Nico Buys will be imprisoned for 18 years for sexually assaulting 4 boys aged between 8 and 12. The Upington Regional Court has sentenced 37-year-old Nico Buys to 18 years in prison for multiple sexual offences committed against four young boys, aged between 8 and 10, in 2021 and 2022. Buys was initially charged with…
Former Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla. The Action Citizens Forum has called for more arrests in the BOSASA multi-million-rand corruption case. This follows the arrest of former Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Thabang Makwetla. He appeared earlier this week before the Palm Ridge Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Ekurhuleni. He faces charges related to the contravention…
File image | Taxis at taxi rank. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Taxi Task Team has impounded 66 unroadworthy minibus-taxis this week in Tsakane, Germiston and Boksburg. The operation was conducted in collaboration with Gauteng Traffic Police and SAPS officers. During the joint operation, officers discovered that the vehicles were operating without proper permits…
Pretoria Pride hosts its 14th event today. The 14th Gauteng LGBTQI Pride event will take place in Pretoria today. The annual Pride march will start from the Supersport Park Cricket Stadium in Centurion, Pretoria. This year’s event, themed “Uniting the Rainbow,” will bring together hundreds of LGBTQ Plus communities in a vibrant celebration and a…
A minibus taxi and two trucks on the R81, at Ga-Sekgopo collision has claimed the lives of 13 people. The 12 people who lost their lives in a horrific collision involving two heavy-duty trucks and a minibus taxi will this Saturday morning be laid to rest in a mass funeral at Tiyani village outside Giyani…
Immanuela David and siblings Floriana and Ndilinasho Joseph accused in the Phala Phala farm theft The general manager at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm has told the Modimolle Regional Court in Limpopo that he was not aware there was money in the house. He is the state’s sixth witness at the trial into the theft of 580 000 US dollars at the…
Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month is marked this October, health experts have raised concerns that there are too few mammography units, especially in rural areas and public health centers. Experts say breast cancer is increasingly affecting younger, pre-menopausal women in South Africa. Unlike high-income countries, where only five to seven percent…
Graphic depicting a shooting scene Eastern Cape police in Mqanduli have opened a case of murder against an eight-year-old boy who allegedly shot and killed his seven-year-old cousin using his father’s firearm. The incident took place at Nothintwa locality, Ngcwanguba, on Thursday. A case of negligence or failure to safeguard a firearm has also been…
The Mahikeng Local Municipality in North West is hosting its inaugural Disaster Management Summit. This is in efforts to effectively prevent, prepare and respond to both natural and man-made disasters in the face of various environmental, economic and social challenges. Disasters in the area have now become increasingly common, with communities displaced due to flooding…
Chief Simphiwe Zuma is expected to learn of the outcome of his bail application in the Howick Magistrates court today. Chief Simphiwe Zuma, charged with the murder of Democratic Alliance chief whip, Nhlalayenza Ndlovu, has been denied bail by the Howick Magistrates’ Court. Ndlovu, who was a councillor in the DA-led uMngeni Local Municipality, was…
