[File photo] Joshlin Smith’s mother Kelly, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn attend sentencing procedures on May 27, 2025 The trio, convicted for the disappearance of Joshlin Smith, is expected to launch an application for leave to appeal in the High Court in Cape Town on Tuesday. Joshlin’s mother, Kelly Smith, along with Steveno van…
Premier Thami Ntuli officially launched the Nkandla and Bizimali Digital Centres on Monday The KwaZulu-Natal provincial government has emphasized the importance of closing the gap of educational inequality between rural and urban schools through improving digital literacy programmes. Today, Premier Thami Ntuli officially launched the Nkandla and Bizimali Digital Centres situated in the province’s deepest…
School classroom Education activist Hendrick Makaneta has condemned the use of harsh punishment on a North West learner that allegedly led to her death. Makaneta says this is in violation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill, which sets clear guidelines for lawful and humane disciplinary practices in South African schools. It is alleged…
A person carries buckets of water into the house. Residents of Kabe Village outside Mahikeng in the North West say access to water has become a major crisis. The community had hopes of having access to clean drinking water when six boreholes were drilled in the area in 2019, allegedly by the Ngaka Modiri Molema…
Lusikisiki mass murder suspects. The trial of six men accused of mass murder of 18 people at Ngobozana Village in Lusikisiki last year, has been postponed to tomorrow, by the Mthatha High Court special sitting in the Lusikisiki Magistrate’s Court in the Eastern Cape. Today, the state called three witnesses which included two constables and…
A South African Police Service (SAPS) cap The Gauteng Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Community Safety says it views the recent killing of two police officers in Roodepoort, not only as an attack on the country’s law enforcement officers, but also a direct assault on the rule of law. The committee’s chairperson, Dr Bandile Masuku has…
A doctor holding a stethoscope. People have marched to the Westville Hospital in Durban, protesting against the alleged suspension of a doctor due to racism. Marchers have said there are reports that black doctors allegedly being isolated and discriminated against. The organiser of the march, Sandile Madlala says they decided to take to the streets…
FILE | Anti-GBV march The uMfolozi Municipality at KwaMbonambi on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast has raised concerns over the high number of gender-based violence (GBV)-related murders in its ward 8. This follows the brutal murder of a 16-year-old girl last week. It’s alleged that Khethokuhle Mncube, who was doing matric, was reported missing on the…
FILE Image: A prison guard stands behind bars. A Northern Cape man has been sentenced to 15-years behind bars for killing his nephew. Wesley Witbooi, who was 27 years-old at the time, stabbed his nephew to death following an altercation in October last year. The Calvinia Regional Court found Witbooi guilty of murder and declared…
The murder accused of Chesnay Keppler has been granted bail by the Magistrate’s court in Soweto. The Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto has granted murder accused Mandla Buthelezi, bail of R20 000. This has angered residents of Eldorado Park in Johannesburg who stormed out of court swearing and shouting, “Justice for Chesnay.” Buthelezi, a former…
