A police officer conducting a search on an individual during multidisciplinary Operation Shanela. Gauteng police have arrested more than 100 suspects linked to gender-based violence during the final week of Women’s Month. Provincial spokesperson Mavela Masondo says the arrests were made during Operation Shanela over the weekend, targeting suspects wanted for rape, sexual assault, and assault…
Phethe Simiao has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape, kidnap and murder of Amantle Samane The man convicted of the rape and murder of six-year-old Amantle Samane has been sentenced to two life terms behind bars in the High Court in Johannesburg. The 25-year-old Mozambican national, Phethe Simiao, confessed to kidnapping, raping and…
Former Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize during the National Health Insurance (NHI) workshop. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it’s confident about the new evidence in its case against Digital Vibes and several other companies and their directors, former Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, and some of his family members. The SIU has been given…
The Howick Magistrate’s Court in KwaZulu-Natal has heard that R70 000 was paid as a hit on the chief whip of the Umngeni Municipality, Nhlalayenza Ndlovu. This is part of the state’s submission in the bail application by murder accused Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma from the Nxamalala Tribal Authority. It’s alleged that he ordered the hit on Ndlovu. Zuma, who is related to Ndlovu, is…
File: Pethe Simiao appears in the Protea Magistrate’s Court on October 25, 2024. The 25-year-old man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping, raping and murdering six-year-old Amantle Samane is set to hear his fate at the Johannesburg High Court on Monday. Phethe Simiao will be sentenced on the kidnapping, rape, murder and contravention of the Immigration…
Minister Solly Malatsi addressing the M2 Summit in Johannesburg, 01 September 2025. Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says press freedom without interference and censorship is essential to ensure a thriving democracy. This was the Minister’s message during his keynote address at the M20 Summit, which kicked off on Monday morning in Melrose Arch,…
File: Suspects alleged to have killed and mutilated Bontle Mashiyane in court, June 2022. The trial of four men accused of kidnapping and killing six-year-old Bontle Mashiyane in Mganduzweni near Masoyi in Mpumalanga has once again been postponed. The four appeared in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court in Mbombela. The matter has been…
A view of the scene where police shot and killed two suspects in KwaMashu. Two suspects have been killed during a shootout with police at KwaMashu on Monday morning. It’s alleged that police investigations into recent armed robberies led them to a house in B-section. KwaZulu-Natal Hawks spokesperson Simphiwe Mhlongo says the suspects opened fire…
Johannesburg’s newly constructed Lilian Ngoyi Street, formerly Bree Street. The City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says Lillian Ngoyi Street, formerly known as Bree, in the Johannesburg Central Business District (CBD), will be reopened next week Friday. The Mayor had previously committed to completing the repair work in August, which had been delayed due to…
Poster bearing slogan, Not in My Name for16 days of activism against GBV. Civil Society Movement NotInMyName International is demanding the dismissal of a teacher at the Prinshof School for the blind in Pretoria, following rape allegations. It is alleged that a 14-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her teacher in 2024. The teenager confided…
