[FILE] IEC voting station Polls opened in two by-elections taking place on Tuesday across parts of the Western Cape. In the Cederberg area, voting stations have been set up in Ward 12; at Graafwater at the Graafwater Special School; at in Elands Bay at the community hall on Main Road and at the Sandberg…
EFF leader Julius Malema during the party’s Second People’s Assembly in 2019. 2 minutes Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has reacted to the news of the party’s former Chairperson, Advocate Dali Mpofu’s departure from the organisation. In a post on social media platform X, Malema says the party will remain standing and it…
Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute The family of a JMPD officer who was fatally shot in her car outside her home in Alexandra north of Johannesburg on Friday say they are devastated. Judith Makwela was rushed to the Edenvale Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Off-duty JMPD officer shot dead at…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. 1 minute Minister in the Presidency, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the nation this week on government’s response to the rising incidents of suspected food poisoning in the country. Learners are the most affected, with some of them dying and others being admitted to hospital. The crisis…
Minister of the Department of Education Siviwe Gwarube briefing the media on the leak of matric results, January 13, 2025. 2 minutes Law enforcement agencies have started to investigate the alleged 2024 matric results leak. They include the Hawks and the State Security Agency. This follows public outrage at reports that an independent online platform…
Convicted murderer and rapist Thabo Bester addresses the High Court in Pretoria on September 17, 2024. 1 minute The state in the case involving escaped convicted murderer and rapist, Thabo Bester, says it is ready for trial. This is despite them asking for the matter to be moved from February to July. Bester’s co-accused, including his…
SAFA House in Nasrec, Johannesburg. 1 minute Following reports that the South African Football Association (SAFA) is cash-strapped and cannot pay players’ salaries ahead of the festive season, the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture has decided to advance the federation with R5 million. Minister Gayton McKenzie wrote to SAFA to offer the advance with…
Suspended Ekurhuleni Deputy Police Chief, Julius Mkhwanazi has admitted to the Madlanga Commission that he received varying amounts of money from Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala. Mkhwanazi says the money he received from Matlala was for food, petrol and assistance for one of his siblings’ funeral. Evidence leader, Sello Mahlape has argued that the money given to…
File image: Bullets seen at a crime scene. 1 minute A father and his son have been shot dead, and another person, the mother, has been seriously injured at Umbumbulu on the south coast of Durban. It is alleged that this family was parked on the side of the road on R603 when the family…
Pens for the diabetes drug Ozempic sit on a production line to be packaged at the Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s site in Hillerod, Denmark, September 26, 2023 Brigadier Rachel Matjeng, the South African Police Service’s Section Head of Quality Management has told the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry that she asked Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala to buy…
