Gavel and handcuffs. The Molopo Regional Court in North West has convicted and sentenced 24-year-old traditional healer, Bongani Mafolela, to 15 years imprisonment for two separate sexual offences. Mafolela was sentenced to five years for an attempted rape committed in 2024, and sentenced to 10 years for a rape committed in 2022. The sentences will…
The accused in the Joslin Smith case, Kelly Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno van Rhyn seen in the dock during an appearance. 2 minutes The legal representative for Kelly Smith, who is appearing in the Saldanha Bay Circuit High Court in the Western Cape over the disappearance of her daughter Joshlin, says his client will…
AfriForum’s Kallie Kriel speaking at a briefing. 2 minutes AfriForum says it will be visiting the United States (US) soon on a what it describes as a mission to salvage the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). This is according to Chief Executive Officer Kallie Kriel during an interview with South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Political…
A test tube labelled “COVID-19 Test positive” is seen in this illustration picture taken, March 10, 2021. 3 minutes Three of South Africa’s largest private laboratories have denied allegations of excessive pricing for COVID-19 PCR tests. Lancet, Ampath and Pathcare private laboratories appeared before the Competition Tribunal in Pretoria on Wednesday. In 2021, the Competition…
1 minute The trial into the disappearance of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith continues at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. LIVESTREAM:
ANC regains power in highly contested by-election at the Karoo Hoogland Municipality. 1 minute The African National Congress (ANC) in the Northern Cape won a ward off Democratic Alliance (DA) in the highly contested by-elections at Karoo Hoogland Municipality in Namakwa yesterday. The ANC received 803 votes, DA received 230 and Patriotic Alliance attained 247…
President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a media conference at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on April 24, 2025. 1 minute President Cyril Ramaphosa will embark on a visit to the Presidential Youth Flagship programmes in Tshwane on Tuesday morning. Ramaphosa will engage with youth beneficiaries of the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention and Presidential Employment Flagship programmes….
Toyota Gazoo Racing’s Seth Quintero and Dennis Zenz in action 1 minute The lead changed hands again in the Dakar Rally and with just one stage remaining, South Africans Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings, now need a small miracle if they want to win their maiden Dakar title. The Toyota Gazoo Racing duo finished fifth…
Ambulance in the Eastern Cape Five EMS workers employed by the Eastern Cape Health Department have briefly appeared before the East London Commercial Crimes Court. They allegedly fraudulently falsified their matric certificates in order to gain employment as Basic Ambulance Assistants. The incident happened in 2015 after a whistleblower alerted authorities and a case was…
Greater Taung Local Municipality The Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) in the North West, says it has instituted investigations in municipalities such as Greater Taung, Matlosana and Madibeng Local Municipalities. MEC Gaoage Molapisi says the investigations are due to allegations of fraud, maladministration and corruption. Molapisi made these remarks during…
