The Polokwane Magistrate’s Court. The bail application of a Limpopo police officer and her co-accused, charged with killing nine people for insurance payouts, will resume at the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court today. Sergeant Rachel Kutumela, her sister Anna Shokane and her daughter, Florah Shokane, have been charged with nine counts of murder and several other charges…
Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt for two armed men who attacked church congregants and robbed them of their belongings in Calcutta. It is alleged that the suspects who were wearing balaclavas, pounced on the church members during a service and robbed them of their wallets, handbags, cell phones, car keys and an undisclosed amount…
David Maynier addresses the education budget in a speech The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has condemned the burglary and vandalism in schools and labelled it as selfish. This follows reports of 57 incidents during the June/July school holiday period, despite subsidised security at high-risk schools. Provincial Education Minister, David Maynier says this is a…
Suspects in the murder of two women at a pig farm in Sebayeng, Limpopo appear in court. The murder trial against three men accused of disposing of the remains of two women inside a pigsty at a farm in Sebayeng is set to start on Monday at the Polokwane High Court. Pig farmer Zachariah Olivier,…
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi. Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the province has decided to reshuffle some heads of departments and remove others from their responsibilities. This following a series of issues related to under-expenditure and under-performance in various departments across the province. Lesufi says the decision also follows audit outcomes, which have revealed that some…
Broken windscreen of a car seen after a vehicle accident. The Road Traffic Inspectorate (RTI) in KwaZulu-Natal says two minors between the ages of three and 13 were among the five people killed in a head-on collision near Bergville on Sunday morning. RTI Spokesperson Sindi Msimang says three other passengers sustained serious injuries and were…
Director of SETA support & learnership at the Department of Higher Education, Nomsa Gumbi says students must get their stipend timeously. The Department of Higher Education says it is monitoring all 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) in the country. The SETAs are aimed at bridging the skills gap in the country. Several beneficiaries…
A hospital ward. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) says through its preliminary investigations, it has uncovered systemic human rights violations at the Northern Cape Mental Health Hospital and the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley. The investigation was prompted by a report from the Health Ombudsman, which revealed alarming systemic failures at both…
Gavel in a court room. Two suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a woman and a child who were reported missing in May, appeared before the Vuwani Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo on Friday. Police spokesperson Malesela Ledwaba says they have discovered the bodies of the mother and her daughter who are believed to…
[FILE IMAGE]: Scholar transport. A scholar transport operator has been suspended by the Department of Transport in the Eastern Cape, after a bullying incident occurred in the bus he used to ferry learners. The incident relates to a video where an 18-year-old learner from David Mama Senior Secondary School in Mdantsane is seen being assaulted…
