The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has welcomed the two life sentences handed down to Raymond Smith, 37, convicted of killing a Pretoria couple. The High Court in Pretoria found Smith guilty of murdering a couple and stabbing their son during a robbery. Smith had targeted them after seeing the listing of the family’s R2.7 million…
Acting Police Minister, Prof Firoz Cachalia at the Roodepoort Police Station in Gauteng on August 10, 2025. Acting Police Minister, Prof Firoz Cachalia, Deputy Police Minister, Dr Polly Boshielo, together with Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister, Andries Nel, will visit Mitchell’s Plain and Mfuleni in Cape Town due to the recent spate of gang-related…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding withdrawal will not collapse the fight against the HIV/AIDS scourge. Speaking at the opening of the 12th South African AIDS Conference in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, on Monday, Mashatile said the South African government is doing everything possible…
Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court will on Tuesday morning hear the case that trade union Solidarity and others have brought challenging the constitutionality of the National Health Act (NHA) and the National Health Insurance Act. In July last year, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria declared certain sections of the NHA unconstitutional. The Health…
Deputy President Paul Mashatile speaking at the 12th South Africa AIDS Conference in Kempton Park, 8 September 2025. Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the South African government is doing everything possible to close the gap created by the USAID funding withdrawal. Mashatile says this has had a severe impact on the fight against the scourge…
Outside the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court in the Western Cape. Western Cape Judge President Nolwazi Mabindla-Boqwana has called on members of the public as well as court officials not to be deterred by the recent shootings around courts in the Cape Metro. Security has come under the spotlight following three recent killings. One person was gunned…
Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma and Thembelani Mbatha making a brief appearance at the Howick Magistrate’s Court for the murder of Xolani Ndlovu Ntombela, 8 September 2025. A traditional leader has denied any involvement in the killing of Umngeni chief whip Nhlalayenza Ndlovu in 2023. This was contained in a sworn affidavit by Inkosi Simphiwe Zuma, which…
W Cape’s newly rehabilitate Main Road 310 reconnecting Citrusdal to the N7. The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure has re-opened Main Road-310, the crucial route linking the West Coast town of Citrusdal to the N7 highway. The road was severely damaged by floods in June 2023 and July 2024, when the Olifants River burst its…
Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi speaking at a SAPS Awards ceremony. KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi will be the first witness to testify before the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry when hearings begin in Pretoria on the 17th of September. The Commission, appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa, confirmed at a briefing on Monday that consultations with Mkhwanazi…
Vusi ‘Cat’ Matlala and three others appear in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court north of Johannesburg, July 11, 2025. The state in the Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala case says actress Tebogo Thobejane has fled the country as she fears for her life. The state is opposing bail for the 49-year-old businessman who appeared at the Alexandra Magistrate’s…
