Suspects arrested in connection with the defrauding of the Mpumalanga Education Department make their first appearance at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on February 23, 2026. The suspects arrested for defrauding the Mpumalanga Education Department of millions of rand are expected to continue their bail application in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The 28 accused…
[File Image] Wildfire at Du Toitskloof Pass in the Cape Winelands. The City of Cape Town says it suspects arson in a blaze in the Table Mountain National Park near Devil’s Peak off Phillip Kgosana Drive on Monday. Helicopters had to be dispatched to water bomb three areas in which fires were burning on the…
Cartridge casing lays on the ground. Two alleged cash-in-transit (CIT) robbers have been shot and killed in a shootout with police in Edendale in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. It is alleged that the suspects are part of a group of robbers wanted in connection with the CIT heist, which happened on Monday afternoon in Verulam, north of…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Some residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg have reacted positively to Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s State of the Province Address at Nasrec. He unveiled a multi-million-rand infrastructure upgrade plan to address the water crisis in the province. It includes constructing new reservoirs, expanding storage capacity and accelerating repairs on pipelines and…
Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber briefing the media on Home Affairs corruption probe, 23 February 2026. Home Affairs Minister Leon Schreiber says they are looking into processes to revoke over 2,000 fraudulent visas. This follows a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation focused on recurring schemes involving document fraud, visa and work permits, manipulation and facilitation…
Bullet casings seen at a crime scene. The second accused involved in the mass shooting that claimed the lives of nine people at the Marikana informal settlement in Philippi in January appeared in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court on Monday. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, says the accused faces nine charges of murder, two…
A dumping site. Gauteng MEC for Environment, Ewan Botha, says he expects Premier Panyaza Lesufi to highlight plans to tackle illegal dumping in the province, which contributes significantly to pollution. Botha was speaking on the red carpet ahead of Monday’s State of the Province Address at Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg. Lesufi will use the…
Bellarmine “Chatunga” Mugabe and co-accused Tobias Mutonje. The case against Bellarmine Mugabe, the son of the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, and his co‑accused, Tobias Mugabe Matonhodze, has been postponed to March 3 for a formal bail application. The two appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on Monday morning. They are facing…
Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Police have confirmed that a charge will be added to the existing allegations against the son of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the co-accused. Twenty-eight-year-old Bellarmine “Chatunga” Mugabe and another man were arrested last week after a 23-year-old man was shot at Mugabe’s son’s house in Hyde Park in…
Ekapa Mine in Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Rescue teams are still working to reach five miners trapped at Kimberley’s Ekapa Minerals mine almost a week after a mud rush incident. The men have been stuck underground since last Tuesday. Heavy rain in the city is likely to influence operations. National Union of Metalworkers of…
