Department of FILE: Correctional Services inmates attend an event. Correctional Services Deputy Minister Lindiwe Ntshalintshali says the challenge of overcrowding in the country’s correctional centres is growing annually. Ntshalintshali says this in Parliament during the debate on the status of overcrowding in prisons. The debate called by African National Congress (ANC) MP Samuel Moela was…
File: Nigeria flags seen raised at the MKO Abiola National stadium in Abuja, Nigeria, June 12, 2020. The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has sought to clarify that the coronation of a Nigerian King in East London does not seek to replicate or compete with the traditional authority that exists in the locality. The union…
File: An electricity bulb switched on. City Power says it is working to restore electricity to several suburbs in and around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg. This follows an explosion of one of the main substations on Thursday. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena says technicians are on site to investigate the cause of the disruption. “Several…
Handcuffs depicting an arrest. [WARNING] THE FOLLOWING STORY CONTAIN GRAPHIC SEXUAL INFORMATION Two suspects have been arrested for possession and distribution of drug facilitated sexual abuse videos and images in Gauteng. The suspects were also found with child sexual abuse material. And they are expected to appear in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on Friday. One…
The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE: Senzo Meyiwa Murder Trial | 27 March 2026
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia releases of the third quarter crime statistics in Pretoria on February 20, 2026. Acting Police Minister Prof Firoz Cachalia says he has been tasked with providing options to President Cyril Ramaphosa on how to address the South African Police Service (SAPS) tender scandal involving National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. Masemola…
ActionSA Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate Xolani Khumalo. The trial of ActionSA’s Ekurhuleni mayoral candidate and media personality, Xolani Khumalo, has been postponed to the 23rd of April 2026 at the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Khumalo and his co-accused face charges of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and pointing a firearm. The…
Suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke Suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke, has accused retired National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), Advocate Shamila Batohi, of systematically purging black prosecutors. He told the Nkabinde Inquiry in Pretoria that six black prosecutors, including himself, faced disciplinary processes under her…
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the disinvitation from France’s G7 Summit is not a snub. Global governance expert, Dr Thelela Ngcetane-Vika, says the withdrawal of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s invitation to the G7 Summit in France demonstrates the United States’ problematic influence on the global governance architecture. France’s decision to disinvite President Ramaphosa to the summit in…
SA author, Terry Bell. The late veteran labour journalist, analyst and organiser, Terry Bell, is being remembered as a principled man who worked to bring unions closer to workers and their struggles. Bell died on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, at Robert Sobukwe Town, in the Eastern Cape, at the age of 83. WATCH | South…
