2 minutes The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) says that South Africa has experienced a marked increase in cyber security breaches in recent times. Research by the council has revealed that cyber security incidents are now at the same scale as corruption in the country. Head Of Information and Cyber Security at CSIR, Dr Jabu…
President Cyril Ramaphosa receives his Botswana counterpart at his official residence in Pretoria on April 28, 2025. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the members of the Eminent Persons to guide and champion the National Dialogue as a way of tackling the challenges the country is facing at the moment. INFOGRAPHIC INFORGRAPHIC BY Walter Moropa
President Cyril Ramaphosa. The ANC says any possible motion of no confidence by the Democratic Alliance (DA) against President Cyril Ramaphosa will be deemed as the DA’s walk-out from the government of national unity. The DA has withdrawn from the National Dialogue scheduled for August, citing unhappiness at the axing of its Deputy Minister, Andrew…
File image: South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicles in Stilfontein, North West. 1 minute North West police have opened an inquest docket following the discovery of a body at Margaret Shaft in Stilfontein. This is one of the shafts that illegal miners used to emerge from underground between November and December last year, at the…
High Court in Johannesburg. Murdered six-year-old Amantle Samane’s mother Ntombizodwa, has testified in the High Court in Johannesburg about the pain and trauma she suffered following the rape and murder of her daughter. Amantle would have turned seven years-old on Tuesday. Her mother has taken the stand in the pre-sentencing procedures under way in court….
Convicted criminal Thabo Bester appears in court. 1 minute The Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Leonah Ntshalintshali, says the department has implemented all remedial actions required by the Public Protector regarding the Thabo Bester escape. In May 2022, Bester escaped from a private prison in Bloemfontein by faking his death in a cell fire. In…
Five accused drug lords appearing in the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. 1 minute Five accused drug lords have briefly appeared in the Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court in Limpopo. The accused, Frederick Botha, Simphiwe Khumalo and three Mexican nationals, Ruben Vidal Rodriguez, Gutierrez Lopez Alejandro and Gonzalez Jorge Partida were arrested in connection with the drug bust…
Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi and Deputy Chief Justice Dunston Mlambo attend the launch of the Court Interpreters’ Robing Programme at Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Centre in Pretoria on October 28, 2025. Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says court interpreters will soon be required to register as professional language practitioners as this…
Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality building. 3 minutes The hung council of the Modimolle-Mookgophong Local Municipality is divided over the suspension of the municipal manager. Some parties in the Limpopo council voted to place the municipal manager, Ntoampie Thobela, on suspension on allegations of corruption and mal-administration. The council believes Thobela acted against its mandate, when he…
Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan reacts. 1 minute Afghanistan spin spearhead Rashid Khan will return to test cricket in a two-match series in Zimbabwe beginning later this month, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said on Monday. Rashid played the last of his five tests against Zimbabwe in March 2021 before taking a break from the format following…
