Constitutional Court of South Africa. 1 minute The Constitutional Court has ruled that the blanket ban on personal laptops in prison cells is unlawful and violates the constitutional right to further education. The judgment follows an inmate Mbalenhle Ntuli’s challenge. He took the head of the Johannesburg Prison and the Correctional Services Minister to court…
FILE | Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Cape Town. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa is to establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to probe if attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to the NPA. He maintains that all affected families…
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. 1 minute Finance Minister, Enoch Godongwana says the Government of National Unity (GNU) will develop a new consultation process, which will be presented sometime in September before the tabling of the Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement. National Treasury has confirmed that it is working on a new budget framework, which will be…
Person blows into a breathalyzer to confirm there is no alcohol in his system 1 minute Johannesburg Metro Police (JMPD) have arrested over 160 motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol. JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the arrests were made between the 21st and 27th of this month. Fihla says the accused are expected…
1 minute A 29-year-old man is expected to appear in the Masoyi Magistrate’s Court outside Hazyview in Mpumalanga today for allegedly violating graves. The suspect was arrested at his home in Swalala after being found in possession of human bones. The man is accused of digging the graves of his father and grandfather at a local…
Thubalethu housing in northern KZN 2 minutes Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelani has expressed dissatisfaction with the choice of land for the Thubalethu informal settlement upgrade project on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. The land which is hilly is in Melmoth. Over 200 out of 500 houses have been built under the project which started in…
Damage to classrooms at the Riverlea High School after a fire. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has urged the provincial Education Department to swiftly repair the Riverlea High School. This comes after a fire destroyed 11 classrooms at the school on Monday. The DA has cited a similar incident at the Lancea Vale Secondary School in Eldorado Park last year. The party is demanding accountability and prompt restoration of the affected facilities. DA Shadow MEC for Education…
1 minute Senior Counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu is before the Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practice Council in Pretoria. Mpofu faces seven charges of alleged misconduct. Live stream below:
1 minute The re-opened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) President, Chief Albert Luthuli under way in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Live stream below:
A forensics team is seen at the scene where the bodies of three missing SAPS constables were discovered at the Hennops River in Centurion in this image captured on 29 April 2025. 2 minutes Police are still searching for the vehicle in which three deceased officers had been travelling. Bodies of SAPS constables, 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu…
