File: A person drinking water from a tap. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) will next month investigate the water crisis in Gauteng. It has invited all municipalities and water boards in the province to appear before it. The SAHRC says it has received many complaints about the persistent and widespread water shortages affecting communities across the province. SA Water Crisis | Water disruptions persist across Gauteng: It will…
Rachel Kutumela and her co-accused in court for a bail application hearing after being accused of insurance fraud and murder of nine people. Eight accused in an insurance-related murder will this morning apply for bail in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The matter was postponed on Tuesday to allow the accused to get legal…
EFF Leader Julius Malema and his wife Mantwa Matlala. The Gauteng High Court has ruled in favour of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema in the matter against social media commentator, Musa Khawula. The court has found that Khawula wrote defamatory, untrue and unlawful accusations about Malema and his wife, Mantoa Matlala, regarding their…
A crime scene where a shooting happened. The family of the slain accountant of the Emfuleni Local Municipality in Gauteng had expressed relief that the SAPS Political Killings Task Team has taken over the case for investigation. Martha Rantsofu was shot execution style while at a tyre shop in Vanderbijlpark last month. Reports suggest that…
Deputy Judge President A P Ledwaba being interviewed by the JSC for the position of Judge President of the Gauteng Division of the High Court. Gauteng Deputy Judge President Aubrey Ledwaba says there was no wrongdoing on his part in the alleged cartel member Katiso “KT” Molefe bail matter. Ledwaba, who is being interviewed for…
Advocate George Baloyi cross examines the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa trial at the High Court in Pretoria. Accused number two in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial, Bongani Ntanzi, has accused police of failing to follow proper evidence procedures when confiscating his cellphones. Ntanzi told the High Court in Pretoria that the devices, taken during…
Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure Dean MacPherson briefs the media on the eThekwini Municipality’s Expanded Public Works Programme in Durban on 14 April 2026. Government has suspended funding to the eThekwini Municipality’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in KwaZulu-Natal. The announcement was made in Durban by the Minister for Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean MacPherson, during…
A placard advocating for an end to sexual violence. The South African Council of Churches (SACC) has condemned church-related abuse and has called for full accountability in the Dobsonville rape incident. A church elder is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in Soweto on Good Friday. The 56-year-old suspect, who is a member of a men’s…
A JMPD van is pictured during a roadblock at the Grasmere Toll Plaza in Johannesburg. An off-duty Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer has been shot dead at Orange Farm in the Vaal. Thirty-year-old Lindani Maleka was killed shortly after arriving at a residence in Sizanani Street, Extension 6A. Police believe the incident may have been a targeted killing. Preliminary reports indicate…
A person walks outside the Christ Apostolic Church during a Sunday service held for those killed and kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on November 18, in the town of Eruku, Kwara state, Nigeria, November 23, 2025. Nigerian police have arrested a 33-member gang over a November attack in which 38 people were abducted from…
