File image: Sol Plaatje Municipality building in the Northern Cape. 1 minute Political analyst Sethulego Matebesi believes the African National Congress (ANC) in Northern Cape has roped in Martha Bartlett as the Executive Mayor of Sol Plaatje Municipality because of her wealth of experience in governance. Bartlett, a Member of Parliament and former Education and…
A suspect in handcuffs. 1 minute Deputy Police Minister, Cassel Mathale has announced that more than 34,000 suspects have been arrested across the country since December 16. Amongst those arrested were more than 4,000 suspects wanted for various crimes including murder and rape. Mathale was speaking during a festive season operation at the Mall of…
Moroadi Cholota in court 2 minutes Former Personal Assistant of former Free State Premier Ace Magashule, Moroadi Cholota, is heading to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). Cholota told the Free State High Court that she intends to appeal its ruling to dismiss her application to have her arrest and extradition from the USA declared…
1 minute The trial into the case of seven-year-old Joslin Smith is expected gets under way. Proceedings will take place in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast where the girl’s mother and two co-accused are expected to take a stand on the dock. The multi-purpose centre in Saldanha Bay has been proclaimed a court…
Government officials visiting the Verulam building collapse site. The sister of the owner of the temple in Verulam, near Durban who died when the building collapsed on Friday, says they are devastated. The official death toll has risen to five after another body was retrieved from the rubble on Sunday morning. The Premier of KwaZulu-Natal…
Jacob Zuma in court 1 minute Judge Nkosinathi Chili is expected to hand down his ruling in the Pietermaritzburg High Court on the appeal application by former President Jacob Zuma of the recusal of the lead prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial. Zuma and the State, who opposed the appeal application, argued the matter…
Lebombo Border post 1 minute South Africa and Mozambique are discussing challenges experienced at the ports of entry in Komartipoort, Mpumalanga. Border Management Authority (BMA) Commissioner, Dr Michael Masiapato says a lot has been done to improve the processing of cargo trucks at the Lebombo Border Post. He was speaking at the three-day bilateral meeting…
[FILE] Eskom has submitted a request to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) for approval of a revised tariff system. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) has sought to explain its calculation blunders in its earlier multi-year price determination for Eskom, which will lead to higher than previously announced electricity tariffs…
National police spokesperson Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday Chisanako’s arrest, adding that the vehicle was transporting cash from Beitbridge to Mutare. THE last two weeks of October saw 24-year-old Kelvin Chisanako’s life transforming overnight as he went on a spending spree in a community wreaking with poverty. His fellow villagers in Mwenezi, Masvingo province, were left…
Former ANC Youth League Secretary-General, Sindiso Magaqa. 1 minute The family of former African National Congress (ANC) Youth League Secretary-General and Umzimkhulu councillor, Sindiso Magaqa, says they are happy with the progress made in the Pietermaritzburg High Court concerning his murder in 2017. The court has set aside the period between the 6th to the…
