FILE Image: A prison guard stands behind bars. 1 minute A Cape Town man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his former girlfriend and attempting to murder their daughter. National Prosecuting Authority(NPA) regional spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila, says that Wayne Lawrence has been convicted of killing his former girlfriend, Angela Marinus, over seven years…
File Image: Waseem Carrim appointed as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). 1 minute Acting NSFAS CEO Waseem Carrim says they have allocated R48 billion to institutions of higher learning for the funding of students for the 2025 academic year. The scheme was updating Parliament on NSFAS funding…
1 minute The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is hearing a legal bid to invalidate and halt the analogue switch off set for the end of the month. LIVE STREAM:
A gun with empty cartridges. 1 minute Gauteng police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old female learner in Katlehong, south of Johannesburg. Police say two armed men tried to rob the pupil outside her home. Police spokesperson, Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, says the motive remains unknown. “According to information at hand, two armed men were…
State witness in Joshlin Smith’s case, Lorentia Lombaard, seen testifying at the case. 1 minute The cross-examination of the state’s section 204 witness in the kidnapping and human trafficking trial of Joshlin Smith is expected to continue today. Lourentia Lombaard told the court that Kelly Smith had confided in her that she had sold Joshlin…
1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial continues in the High Court sitting at Saldanha on the Cape West Coast today. The child’s mother Kelly Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn are facing charges of kidnapping and human trafficking. This after the seven-year-old went missing a year ago. LIVE:
3 minutes A decline in young registered voters has prompted the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to host a dialogue at Nelson Mandela University in the Eastern Cape. The theme of the dialogue was “Strengthening democracy through youth participation”. It covers several topics, including the introduction of electronic voting to keep up with the…
City Power employees working on powerlines. 1 minute City Power in Johannesburg says it has launched a comprehensive disciplinary and legal process to eradicate fraud and corruption within the organisation. This comes after a forensic investigation uncovered serious financial irregularities. City Power CEO Tshifularo Mashava says the investigation revealed that some employees had approved payments for…
Sassa signage board seen outside the head office. 2 minutes The eleventh suspect in the SASSA multimillion-rand fraud case is still at large. Ten people appeared in the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court in the south of Johannesburg for allegedly defrauding SASSA of over R250 million. Seven of the arrested are SASSA employees and three are members…
[File photo] An e-tolls gantry on the highway in Gauteng. 2 minutes Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the Gauteng government will absorb the e-toll debt and they will continue to service it. Reacting to the Gauteng budget delivered by the Province’s MEC for Economic Development, Panyaza has assured Gauteng residents that e-tolling is a thing…
