Court hearing A 35-year-old man accused of murdering his 79-year-old father at Botshabelo in the Free State has opted to represent himself in court. This is despite caution from the magistrate that he has the option of taking legal aid. Lefu Posholi was arrested last week after being in hiding for more than two weeks….
EFF Secretary General, Dlamini Marshall opens a case of corruption against Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson at the Pretoria Central Police Station on January 22, 2025. 3 minutes The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have opened a corruption case against Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson. Macpherson is accused of interfering in the…
The Anti-Gang Unit members deployed in the Bishop Lavis policing precinct recovered an explosive device which was found abandoned as well as an assault rifle at an informal settlement close to Valhalla Park. 2 minutes Western Cape Premier Alan Winde says crime statistics in the province show a reduction of 8.7 percent in murder. Police…
Investigating officer Captain Wesley Lombard testifies before the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay on 27 March 2025. 2 minutes The investigating officer in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking case is expected to continue to testify this morning in the Western Cape High Court sitting at Saldanha Bay. Captain Wesley Lombard has been testifying for the state in the case in…
The Rooiwal Water Treatment Plant that supplies Hammanskraal areas. 2 minutes The City of Tshwane has reminded residents of Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, who have started to receive water to pay their bills. The city is supplying water to parts of Hammanskraal as well as Mandela village, Steve Biko, Marokolong and Babelegi. Residents have been…
A hitman and three officials of the Alfred Duma Local Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the municipality’s civil engineer. Oscar Hlatshwayo was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Ladysmith in 2019. Hlatshwayo was at the time of his murder an Executive Director in the Engineering and Infrastructure…
Construction cranes 2 minutes Political opportunism and economic misrepresentation are some of the factors fueling the prevalence of the construction mafia. This emerged during the sector’s webinar summit, organised by the law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. Construction engineering experts have called for policy certainty and a greater focus on rooting out the construction mafia, which…
FILE | Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Cape Town. 2 minutes President Cyril Ramaphosa is to establish a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to probe if attempts were made to prevent the investigation or prosecution of apartheid-era crimes referred by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to the NPA. He maintains that all affected families…
Australia rugby union coach Eddie Jones poses with a ball, flanked by Wallabies players Andrew Kellaway and Reece Hodge at a news conference. Australia are banking on heavyweight reinforcements Rob Valetini and Will Skelton to help them avoid losing the series to the British & Irish Lions next weekend after they were outclassed in the…
Court gavel. 3 minutes The Mankweng Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo has postponed the case of a former teacher accused of raping a 13-year-old learner to next Tuesday for a decision on his bail application. The accused resigned from his position as a teacher after his arrest last month. He faces counts of rape and child…
