A person in handcuffs. 2 minutes Police in the Western Cape have arrested two women, aged 59 and 53, in Strand for allegedly defrauding about 80 victims of nearly R2 million through a bogus travel scheme. Police spokesperson Malcolm Pojie says that the victims had responded to a social media advertisement promoting a trip to…
FILE : A smart electricity meter. 1 minute The Mkhondo Local Municipality in Mpumalanga says it has successfully restored electricity supply to 70% of the area after a recent storm, that caused significant damage to the electrical infrastructure. The storm resulted in explosions at the Gerling, Engelbrecht and Lunenburg substations. However, the municipality’s spokesperson, Howard…
Constitutional Court of South Africa. 1 minute The deadline for the public to make submissions to the Joint Constitutional Review Committee is coming to a close today. The annual review by the committee is aimed at assessing public submissions on potential amendments to the Constitution. So far, the committee has received over 200 submissions. The…
NPA head Shamila Batohi. The head of the NPA Advocate Shamila Batohi says any suggestion that the authority is a failing organisation, is not true. She is appearing before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee, established to look into allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system made by KZN Police Commissioner Lt-General…
A petrol station attendant fills up a car. 1 minute The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) has confirmed a slight reduction in fuel prices for March. Both grades of petrol will drop by 7 cents a litre, while diesel prices are set for a decrease of 17.5 and 23.5 cents a litre, depending…
Crime scene tape 1 minute Another person has succumbed to his injuries following the alleged tavern shoot-out in Pienaar, Mpumalanga. The death toll has risen to eight. Initially six people were shot and killed outside the Levisa Bar also known as kaDludlu earlier this morning. Six others were wounded and rushed to hospital. Two of…
[FILE IMAGE]: uMkhonto weSizwe Party member of Parliament, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla. The Durban High Court has heard that there were more than 160 WhatsApp groups created with the intention to cause public disruption during the 2021 July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. This is according to evidence led by the State’s first witness, the Hawks’ Major-General,…
The UN says five South African soldiers are facing allegations of sexual misconduct in the DRC for the abuse of four adults and a minor between 2014 and 2016. 1 minute The group of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers who were critically injured in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are back in…
Katiso “KT” Molefe appeared in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg, August 20. The accused in the murder of DJ Sumbody, businessman Katiso “KT” Molefe, has been denied bail in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court. Molefe is accused of ordering a hit on the celebrity DJ whose real name is Oupa Sefoka. Molefe was out on…
A graphic calling for human trafficking to be stopped Security Strategist and retired Interpol Ambassador Andy Mashaile says human trafficking syndicates are using people’s desperation for jobs by luring them into all sorts of illegal activities. This comes after suspicious employment opportunities were advertised by social media influencers on TikTok, Instagram and other social media…
