JMPD officer checking a motorist driving license. 1 minute Johannesburg municipal council Speaker Nobuhle Mthembu says more needs to be done to protect the lives of law enforcement officers. This follows the murder of a Joburg Metro Police (JMPD) Officer Matome Mokoena, who was shot and killed on Wednesday, whilst responding to a robbery in…
A suspect is arrested and handcuffed. 1 minute Two suspects, including a 49-year-old woman, have been arrested in Lavender Hill on the Cape Flats on charges of the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says members attached to the Anti-Gang Unit followed up on information about the location of a…
[File photo] Coffin during a burial. 1 minute Two- year-old girl Kamogelo Nthakong who died in a shack fire last year in Nellmapius East in Pretoria, has been laid to rest. According to reports, her mother had returned from fetching water to find their home engulfed in flames. However, the family underwent DNA testing in…
A view from inside a court of law. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa has filed papers in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, seeking leave to appeal the full court judgment of the said court, which found that his decision to sign the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act is reviewable and subsequently gave him 10…
Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald 1 minute Correctional Services Minister Dr. Pieter Groenewald says the decision to grant Chris Hani’s killer Janusz Walus parole was out of his hands. He was responding to MPs on the Correctional Services Portfolio Committee, who referred to Walus’ release, as a miscarriage of justice. Groenewald appeared before the committee this…
A protester holds a placard during a march against corruption. 1 minute The legal fraternity has expressed shock and dismay about the extent of the alleged systemic corruption at the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Mthatha. It is alleged that court officials solicit bribes, some as high as R15 000 from attorneys…
FILE: Nigerian televangelist pastor, Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho in the High Court in Gqeberha. 1 minute National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) Shamila Batohi says the acquittal judgment of Nigerian televangelist pastor, Timothy Omotoso, is a major setback to the justice system of South Africa. The National Prosecuting Authority…
Basic education minister with learner who shadows her to commemorate International Day of the Boy Child. 2 minutes Various governmental departments hold events to celebrate International Day of the Boy Child. The Gauteng Legislature is hosting the inaugural Boy-Child Sector Parliament in Alberton, whilst the Department of Basic Education hosts an event to discuss issues…
Teenage boys seen at an initiation school 2 minutes The department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs in Limpopo says it has approved 530 permits for winter initiation schools for both males and females. The initiation season in the province will commence on the 23rd of June until the 21st of July. The department says…
Police divers (WPDS) and Police K9 Search and Rescue. 1 minute A search is underway for a 22-year-old man who went missing yesterday after being swept out to sea by rip currents while swimming in the surf at Shelly Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spokesperson, Craig Lambinon, says it’s…
