Mangaung Correctional Centre. 1 minute The family of Mpho Mkhumbeni, who was an inmate at the G4S-run Mangaung Correctional Centre in Bloemfontein, is still demanding answers. He died at the facility last month, after an alleged assault by prison employees. The family was initially told that Mkhumbeni had died from an asthma attack. But an…
1 minute The trial within a trial to determine the admissibility of the accused, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn’s statements in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial resumes in the High Court in Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape. Livestream:
File Image: Counterfeit cigarettes sold on a street corner. 1 minute Police in Cape Town, in the Western Cape, have confiscated counterfeit cigarettes worth over R 700 000 during an operation in Atlantis. Spokesperson, FC van Wyk, says during the raid officers also seized a firearm and ammunition. He says a 39-year-old foreign national has…
Due to the rapid increase of inflows into the #VaalDam, a fifth sluice gate has been opened at 10h00 this morning to manage water levels that have increased overnight as a result of the ongoing rainfall in the Vaal River catchment. 3 minutes The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says they have opened a…
Khayelitsha SAPS Crime Prevention Unit members arrested a 46-year-old woman and confiscated mandrax tablets worth R1 million at Site B, Khayelitsha on 04 April 2025. 1 minute A 46-year-old woman has been arrested after police seized Mandrax worth R1 million in Khayelitsha on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson FC van Wyk says officers were conducting…
City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero 1 minute City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says they will need about R200 billion to fix the deteriorating infrastructure of the City as a whole. This backlog includes among others, potholes, water and electricity. Morero has also revealed that the city is on a campaign to raise another…
The three accused in the murder case of Joslin Smith. 3 minutes Video recordings of statements made by two of the accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking trial took center stage in the Western Cape High Court this week. Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn gave these statements between the 4th and…
[FILE PHOTO] Shack fire. 1 minute Two people have died in a fire that swept through the New Rest Informal Settlement in Wellington early on Sunday morning. The fire has destroyed nearly 200 structures, leaving over 800 people displaced. The Drakenstein Municipality’s fire and rescue service is still on-site battling flare-ups, while the police and…
Handcuffs used to effect an arrest. 1 minute Six people, arrested for alleged manufacturing and dealing in illicit drugs, are expected to appear at the Standerton Court in Mpumalanga on Monday. The Hawks pounced on the suspects at a warehouse and a farm in the area. Chemicals and machinery found at both locations were confiscated….
[File photo] Prince Simakade Zulu 2 minutes A faction of the AmaZulu Royal Family supporting Prince Simakade is optimistic about the upcoming case aimed at unseating the AmaZulu monarch. They are confident that the Supreme Court of Appeal will uphold a judgment by the High Court in Pretoria that set aside President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recognition…
