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The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial continues at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. Live proceedings below:   

United Nations Security Council. Russia, China and Pakistan will introduce a draft resolution urging an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in the conflict between Israel, Iran and now the United States. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzya made the announcement during a UN Security Council emergency session. [WATCH] US officials have described the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities…

Provincial Commissioner Lt Gen Mthombeni led yet another successful multidisciplinary high-density Operation Shanela earlier tonight on the Golden Highway, Orange Farm where at a roadblock, a hijacked vehicle was recovered, two unlicensed firearms recovered with three suspects aged between 30 and 40 arrested. Gauteng police have arrested over 1000 suspects and recovered more than 20…

SANDF soldiers arrested for the murder a Hawks officer. Two SANDF soldiers have been arrested for the murder of a HAWKS officer who was gunned down while on duty near Hammanskraal, Pretoria, in 2023. The suspects were tracked and apprehended at O.R. Tambo International Airport and in Centurion on Sunday. Hawks spokesperson Christopher Singo says…

Police search inmates during a raid at the Odi Correctional Services Centre in Mabopane, north of Pretoria, on 22 June 2025. National Correctional Services Commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale says they are stepping up efforts to improve leadership and tighten controls to keep contrabands out of prison facilities. He was speaking to the media during a raid…

[File Image] Accused 1, 2 and 3, Muzi Sibiya, Bongani Ntanzi, and Prince Mncube seating in the dock at the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial in Pretoria. Defence lawyer Charles Mnisi is expected to continue with the cross-examination of the state witness, Sergeant Moses Mabasa, in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on Monday. The trial will…

Sauspoort Dam The Musical Dikabo Tse Ntle Music and Art Promotions presents a four-day Saulspoort Dam The Musical at the Northern Cape Theatre. It captures the lives and tragedies of the hopeful passengers on the bus to the workers’ day rally celebrations on 1 May 2003. The musical focuses on a bus tragedy that left…

Erstwhile King Toni Mphephu Ramabulana. The ongoing battle for the VhaVenda kingship is expected to resume on Monday in the Polokwane High Court in Limpopo. Princess Masindi Mphephu is challenging her uncle and erstwhile king, Toni Mphephu Ramabulana for the throne. The legal Marathon, that began in 2012, saw former president’s decision to declare Mphephu…

[FILE IMAGE]: Youth protest over lack of employment options. An organisation called Baithaopi Free Skills Development in Moshawane near Mahikeng has volunteered to transfer skills to interested residents in the province, particularly the youth. With the province currently leading with the unemployment rate in the country, the organisation says the aim of this free skill…

Rhinos seen at a range. Ten black rhinos made up of five males and five females have been successfully translocated from South Africa to Zinave National Park in southern Mozambique. This is to help secure the first founder population of the critically endangered species, where they become locally extinct five decades ago. The initiative involved…