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…
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…
Taxi sign seen on top of an e-hailing vehicle. Six suspects linked to the brutal killing of 22-year-old e-hailing driver Isaac Satlat have appeared in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court, and the matter has been postponed to the 3rd of March. Only five of the accused were brought before the court after an administrative error prevented…
Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya testifying at the Madlanga Commission. Suspended Deputy National Police Commissioner General Shadrack Sibiya claims that the voice recording produced by Witness C of attempted murder accused, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala is AI generated. During his testimony, Witness C produced a voice recording where Matlala can be heard confirming…
Bullet casings on the ground at a crime scene. Five suspects have been killed during a shootout with the police’s Technical Response Team and National Intervention Unit in separate incidents in the Eastern Cape. The incidents occurred over the weekend. In the first incident, two alleged extortionists were in a vehicle linked to a kidnapped…
