Border Management Authority officials The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it is anticipating a high number of people to be processed through the Beitbridge Border Post during the return phase of their travels for the festive season. The BMA, working with several stakeholders including the SANDF, has also successfully intercepted just over 7 000 people…
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi speaking at a government engagement. Parliament, in partnership with the Department of Health and the South African National AIDS Council, hosted the relaunch of the South African Tuberculosis (TB) Caucus this past week. Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s deadliest yet most preventable and curable diseases. Over the past year, South…
A prisoner behind the jail cell bars . Police in North West have welcomed the 20-year sentence handed down to a 66-year-old man who was convicted of raping his then 18-year-old daughter in 2022. The Bafokeng Regional Court in Rustenburg handed down the sentence on Thursday. Provincial police spokesperson Sabata Mokgwabone says, “The accused was…
File image: One of Ithala Bank branches. 1 minute The KwaZulu-Natal Development Bank, Ithala will continue to operate normally, but will not be taking deposits. This is according to a judgment, which the High Court in Pietermaritzburg delivered yesterday. Ithala had sought an urgent court interdict against the Repayment Administrator’s instruction in January that its…
A candle burns in a house on the Cape Flats, due to South Africa’s struggling power utility company Eskom, implementing regular power cuts – called ‘load-shedding’, in Cape Town, South Africa February 11, 2023. 1 minute South Africans have woken up to darkness after Eskom implemented Stage 6 load shedding in the early hours of…
Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka addresses a two-day conference aimed at promoting good governance in public institutions in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg. 2 minutes Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka says promoting good governance in public institutions will lead to improved service delivery. She was speaking during a two-day conference in Kempton Park on Monday aimed at…
South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke. The Nkabinde Enquiry examines suspended South Gauteng Public Prosecutions Director, Advocate Andrew Chauke’s fitness to hold office, will resume in Pretoria today. It’s unclear whether National Public Prosecutions Director Shamila Batohi – who’s due to retire next week – will return to the witness stand. Batohi…
The NPA says it will oppose the bail application of the suspects. 1 minute Three of the five Northern Cape men aged between 34 and 55 have been given life imprisonment sentences after they were found guilty of raping a 9-year-old orphaned girl between 2017 and 2020. The aunt of the rape survivor reported the…
The mother of 11-year-old Jayden-Leek Meek has been charged with his murder at the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court. The bail application of Tiffany Meek, who is accused of killing her son Jayden-Lee Meek, will continue in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court west of Johannesburg today. The officer who wishes not to be named confirmed observing blood on…
The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry. The Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, also known as the Madlanga Commission, continues hearing witness testimony. LIVE STREAM:
