Illegal miners at an abandoned mineshaft. 2 minutes The National Union of Mineworkers (Num) has accused the government of failing to put an end to illegal mining. The union was reacting to a continuing stand-off between the police and illegal miners underground in an abandoned mine in Stilfontein, in the North West province. Hundreds of…
Nafiz Modack in the dock 2 minutes Alleged underworld figure Nafiz Modack who faces a slew of charges, including the murder of Anti Gang Unit (AGU) detective, Charl Kinnear, has been described as a dangerous and manipulative man. Modack is faced gruelling cross-examination in the Western Cape High Court, where he is on trial with…
Aerial view of a rescue boat The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says crews continue search for the missing pilot. Sixty-one-year-old Andrew Blackwood-Murray went missing on Thursday after his light aircraft plunged into the sea at Suncoast Beach in Durban during an airshow. He had performed his final display when he appeared to have lost…
Former ANC Youth League Secretary General Sindiso Magaqa. 1 minute One of the men charged with the murder of former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) Secretary-General Sindiso Magaqa has confessed to the murder. Sibusiso Ncengwa made his confession before the Pietermaritzburg High Court. Magaqa was shot in July 2017 in uMzimkhulu and succumbed to…
Defence counsel consults with the accused in the Senzo Meyiwa trial. 1 minute The lead investigating officer, Bongani Meyiwa, is set to take the stand again this morning in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial at the High Court in Pretoria. Meyiwa was fatally shot in 2014 while at the Vosloorus home of Kelly Khumalo’s family….
A cyclist cools off during a heatwave. 2 minutes The South African Weather Service (SWAS) has issued a warning for a week-long heatwave. Extremely high temperatures are expected in Gauteng, the northern part of KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The North West and the Free State have also been warned of high temperatures. However, temperatures are…
Seven people have been killed in a mass shooting at a residence in the Kanana Informal Settlement in Gugulethu, on the Cape Flats, in the early hours of this morning. Police spokesperson Andre Traut says South African Police Service (SAPS) members on patrol were alerted to a shooting. Traut says that upon arrival at the…
1 minute Anti-apartheid activist, Reverend Allan Boesak, says the late police veteran, Major-General Andre Lincoln died of a broken heart in a corrupt country that does not reflect what he fought for . A special provincial funeral service for Lincoln is underway at the St. James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town. Lincoln died two weeks…
SARS head Edward Kieswetter (L) and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana 2 minutes The South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Edward Kieswetter says the Western Cape High Court ruling on the Value-Added Tax (VAT) hike brings some certainty on the administration of the VAT Act. SARS has assured consumers that vendors have no legal basis to…
The Modimolle regional court in Limpopo has reserved judgment in an application for a trial within a trial in the case of the theft of $580 000 dollars at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala Farm. The state applied that the evidence of its fourth witness be examined after he told the court that he did…
