterial fever with an eruption of red spots on the chest and abdomen, which is often accompanied by severe intestinal irritation. According to Mayor Dr….
A picture showing a court gavel and handcuffs. The trial of eight gang members accused of robbing the Malamulele police station of firearms is expected to resume in the High Court in Polokwane, Limpopo, on Thursday morning. The accused allegedly stole several firearms from the police station and targeted other businesses in November four years…
Ammunition seized during arrests in the Western Cape. Western Cape police have arrested 26 suspects for gang-related crimes. Most of the suspects were arrested in and around Manenburg, Elsies River, Kensington, Wynberg, Lentegeur, and Delft this week. The majority of the suspects are known gang members and were arrested for crimes including possession of unlicenced…
FILE | Accused number one in Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya. The cross-examination of accused number one in the former Bafana Bafana Captain Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Muzi Sibiya, is expected to continue on Thursday morning. Sibiya claims he was living in KwaZulu-Natal in 2014, the year Meyiwa was murdered. He is appearing at…
Randburg Magistrate’s Court. The Randburg Magistrate’s Court, north of Johannesburg, is expected to deliver judgment on Thursday in the matter of the eight former members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP Protection Unit. They brought an application to have charges against them dropped. The officers are all currently out on R10 000 bail each. In…
Accused in pig farm murder The double murder trial against Limpopo pig farmer has been postponed to January next year in the High Court in Polokwane. One of the defense lawyers Advocate Jacobus Venter has concluded cross-examining state witness, Rudolph de Wet. Zacharia Olivier and William Musora are being tried for the murders of two…
Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. The fourth accused in the insurance related killings in Limpopo has made his first appearance in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. Accused Johannes Shokane had his case postponed to November 18 for bail application. He’s the brother to former police sergeant Rachel Kutumela and Anna Shokane. Another accused is Rachel Kutumela’s daughter, Flora…
A tap dripping Water supply in some suburbs in the South of Johannesburg has been affected after the Eikenhof pumping station was hit by an electricity outage. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says power has been restored to some parts of the suburbs. He says work is under way to restore power to…
Businessman Brown Mokgotsi at SABC studios Police have confirmed that controversial businessman Brown Mogotsi has given them a formal statement following the attempted hit on his life. This after his whereabouts have been unknown following the incident on Monday. [WATCH] SAPS Spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe has confirmed the attempt on Brown Mogotsi’s life, saying…
Court gavel. A suspect linked to the drive-by mass shooting over the weekend in Reiger Park, East of Johannesburg, is expected to appear in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The 23-year-old was apprehended on Monday following an investigation by the Anti-Gang Unit. Six people were killed, including three women, and three others were left…
