South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). The Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Vryburg in North West has sentenced Ethiopian national, Etebo Lapso Wangore, to a R60 000 fine or eight months’ imprisonment for two counts of corruption linked to fraudulent activities targeting the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa). He also received a suspended 12-month…
NSFAS Logo. Workers at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) braved the cold weather in Cape Town to embark on their first picket in Cape Town this morning as they gear up for a possible full-scale strike. Protesting outside their offices, workers say they suffer under incompetent management. The government entity has been plagued…
Mduduzi Mnisi accused of killing 14-year-old Likhona Fose appears before the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on 09 July 2025. Mduduzi Mnisi, the man accused of killing 14-year-old Likhona Fose, is due back in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. He is charged with the premeditated murder of Fose, whose remains were discovered in an…
A herd of elephants. The South African National Defense Force (SANDF) is investigating the death of one of its members who is suspected to have been trampled by elephants at Madimbo in Limpopo. SANDF Spokesperson, Prince Tshabalala, says Private Xavier Raynard was found dead near the gate of the Madimbo base on Sunday. Tshabalala says…
A placard displayed at a march in solidarity with rape victims at the East London City Hall, Eastern Cape on April 2, 2025. A family in Alexandra in the North of Johannesburg is living in fear after the father, who allegedly raped his 16-year-old daughter, is harassing them to drop the charges against him. The…
Pylons carry electricity from a sub-station of state power utility Eskom outside Cape Town in this picture taken March 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings The National Council of Provinces has approved the Eskom Debt Relief Amendment Bill. This is in concurrence with the National Assembly which has passed the proposed changes recently. The amendment is part…
The Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Kimberley is pictured on 24 September 2018. The Health Ombud has released a damning report on the state of the Northern Cape Mental Hospital and the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital following the death of two psychiatric patients; and the immobile state of another patient who remains bedridden. Health Minister…
FILE | Ditebogo Phalane Jnr. One of the three men accused of the murder of five-year-old Ditebogo Phalane has been denied bail by the Pretoria North Magistrates’ Court. Elia Maeka and two others are accused of fatally shooting Phalane junior whilst they hijacked his father’s bakkie at their home in Soshanguve, north of Pretoria in…
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson speaking in Parliament. Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson says the report by PwC in the controversial R800 million Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Oxygen plant tender, awarded by the Independent Development Trust (IDT), represents a monumental failure in governance and adherence to the IDTs policies…
A 64-year-old man from Mamelodi, Pretoria has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the repeated rape of his daughter. He raped the now 19-year-old teenager when she was just nine years old. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana says they welcome the sentence by the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court. “When the victim turned 16, she…
