Independent Development Trust (IDT) logo. The Independent Development Trust (IDT) says it is committed to engaging the Northern Cape Education Department and crafting a way forward. This follows growing calls for the abandoned Northern Cape boarding school project that was funded by the IDT to be completed. The R173-million construction project that started seven years…
Pretoria Magistrates’ Court has postponed the case against Police Crime Intelligence Head, Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo to next week Friday. Khumalo and six co-accused face charges stemming from the alleged irregular appointment of Brigadier Dineo Mokwele to a senior position within SAPS Crime Intelligence, allegedly bypassing required vetting procedures. Next week Friday, the court will…
FILE | South African Police Service Crime Intelligence Head Dumisani Khumalo. South African Police Service (SAPS) Crime Intelligence head Lieutenant General Dumisani Khumalo is scheduled to appear before the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday. The court will hear further evidence in a case involving charges of fraud and corruption against Khumalo and six others. The…
Gun and bullets. Four men have been gunned down in a mass shooting this morning at the Overcome Heights informal settlement in Muizenberg in Cape Town. Police say the victims are between the ages of 20 and 37 years old. Their bodies were found on the side of the road. The circumstances surrounding the deaths…
Police tape at a crime scene. A 26-year-old man has died in a hail of bullets during an alleged gang-related shooting incident at Loftus River in Cape Town last night. Police spokesperson Wesley Twigg says the victim was walking when a car pulled up next to him and the occupants started shooting. He says police…
Ekurhuleni mayor, Nkosindiphile Xhakaza speaks to members of the media. The Ekurhuleni Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza says if they abandon their operation to evict people who are illegally occupying some buildings in the city, they would have failed as government. He was commenting following the eviction of Pharoe Park flats residents in Germiston East of Johannesburg…
The five accused in the AKA murder appear before court. The case of five men linked to the murder of rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes and his friend Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane is once again set down for a pre-trial conference in the Durban High Court. The suspects, who are currently in custody, face multiple charges, including conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of…
State witness in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping case, Lourentia Lombaard, takes an oath before testifying. The Presiding Judge in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case, Nathan Erasmus, is expected to make a ruling in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday on a defence leave to appeal the matter. He will further make judgment on whether…
The convicted human traffickers and kidnappers in the Joshlin Smith case return to the Western Cape High Court, where their leave to appeal matter is heard. The matter has been set down for two days. LIVE STREAM:
The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA)’s Investigating Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) has once again dismissed reports claiming that a warrant of arrest has been issued for National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, and others. Directorate spokesperson Henry Mamothame says they continue to receive media queries on the matter, which they maintain are based…
