The Oudtshoorn Regional Court in the Western Cape has sentenced a 39-year-old woman to 20 years’ imprisonment for the murder of her seven-year-old son. National Prosecuting Authority Spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says Drezene Jonkerman admitted in a plea agreement that she strangled her son after claiming she saw his father’s face on him while bathing him. Ntabazalila says she then…
Delegates attend three-day local government summit being held in the Free State. 2 minutes The Free State province has placed financial sustainability and accountability at the helm of priorities to reform local government. Municipalities in the province have pledged to focus on improving good governance by embedding ethical leadership and a culture of performance management….
A dairy cow stops to look up while feeding at a dairy farm. 3 minutes A total of 26 cattle have been recovered following a stock theft raid which was led by acting provincial commissioner, Major-General Zeph Mkhwanazi in Verena in Mpumalanga. After years of uncontrollable stock theft in the area farmers can finally breathe…
US President Donald Trump holds press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington on February 7, 2025. 1 minute Lobby group, AfriForum and trade union, Solidarity to hold a media briefing this afternoon regarding the executive order by the United States (US) President, Donald Trump on the position of Afrikaners in…
Western Cape Provincial Commissioner, Lt Gen TE Patekile officiated a medal parade in Belhar. 2 minutes Five police officers in the Western Cape have been awarded the silver cross for bravery at a ceremony in Cape Town. The award was presented to members who risked their lives during the 2021 Swellendam floods. Sergeant Samuel Piet…
School on the Cape Flats, where recent taxi violence has left learners and teachers feeling unsafe and at times, unable to attend school. The Western Cape Education Department has raised concerns following the recent taxi-related shootings. At least six people have been killed in Philippi East, Khayelitsha and Macassar in the past two days. Provincial…
Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, unveil newly built flushing toilets at the Deda Primary School in KwaZulu-Natal. 2 minutes Basic Education Minister, Siviwe Gwarube, says she wants to eradicate pit toilets at schools by next year. She was speaking at an event where 22 low-cost flush toilets…
Murder accused Reinhardt Leach in court. 2 minutes The trial of murder accused, Reinhardt Leach, who is accused of orchestrating and carrying out the murder of his girlfriend, Vicky Terblanche, has been remanded until the 6th of March in Gqeberha. The state alleges that Leach was hired by Vicky’s estranged husband, Arnold Terblanche, to murder…
Prison doors. 2 minutes The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) in the Northern Cape has called on the Department of Correctional Services to urgently address issues of safety across the country’s correctional facilities. This comes after a prison official was allegedly attacked by an inmate at the Tswelopele Correctional Center in Kimberley. The…
[FILE PHOTO]: A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump, US Flag and word “Tariffs” The rand strengthened on Thursday with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange All Share Index also hitting a new record. This as markets digest developments around the US tariffs impacts on South Africa’s economy. The country faces a 30% tariff on…
