Kelly Smith appears at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on April 23, 2025. 1 minute Judge Nathan Erasmas will hand down judgment today in the High Court in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, in the Joshlin Smith kidnapping and human trafficking case. This as the two-month-long trial drew to a close after…
Player about to throw the ball into a lineout 2 minutes Queensland Reds coach Les Kiss will be confirmed as Joe Schmidt’s successor at the Wallabies on Wednesday, local media reported. Kiss, who worked closely with Schmidt at Ireland, will take over as Australia coach when New Zealander Schmidt steps down following this year’s Rugby…
The VW Polo three constables were travelling in is being pulled out of the Hennops River. 2 minutes The three Free State police constables whose bodies were retrieved from the Hennops River in Centurion, Gauteng will be given police official funerals. The families of the deceased officers will hold separate funeral services. Boipelo Senoge and…
Police vehicle parked at a station. 1 minute Members of the community in Eldorado Park, in the south of Johannesburg, are expected to protest against the high levels of crime and shootings in the area on Saturday. Police held a crime prevention imbizo in the area last week. According to Johannesburg Ward 17 councilor, Dwayne…
Cables have been removed from pipes underground. 2 minutes City Power has called on residents to report acts of vandalism after a fire broke out under the M1 Bridge in Johannesburg on Thursday. The blaze has caused major power outages in several parts of the city, including Braamfontein, Parktown West and Newtown. The utility’s Chief…
The world’s most popular paid music streaming service said political advertising pause would extend to Spotify original and exclusive podcasts as well. 1 minute Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Communications has highlighted what the committee believes is the need to amend some media regulations to improve the monitoring of platforms like podcasts. Khusela Diko…
A tap with running water. 1 minute Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina says the Disaster Management Act sets out clearly the responsibilities of the organs of state in the national, provincial, and local spheres on when to implement a disaster management plan. She was answering a written parliamentary question from Rise Mzansi leader Songezo…
A man holds a fuel nozzle at a petrol station. 1 minute Motorists can expect to breathe another sigh of relief as petrol and diesel prices are set to drop from midnight Tuesday next week. Both grades of petrol will decrease by 22 cents a litre and diesel will decrease by 41 and 42 cents…
Kelly Smith and two other accused in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case 2 minutes The Director of Public Prosecutions in the Western Cape, Advocate Nicolette Bell, has attributed the successful conviction of Kelly Smith and her co-accused to the hard work of the prosecution team. Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn were convicted in…
Kelly Smith and two other accused in the Joshlin Smith disappearance case 2 minutes The Director of Public Prosecutions in the Western Cape, Advocate Nicolette Bell, has attributed the successful conviction of Kelly Smith and her co-accused to the hard work of the prosecution team. Smith, Jacquen Appollis and Steveno Van Rhyn were convicted in…
