Newly appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa Phathiswa Magopeni is pictured speaking during a Public Protector conference on 19 November 2024. 1 minute Prominent journalist and media freedom advocate, Phathiswa Magopeni, has been appointed Executive Director of the Press Council of South Africa. Magopeni takes over from Latiefa Mobara who resigned…
The Lillian Ngoyi Street repair project in the Johannesburg CBD on February 3, 2025. 1 minute Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero says the first phase of the Lillian Ngoyi Street rehabilitation will be completed in August this year and the rest of the project in 2026. Morero was briefing members of the media on the progress…
2 minutes Lawyers representing listeriosis claimants and food producer, Tiger Brands, have announced that they’ve reached an agreement that will see some claimants in the ongoing class action receive advance payments. The payments will be made to the first number of persons seeking interim assistance to address urgent medical needs while the class action continues….
FILE | A piece of land 1 minute Public Protector Advocate Kholeka Gcaleka has ordered Free State Premier MaQueen Letsoha-Mathae and Mangaung Metro Mayor Gregory Nthlatsi to issue a public apology to land beneficiaries in Thaba Nchu. This follows errors in the registration of some properties in the area and the undue delay by the…
VIP protection vehicle blue lights. 2 minutes The case against eight former members of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP Protection unit is expected to continue in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg today. The officers were arrested after allegedly being caught on video assaulting civilians on the side of the N1 highway in Johannesburg in…
National Police Commissioner Gen. Fannie Masemola 1 minute Police have made almost 4 000 arrests for rape and attempted rape since October last year. This is according to National Police Commissioner Fannie Masemola. 3 983 arrests were made for the crimes from October last year to the 31st of last month. Masemola says police remain…
Court gavel and book 1 minute A 51-year-old church pastor has briefly appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrate’s Court, on the Cape Flats, on charges relating to rape and assault. The police’s Family Violence Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit responded to claims that the pastor allegedly assaulted and raped victims at his Khayelitsha church between…
Police are seen outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 16 October 2023. 1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume at the High Court in Pretoria this morning. The case was postponed to allow Advocate Charles Mnisi to prepare for the defence of accused number one, Muzi Sibiya. Mnisi…
SA musician Wouter Kellerman poses with his Grammy Award. 1 minute South Africans have taken centre stage at this year’s 67th Grammy Awards. South African flautist, composer, producer and now three-time Grammy winning artist, Wouter Kellerman, has been honoured with a Grammy Award in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category for his…
Members of a CPF engage with police 1 minute Community Policing Forums (CPFs) from some of Durban’s most dangerous areas are seeking urgent help in their fight against crime. Representatives of some of the CPFs and KwaZulu-Natal government officials met yesterday. They discussed challenges that CPFs are facing and ways of strengthening their working relationship…
