LIVE | Senzo Meyiwa murder trial | 21 July 2025
Former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa’s murder trial under way in the High Court in Pretoria. Live page below:
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Traces of ARVs in water won’t pose health hazards: Mahlobo
Water running out of taps. Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister David Mahlobo has assured the public that the levels of water contamination by antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) in South Africa’s water sources will not affect the standard of drinking water. Mahlobo’s comments follow research that was conducted jointly by the North West University’s Unit for Environmental…
Gauteng Agriculture prioritises vaccination amid foot, mouth outbreak
A worker shows the mouth of a cow. The Gauteng Agriculture Department says it will make the vaccination of animals its priority, as foot and mouth disease continues to spread across the country. At least 32 active cases of foot and mouth disease have been reported in Gauteng. Agriculture MEC Vuyiswa Ramogopa says they’ve received…
Police fire rubber bullets at protesting Tembisa residents
Tembisa residents in the East Rand blockade roads during protest on July 21, 2025. Reports from Tembisa on the East Rand allege that police have fired rubber bullets at protesting residents. Motorists have been warned to brace for severe traffic delays. Residents of Tembisa have shut down entrances and exits to the area in protest…
Two gunned down in Mitchell’s Plain shooting
Police graphic with crime scene tape and ammunition. Police are probing a double murder after a man and a woman were gunned down in Lentegeur in Mitchell’s Plain on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson Joseph Swartbooi says another man was wounded in the shooting and was taken to the hospital. Swartbooi says the suspects fled…
Court to hear closing arguments in Malema firearm discharge case
EFF Leader Julius Malema. The East London Regional Court in the Eastern Cape is expected to hear closing arguments in the firearm discharge case against Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema and his bodyguard, Adrian Snyman. Malema is accused of discharging a firearm during the party’s fifth anniversary celebrations held at Sisa Dukashe Stadium…
Police hunt suspect in Bellville school security scare, offer reward
A man’s testkit and R50000 reward has been issued regarding a school incident Police in Cape Town have released an identikit of a man wanted in connection with allegations of malicious intent. According to police spokesperson Joseph Swaartbooi, the suspect approached an aftercare teacher at an educational institution in Bellville, asking about the whereabouts of…
Tshwane blames contractor for asbestos housing delay
The City of Tshwane says they will investigate money expenditure in an abandoned housing project The City of Tshwane has explained why nearly 1 000 people are still living in temporary asbestos housing units in Mamelodi, Pretoria. The city says that a contractor it had appointed to build permanent structures abandoned the project. The affected…
Bail hearing of Jayden-Lee Meek’s mother to resume in court
Jayden-Lee Meek who was murdered in Fleurhof. The bail hearing of the mother of 11-year-old Jayden-Lee Meek is expected to continue in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in western Johannesburg on Monday. Tiffany Meek is charged with the murder of her son, and defeating the ends of justice. On Friday, she told the court through her…
Over 200 arrested during week-long Operation Shanela in Northern Cape
[FILE IMAGE]: SAPS officers making an arrest. Over 200 suspects have been arrested in the Northern Cape for murder, rape, assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm, illegal possession of firearms and for dealing in drugs. The suspects were apprehended during week-long Operation Shanela across all five districts in the province. Provincial Police…