1 minute A 37-year-old businessman from Inanda north of Durban is expected to appear in a local magistrate’s court tomorrow in connection with the kidnapping and murder of his 21-year-old employee. The incident happened on Christmas Day. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson Robert Netshiunda says the victim was last seen in Umhlanga leaving a restaurant with the…
[File Image] AmaZulu King, MisuZulu kaZwelithini 2 minutes Cultural expert Dr Gugu Mazibuko from the University of Johannesburg has stated that Zulu customs do not accommodate divorce. She made these remarks in response to AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini’s recent court filing seeking to divorce one of his wives. However, Mazibuko also points out that divorce…
Phalala River gorge in Lapalala 1 minute Two boys have drowned in Phalala River at Ga-Seleka outside Lephalale, Limpopo. A group of boys were swimming when the other two drowned. A local councillor Mohau Mjakula says the community members managed to retrieve one body before the police divers arrived at the scene. The second drowning victim…
[FILE IMAGE]: Police crime scene tape. 1 minute Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for three armed men after a female officer was robbed of her service pistol in a village outside Lebowakgomo. She was also locked inside the boot of her car but her colleagues rescued her the following day. The colleagues had gone…
Cape Minstrel band on Tweede Nuwe Jaar 2 minutes Tweede Nuwe Jaar or the Cape Town Parade also known as the Kaapse Klopse Karnival is in full swing, drawing around 100 000 spectators. Eighteen troupes from various communities across Cape Town are performing in this 300-year-old tradition that dates back to the time of the…
2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi has heeded the call of the Keppler family, saying that he will intensify the fight against Gender-Based Violence. Lesufi was speaking at 22-year-old crime prevention warden Chesnay Keppler‘s funeral service at the Don Mateman Hall in Eldorado Park, south of Johannesburg, on Saturday. Keppler was brutally murdered by her…
Motorist travelling on the R21. 2 minutes The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) says that traffic volumes are manageable so far. This as holidaymakers are expected to travel back to major towns and cities, following the festive season break. The RTMC says that while volumes have not yet peaked, there have been fatal crashes during…
The National Head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya. 1 minute Hawks Head Godfrey Lebeya has reaffirmed the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigations’ commitment to combating the scourge of money laundering and terror financing in alignment with the Financial Action Task Force standards. This after the arrest of a 35-year-old…
2 minutes A 35-year-old suspect has been arrested for contravention of the Protection of Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Act (POCDATARA) and is expected to appear in the Lichtenburg Magistrates on Monday. The suspect was arrested by the Crimes Against the State (CATS) team at his home in Johannesburg yesterday afternoon, after a…
Farm workers are seen at a farm 3 minutes After months of uncertainty five emerging farmers from Melkkraal at Odendaalsrus in the Free State can breathe a sigh of relief. Threats to evict them from the farm they were living on reached the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development, Mzwanele Nyhontsho after their story…
