Booysens Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. The case against an Ethiopian national arrested after 12 teenagers were rescued in Mulbarton, south of Johannesburg, this week, has been postponed to Friday. This is in order to secure an Aramaic language interpreter. The 47-year-old appeared in the Booysens Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg Thursday morning, facing 12 counts of…
A sign at the Beitbridge. The Border Management Authority (BMA) has intercepted over 20 minors near the Limpopo River in the vicinity of the Beitbridge Border Post. The children, aged between 5 and 17 years, are believed to have been en-route from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Among the group were 10 adults. However, preliminary verification…
A South African driver’s licence card. South Africa’s plan for a new drivers’ license printer is back to square one, as the government is cancelling a controversial R898-million contract with French firm Idemia due to procurement irregularities flagged by the Auditor-General. This week, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria declared that the tender was irregular, invalid, unlawful and unenforceable….
Empty classroom The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng believes what the provincial Education Department is experiencing is self-inflicted, with over 4 000 learners still need to be placed in schools for the 2026 academic year. The party’s provincial shadow MEC for Education, Sergio Dos Santos says the department is facing learner placement pressure due to…
FILE | ANC flags In keeping with the African custom and tradition, which requires that traditional leadership be informed and consulted before undertaking any activities in their jurisdiction, the ANC is meeting with a number traditional leadership ahead of its birthday celebrations in the North West. Earlier Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa met Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi…
FILE| KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has officially endorsed provincial Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi for a second term. Ntuli says the decision was taken following a meeting with National Commissioner Fannie Masemola. Mkhwanazi’s term of office was due to end on March 30 this year. Ntuli has expressed confidence in Mkhwanazi’s…
Police vehicle seen at the shooting scene at Bester in Inanda, January 8, 2026. Police in KwaZulu-Natal say the five suspects who were killed in a shootout with officers on Thursday morning at Bester in Inanda, west of Durban, were wanted in connection with various cases. They include the killing of police officers. Thursday’s incident…
FILE| Bullets seen on a desk. Five alleged suspects have been shot dead in a shootout with police at Bester in Inanda, north of Durban. The incident comes after another separate shooting, which left two alleged suspects fatally wounded by police at Amaoti in Inanda on Wednesday. #sapsKZN Two suspects, who were wanted in connection…
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Fiston Mayele in action with Algeria’s Aissa Mandi Algeria substitute Adil Boulbina slammed home a last-gasp winner a minute from the end of extra time as his side overcame the Democratic Republic of Congo 1-0 on Tuesday to book a place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. Just as the round-of-16 tie was headed to a…
Evidence leader for the Ad Hoc Committee, Advocate Norman Arendse, SC. Some of the witnesses expected to appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee investigating allegations of criminal infiltration, corruption and political interference in the justice system, include private forensic investigator Paul O’Sullivan, EMPD suspended Deputy Chief Julius Mkhwanazi, former head of the Independent Police Investigative…
