Agnes Setshwantsho seen at the Molopo Magistrate’s Court. 1 minute The trial of Agnes Setshwantsho, the woman who allegedly killed a number of her family members, in order to claim insurance money, will start in January next year. Setshwantsho faces a charge of murder, two counts of fraud and defeating the end of justice. She…
SACP General-Secretary Solly Mapaila speaking at the organisation’s event. 1 minute The South African Communist Party (SACP) general secretary, Solly Mapaila, says their participation in the 2026 local government elections will not be a self-enrichment programme. Mapaila was making his closing remarks to the SACP’s 5th Special National Congress which has ended in Boskburg east…
Mahikeng Airport terminal in North West (2016). 2 minutes Public logistics infrastructure in the North West is in a critical state, says Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA). According to CESA, functional transportation systems including much-needed upgrades to roads, railways and airports are needed to position the agriculture and mining-dependent province as an import and export…
NWU Medical School project The North West University (NWU) has defended the decision to name its medical school after the late struggle stalwart Archbishop, Desmond Tutu, instead of former Bophuthatswana homeland leader, Lucas Mangope. The construction of North West University’s Desmond Tutu school of medicine has started, at the institution’s Potchefstroom campus. — SABC News…
The shoreline near the Umhlanga Lighthouse. 1 minute The body of a 23-year-old Limpopo student who drowned at Umhlanga at the start of the week has been recovered in Ballito, further north along the KwaZulu-Natal coast. NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon says the missing man’s body was found and recovered from the sea by police and…
Murder accused Zacharia Olivier, Rudolf De Wet and William Musora appear before the Mankweng Magistrates Court in Limpopo on 10 September 2024. 1 minute Murder accused pig farmer, Zacharia Olivier, is expected to apply for bail today in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court outside Polokwane in Limpopo. Olivier will not appear alongside his two co-accused, Rudolf…
A general view of the Nkandla home (behind the huts) of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma in Nkandla August 2, 2012. 1 minute Economic Freedom Fighters ( EFF) leader Julius Malema has instructed his party’s lawyers to attach former President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home over the money he owes the EFF. Malema says that Zuma…
ANCYL President Cde Collen Malatji 2 minutes ANC Youth League president Collen Malatji says the status of the country’s economy is worrying, because the majority of young people are languishing in poverty. He was delivering the June 16 lecture which scores of students attended at the University of Limpopo in Mankweng. Malatji tackled various issues…
A signpost indicating arrival in Reiger Park. A heavy police presence is expected in Reiger Park in Ekurhuleni this morning during the funeral services of four of the six victims of last weekend’s drive-by shooting. Six people were killed and three others were wounded in the shooting, which happened last Saturday. Police say suspects travelling…
South Africa’s Garrick Higgo 1 minute South Africa’s Garrick Higgo is back in the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour. The 25-year-old left-hander from Stellenbosch won the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic, courtesy of a final round of even par 72 and American Joel Dahmen’s late meltdown. Higgo finished on 274, 14-under-par, one-stroke…
