Steve Bantu Biko. On the commemoration of the death of former anti-apartheid activist and champion of Black Consciousness, Steve Bantu Biko — who died in police custody on 12 September 1977 — Advocate Muzi Sikhakhane paid tribute to him, lashing out at those he says betrayed the ideals Biko stood for. Delivering the keynote address…
File image | Dr Nandipha Magudumana appears in the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein. Dr Nandipha Magudumana’s attorney Dinana Reid has expressed disappointment that they lost the High Court bid to prevent Netflix from flighting the ‘Beauty and the Bester’ Documentary. Magudumana and her partner, convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester, launched an urgent…
Onlookers at the site of an accident in Pietermaritzburg involving scholar transport. Another crash involving scholar transport has left three learners with minor injuries in the same area where five learners lost their lives in Thursday’s crash at Imbali township in Pietermaritzburg. Five learners aged between 11 and 15 died and nine others were seriously injured…
FILE | Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana appear in the Free State High Court. Thabo Bester and Dr Nandipha Magudumana have lost their bid to block the airing of the Netflix documentary ” Beauty and the Bester”. The couple accused of a brazen escape at the Mangaung prison in the Free State launched an urgent…
The annual Umkhosi Womhlanga ceremony, also known as the Reed Dance is growing from strength to strength according to KwaZulu-Natal Arts and Culture MEC Mntomuhle Khawula. Led by the daughter of King Misuzulu Zwelithini, Princess Tensindiso, thousands of maidens have entered the gates of the eMashobeni Palace at Pongola. The second half of the maidens…
The body of missing pilot Andrew Blackwood-Murray may have washed up on the Durban beachfront on Friday night, according to the police. KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson – Robert Nesthiunda, says an unidentified body in a flight suit was found on the edge of the water at Bay of Plenty beach. Blackwood-Murray’s light plane crashed into the…
SAPS ‘shooting’ graphic Five people have been shot dead in two separate incidents in Cape Town on Friday night. Police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg, says the Steenberg police registered two counts of murder after a 59-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman were fatally shot. In a separate incident, three men were killed and a fourth was…
Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of a female body in Heidedal in Bloemfontein. It’s reported that two children found the decapitated and partially submerged body floating in a flooded old building while playing. Free State police spokesperson Mahlomola Kareli says an inquest has been opened. “Due to the difficult conditions, the Bloemfontein…
[File photo] The AARTO system will be introduced in phases and will culminate with the introduction of the points demerit system which will see motorists losing their driver’s licenses for violating traffic laws. The Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA) has defended its new act that it says is an effort to curb the high number…
Amazulu King Misuzulu KaZwelithini’s spokesperson, Prince Thulani Zulu says it’s all systems go for the first Reed Dance, also known as Umkhosi Womhlangato be held at eMashobeni Royal Palace in oPhongolo. This follows the announcement by the AmaZulu king that the annual reed dance will take place at eMashobeni instead of eNyokeni Royal Palace in Nongoma….
