FILE| Bekkersdal shooting crime scene. The case against five people linked to the Bekkersdal December mass killing is expected to continue in the Westonaria Magistrate’s Court on Monday, pending the outcome of an identity parade. The incident claimed the lives of ten people at KwaNoxolo tavern. Nine died on the scene, while the 10th victim…
Metal workers working in a manufacturing plant. The manufacturing sector continues to show signs of strain. According to the ABSA Purchasing Manager’s Index, headline PMI contracted for the eighth consecutive month. The index, which measures the health of the sector, increased by 5.4 points to 48.5 index points in June. However, the data suggests that local demand conditions…
South Africa’s National Dialogue starts on Friday with a Convention to outline its modalities. The dialogue aims to assess 30 years of democracy, identify challenges, and work towards a prosperous future. Here is a glimpse of what is happening at the 1st of the National Convention in pictures: Gallery by: Sibusiso Maphumulo and Walter Moropa…
ANC members, including 1st Deputy Secretary General, Cde Nomvula Mokonyane visiting the family of Theresa Mary Solomon, January 2025. The funeral of struggle stalwart Theresa Solomon and former Cape Town mayor is underway in Lansdowne on Saturday. President Cyril Ramaphosa has accorded her a Special Provincial Official Funeral Category Two. Solomon, who was born in…
SAFA House. The South African Football Association (SAFA) has shown no financial growth over the last two decades and it’s on the brink of bankruptcy. Chairperson of the Association’s finance committee, Mxolisi Sibam, says SAFA’s annual turnover is R250 million and more than 25% of it goes to staff salaries. Sibam has proposed salary adjustments…
Court gavel and scales of justice 2 minutes The lawyer for the complainant in the sexual harassment probe against Judge President Selby Mbenenge hopes that the process will take cognisance of the violence women experience in the workplace. This is because the Tribunal tasked with the probe started its work in Johannesburg on Monday. This is…
File image | Taxis at taxi rank. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Taxi Task Team has impounded 66 unroadworthy minibus-taxis this week in Tsakane, Germiston and Boksburg. The operation was conducted in collaboration with Gauteng Traffic Police and SAPS officers. During the joint operation, officers discovered that the vehicles were operating without proper permits…
Prison cells 1 minute A man has been sentenced to 15 years of direct imprisonment in the Ceres Regional Court in the Western Cape for threatening to shoot his family with an illegal firearm. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says Denovan Fritz threatened his family at their home in November 2021 in…
A police van seen outside a parking lot. Gauteng police are investigating the death of a 50-year-old man found in a Sandton hotel room in Johannesburg. An inquest docket has been opened and the circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown. Provincial spokesperson Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi, “The cause of death is unknown at this stage pending…
A soccer ball. Mohamed Ben Romdhane scored a 94th minute winner as Tunisia booked their place at the 2026 World Cup with a 1-0 victory over hosts Equatorial Guinea in Malabo on Monday, taking an unassailable lead in their qualifying Group H. The victory moves Tunisia to 22 points from their eight qualifiers, 10 points…
