Bullet holes on a taxi’s windscreen. 2 minutes The National Taxi Alliance says rival taxi organisations, the Witwatersrand African Taxi Association (WATA) and the Nancefield Dube West Taxi Association (NANDUWE), will have no choice but to agree and abide by the ceasefire agreement reached to end the violence plaguing the industry. The truce was facilitated by the Gauteng…
1 minute The first accused in the Joshlin Smith trial has taken to the witness stand in the Western Cape High Court. LIVE STREAM:
Researcher seen through a window, prepares DNA in a laboratory at the Bioaster Technology Research Institute in Lyon, October 31, 2014. 1 minute A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Kimberley has raised concerns over the ongoing DNA testing backlog, saying it poses serious challenges for victims of crime, particularly those affected by gender-based violence. The South…
The three accused in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping trial seen appearing before court. 1 minute The kidnapping and human trafficking case of Joshlin Smith continues today with the sitting of the Cape High Court at Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. The trial within a trial centres around the admissibility of confession statements of…
2 minutes Former board members have described the situation at the North West Parks and Tourism Board as dire. They recently appeared before the Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism in the North West Provincial Legislature. The former board members painted a bleak picture of what they left at the entity during…
Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya. 2 minutes The outgoing national head of the Hawks, Lieutenant General Godfrey Lebeya, has praised the unit’s work in dismantling various criminal syndicates during his seven-year tenure. As part of his final national tour, he bid farewell to Hawks members in Polokwane, Limpopo. Lebeya highlighted the Hawks’ success in securing convictions…
Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo. 3 minutes Former Chief Justice Raymond Zondo believes that a hung parliament, where no single party holds a majority, is beneficial in preventing the protecting of corrupt leaders. He says an effective fight against corruption involves the right laws, structures and processes, and enhanced whistle blowing protection. He was speaking…
Entrance of Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town on October 29, 2020. 3 minutes The case against a 35-year-old woman linked to the fatal shooting at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court has been postponed to April 23, 2025, for a bail application. She made a brief appearance, following the shooting of a 50-year-old man, who was…
SA police ‘arrest’ banner 1 minute Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of 29-year-old Naylan Smith, who was fatally shot during a hijacking outside his Eersterust home in Pretoria East. The incident occurred on Friday morning when three masked men ambushed Smith in his driveway and fled with his car. He…
1 minute The Ramosadi community near Mahikeng in the North West is reeling in shock, following the death of an eight-year-old girl, in what is suspected to be food poisoning. The eight-year-old and her 10-year-old sibling allegedly complained of stomach cramps at school last Friday. The provincial health department says preliminary reports show that organophosphate,…
