Major General Petronella van Rooyen testifying at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The South African Police Service’s (SAPS) Governance, Legislation and Policy Head Major General Petronella van Rooyen as urged the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry to focus on the legal implications of political interference in police operations. Her comments followed the embattled Police Minister Senzo…
Water Tower in Midrand. Johannesburg’s water woes have been brought to Mayor Dada Morero’s doorstep. Scores of residents are holding a picket outside the Johannesburg Council chambers in Braamfontein. They are calling for an urgent response from the mayor to the city’s water crisis. They want revenue from the sale of water to be strictly…
Reflecting on his journey, Mudenda shared that his career dream was initially to become the first diplomat from Binga. TALENT Mudenda, a Zimbabwean linguistics academic and indigenous language activist, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 OHCHR Minorities Fellowship. The programme is run by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)…
Heavy traffic flows are expected on the following major routes as holidaymakers will be traveling in and out of Gauteng 2 minutes Gauteng Traffic Police have deployed additional personnel at the Pumlani Toll Plaza in Pretoria in anticipation of increased traffic on the N1 as travelers head to their festive destinations. Officials have been deployed…
Fatal shooting graphic 1 minute Mpumalanga police have launched a manhunt following the murder of Contralesa NEC member and chairperson of the Nzunza-Fene Traditional Council, Kosi Thugwana at Tweefontein near KwaMhlanga. Police say the 45-year-old Thugwana was fatally wounded after assailants shot at him while he was inside his vehicle on Sunday night. Thugwana is…
New Zealand’s Wallace Sititi in action with England’s Ollie Lawrence in the Autumn International match at Allianz Stadium Twickenham in London, Britain on November 2, 2024. The All Blacks says loose forward Wallace Sititi is to undergo surgery on an ankle injury and will miss the three-test series against France in July. Twenty-two-year-old Sititi, who…
[FILE] University of Cape Town’s Professor Don Ross says 77.5% of all gravel roads in the country are currently in a poor or very poor condition. 2 minutes Residents of Maja-Chuene, outside Polokwane in Limpopo, have expressed frustration over the poor condition of the arterial gravel roads connecting their village to the city. Taxi drivers…
School classroom Three learners and the principal of Hoërskool Roodepoort sustained injuries following a fight with learners from West Ridge High school, west of Johannesburg. The learners have been hospitalised while the principal was discharged after being treated for stab wounds sustained on the hand as she tried to defuse tensions between the learners. Gauteng…
A gavel and a cone in a court room. 1 minute A 48-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his 14-year-old stepdaughter to death at ga-Thoka outside Mankweng in Limpopo is this morning expected to appear at the local magistrate’s court. Rebotile Moloto was stabbed to death while walking to school on Friday morning. Emergency personnel found…
Handcuffs and fingerprints. 1 minute Gauteng police have arrested 12 people between the ages of 19 and 62 at Nana’s Farm, in Lenasia – South of Johannesburg in connection with a fire that claimed four lives. According to Gauteng police spokesperson Mavela Masondo the suspects are accused of starting a blaze that killed four men,…
