The DA stood outside the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court, demanding justice for an 8-year-old rape victim & accountability for the growing crisis of statutory rape, September 11, 2025. Democratic Alliance Federal Chairperson Helen Zille is calling for swift prosecution and a severe sentence for the Deputy Principal at Bronkhorspruit Primary School, who allegedly raped an eight-year-old…
A mourner wearing a t-shirt bearing Chesnay Keppler’s face at her memorial service. The accused in the Chesnay Keppler murder case, Mandla Buthelezi, has been rearrested. Buthelezi, who allegedly killed the Gauteng crime warden in December last year, has violated his bail conditions, and it has thus been revoked. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) arrested…
Gun and bullets. Police say a man has been shot and killed in Bonteheuwel on the Cape Flats. Police Spokesperson Wesley Twigg says officers attended to the crime scene earlier today, where they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. Twigg says the victim was declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. He says…
[File Image} : A car and house destroyed by the collapsed dam of Jagersfontein. Victims of the 11 September 2022 mine dam wall collapse in Jagerfontein, Free State, say this day brings back the memory of the trauma and tragic loss of their livelihood, their belongings and loved ones. This day marks three years since…
‘Police to probing allegations of brutality in Westbury’
FILE | Burning tyres during a protest. Gauteng police say all allegations of police brutality in Westbury in Johannesburg, where residents are embarking on a second day of protests, will be investigated. Provincial Police Spokesperson, Mavela Masondo, has urged those who say they have been wrongly treated by the police to open cases against them….
SAPS ‘arrest’ graphic. Three suspects are in custody and an Ethiopian hostage was released in a rescue operation by the Hawks in the Eastern Cape. One person managed to escape the abduction attempt. Hawks spokesperson, Avele Fumba, says the victim was abducted during an ambush on the N2 between Qonce and Peddie. Fumba says the…
In this File photo Kraaifontein residents march from Bloekombos and Wallacedene to Kraaifontein to hand over a list of complaints over their living situation. Chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police, Ian Cameron, has expressed concerns over the upsurge of mass shootings in the Western Cape. Cameron confirmed another shooting victim’s body was found in…
FILE | Hurst Hill reservoir in Johannesburg. Community action network WaterCAN says the effective solution to the current water crisis in some parts of the City of Johannesburg is to address the funding shortfall at Johannesburg Water. The remarks follow recent violent protests by residents of Westbury and Coronationville over water shortages. Residents blocked roads…
Convicted rapist Thabo Bester and his co-accused, Dr Nandipha Magudumana, launch an urgent application in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday to halt a Netflix documentary. This is just a day before the launch of the three-part documentary series, ‘Beauty and the Bester’. LIVE STREAM:
