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The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the High Court in Pretoria. LIVE STREAM: 

[FILE] Alleged criminal kingpin, Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala together with co-accused in court. The legal team for attempted murder accused Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala has accused the state of deliberately frustrating them for not disclosing some of the evidence they have asked for. Matlala and four others appeared in the High Court in Johannesburg for the attempted…

Barrier tape and gun cartridges. Two men have been killed, one wounded, in a shooting incident in Tafelsig, Mitchell’s Plain, on the Cape Flats.  Police say the incident which happened on Wednesday night is suspected to be gang-related.   “Two males aged 18 and 27 were shot and fatally wounded and a 26-year-old male was…

Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts delivers the opening address at the Waste Khoro Conference in Bloemfontein on March 18, 2026. Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts has called for effective solutions to the country’s waste management crisis. Swarts was speaking at a Waste Management Conference in Bloemfontein on…

FILE | A man holds Senzo Meyiwa’s picture during his memorial at the Moses Mabida Stadium in Durban. The cross-examination of Bongani Ntanzi, one of the five accused in the murder of former Bafana Bafana goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa, was again dominated by denials and accusations. On Tuesday, Ntanzi claimed the state has insufficient evidence against…

A hijacked vehicle was recovered in the Pretoria CBD. Five suspects have been arrested following a robbery of a jewellery store in Brooklyn, Tshwane, earlier on Wednesday. The suspects aged between 32 and 38, were arrested after hijacking a vehicle following the robbery and were traced and tracked down by private security and police in…

Madlanga Commission of Inquiry commissioners. The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria has heard how a man linked to the late taxi tycoon Mswazi Msibi handed the member of Gauteng’s organised crime unit, Fannie Nkosi, a document with a list of case numbers. Mthakathi Mswazi’s document was in relation to the shooting of Msibi’s vehicles…

Graphic depicting inflation. There’s good news for consumers as inflation eased from 3.5% in January to 3% in February. That is according to Statistics South Africa’s latest data. It shows that contributions to the 3% annual consumer price inflation rate came from housing and utilities, food and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as insurance and financial…

Crime scene at Botanic Gardens Road in Berea area A man believed to be in his 20s has been killed in a shootout with police in the Berea area in Durban.  Personnel from a private ambulance service say the man sustained a gunshot wound to the head.   A paramedic, Garrith Jamieson, says the man sustained…

The scene of a head-on crash in Bredell, Kempton Park on 18 March 2026. A six-week-old baby has been killed and several adults injured following a crash involving a taxi and a bakkie in Bredell, Kempton Park on Gauteng’s East Rand. The exact cause of the crash is still unknown at this stage. Ekurhuleni EMS…