A gavel in a court room. 1 minute The Boksburg Magistrate’s Court, east of Johannesburg, has ruled that it will only grant the media permission to record audio and not film the court proceedings of a case against a man accused of raping and impregnating an 11-year-old. Media organizations, including the SABC, had applied to…
Prison cells 2 minutes A man in Limpopo has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and assaulting his daughters, aged nine and eleven, and letting other men rape them. The Polokwane High Court heard that the children were staying with the father on a farm in Letsitele outside Tzaneen after their parents divorced in 2022….
Foot of a newborn baby. 1 minute WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The community of Dysellsdorp near Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo, Western Cape, is in shock after the body of what’s believed to be a newborn baby was allegedly set alight in a veld. Police say the child’s body was found burnt in a black bag…
The Rooiwal Water Treatment Plant in Pretoria. 1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says government will not allow Blackhead Consulting, the company previously contracted to upgrade the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works, to get away scot-free. The company linked to businessman and corruption accused, Edwin Sodi, failed to complete the refurbishment project. The City…
JMPD officer checking a motorist driving license. 1 minute Johannesburg municipal council Speaker Nobuhle Mthembu says more needs to be done to protect the lives of law enforcement officers. This follows the murder of a Joburg Metro Police (JMPD) Officer Matome Mokoena, who was shot and killed on Wednesday, whilst responding to a robbery in…
A suspect is arrested and handcuffed. 1 minute Two suspects, including a 49-year-old woman, have been arrested in Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats on charges of the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says members attached to the Anti-Gang Unit followed up on information about the location of a…
[File photo] Coffin during a burial. 1 minute Two- year-old girl Kamogelo Nthakong who died in a shack fire last year in Nellmapius East in Pretoria, has been laid to rest. According to reports, her mother had returned from fetching water to find their home engulfed in flames. However, the family underwent DNA testing in…
A view from inside a court of law. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed papers in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, seeking leave to appeal the full court judgment of the said court, which found that his decision to sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act is reviewable and subsequently gave him 10…
Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald 1 minute Correctional Services Minister Dr. Pieter Groenewald says the decision to grant Chris Hani’s killer Janusz Walus parole was out of his hands. He was responding to MPs on the Correctional Services Portfolio Committee, who referred to Walus’ release, as a miscarriage of justice. Groenewald appeared before the committee this…
A protester holds a placard during a march against corruption. 1 minute The legal fraternity has expressed shock and dismay about the extent of the alleged systemic corruption at the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Mthatha. It is alleged that court officials solicit bribes, some as high as R15 000 from attorneys…
