Police and forensics officials at the scene of the heist where one suspect was killed. 1 minute Police are searching for 17 suspects following Tuesday’s cash-in-transit robbery on the N2 Highway near the NPC cement factory in Durban. They believe the suspects approached a cash-in-transit vehicle, accosted and then assaulted two security guards. According to…
2 minutes The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed that the bodies of the 14 South African soldiers killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be repatriated today. They were killed in a fierce fight between the M23 rebels and the Congolese army last month. Army Chief General Rudzani Maphwanya says a lack of proper…
Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester addresses the High Court in Pretoria on September 17, 2024. 1 minute The state in the case involving escaped convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester, says it is ready for trial. This is despite them asking for the matter to be moved from February to July. Bester’s co-accused, including his…
File image: Former Minister of State Security Bongani Bongo in Parliament 2 minutes The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says it has a strong case against former State Security Minister Bongani Bongo. Bongo has labelled the charges against him as a political witch hunt. He appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday on charges…
[File Photo]A child running from a dark room 1 minute Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says making it easy for schools and early childhood development centres to access the National Register for Sex Offenders would help to keep children safe. The register includes names of convicted sex offenders and is expected to be made accessible to…
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba. 3 minutes The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Reverend Thabo Makgoba has responded to a finding that the church failed to alert an independent institution about abuse by a parishioner. Their report, released by Dr Mamphela Ramphele and Judge Ian Farlam found that the church erred by not informing the Church on…
1 minute A suspect has been arrested in connection with a triple murder in Delft on the Cape Flats. Police Spokesperson Andre Traut says officers made the arrest after discovering three bodies in Gushindoda in the area yesterday morning. Traut says the victims were gunned down and their bodies were set alight. The suspect will…
[File Image] Mothers of three mine workers, namely, Yvonne Mnisi, Pretty Nkambule and Solomon Nyirenda, whose remains are yet to be retrieved underground at Lily Mine, 7 years later, September 2023. 1 minute Families of three Lily Mine employees trapped underground in Barberton, Mpumalanga, have again accused the government of failing to retrieve their remains,…
1 minute Commuters in Johannesburg will need to find alternative transport again this morning as Rea Vaya bus services remain suspended until further notice. The suspension follows the fatal shooting of two bus drivers in separate incidents in Soweto on Monday evening. One driver was shot in Mapetla, and another was killed in Protea Glen,…
A gavel in a court. 1 minute One of the witnesses testifying at the Highgate Hotel Massacre inquest has told the Special Tribunal in East London that she has forgiven the perpetrators and called on the survivors to do the same. She believes this will enable them to get closure and move on with life….
