Police are seen outside the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on 16 October 2023. 1 minute The Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to resume at the High Court in Pretoria this morning. The case was postponed to allow Advocate Charles Mnisi to prepare for the defence of accused number one, Muzi Sibiya. Mnisi…
Initiates in the Eastern Cape 1 minute The Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission (CRL) believes a commission of inquiry to look into the escalating deaths of initiates, will find solutions into how the custom can be protected. The newly sworn-in commissioners held a media briefing in Braamfontein, Johannesburg today to outline some of the…
House damaged by dam wall collapse in Jagersfontein, Free State on September 15, 2022. The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) in the Free State says five people have been served with summonses to appear in court in connection with the 2022 Jagersfontein dam wall collapse. The incident claimed the lives of three people and…
1 minute Tourist numbers to South Africa and the rest of the African continent are on the rise. Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille shared the update during a media briefing in Durban, ahead of the 2025 Africa Travel Indaba set for next month. De Lille reveals that South Africa welcomed nearly 9 million tourists in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile chaired the first cabinet meeting under the Government of National Unity (GNU) on July 9, 2024. 1 minute Public Governance expert, Prof Purshottama Reddy, says the Government of National Unity (GNU) cannot be expected to solve all of South Africa’s problems one year after its establishment. He…
Pastor Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused. 1 minute The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed it will appeal the ruling of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court in Gqeberha in the case against Timothy Omotoso and two co-accused. In April, Judge Irma Schoeman ruled that the state had failed to prove beyond…
A mourner wearing a t-shirt bearing Chesnay Keppler’s face at her memorial service. The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested a 35-year-old Constable linked to the murder of the Gauteng Crime Warden, Chesnay Kepler. The officer, who is attached to the Crime Prevention Unit at the Eldorado Park Police Station, is accused of attempted…
Crime scene in Eldorado Park. The four-year-old girl from Eldorado Park in Johannesburg who had been hospitalized after being allegedly beaten repeatedly and sexually assaulted by her father has died. This has been confirmed by Gauteng police this afternoon. Police say the docket has now been changed to murder and that an additional charge of…
Skateboard. 2 minutes Some young girls who are participants at the Kimberley Diamond Cup say the extreme sport of skating needs more girls to participate in it. At least 80 participants from five provinces were competing against each other for the coveted prize money of 100,000 at the Kimberley Diamond Cup skateboarding grand slam competition….
Volkswagen employee works on a production line for the Golf VIII and Tiguan cars. 1 minute Manufacturing production in South Africa has declined by 0,8% on an annual basis in September for a second consecutive month. The data released by Stats SA showed that on a monthly basis, manufacturing production was flat in September compared…
