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FILE: Nigerian televangelist pastor, Timothy Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho in the High Court in Gqeberha. The Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape has dismissed the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)’s application for leave to appeal the acquittal of televangelist, Timothy Omotoso. Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani and Zukiswa Sitho…

21-year-old David Obagbuwa wears his graduation regalia after being conferred as the youngest doctor in South Africa. A 21-year-old man, who recently graduated with a medical degree from Stellenbosch University, has become one of the youngest doctors in South Africa. David Obagbuwa started his medical studies at the age of 15. He moved to South…

A shooting crime scene. Two people have been killed and three others wounded in a shooting incident at Old Crossroads in Nyanga on the Cape Flats. Police spokesperson FC Van Wyk says the victims were shot inside a house in the area last night. He says the motive for the attack is being investigated. “According to…

Foreigners that were  intercepted by BMA immigration and border law enforcement teams at OR Tambo The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it will issue a fine of 15-thousand-rand per traveller to Ethiopian Airlines.   This comes after the BMA disrupted a suspected human trafficking operation at OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park.   Fourteen Ethiopians and 16…

File Photo: Members of the EFF with posters and Hillary Gardee’s family (front row) are seen inside the Nelspruit Magistrates’ Court in Mbombela on 09 May 2022. The trial of convicted murderer Rassie Nkune has been scheduled to start on April 26 until the end of May 2027. Nkune appeared in the Mpumalanga Division of…

A framed picture of Hillary Gardee. Convicted murderer Rassie Nkune is today expected to appear for a pre-trial hearing in the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court sitting in Mbombela for the alleged kidnapping and killing of Hillary Gardee. Gardee, the daughter of Economic Freedom Fighters Deputy President Godrich Gardee, was murdered in 2022. Her body was found in a plantation just outside…

Televangelist Timothy Omotoso and his two co-accused Lusanda Solani and Zukiswa Sitho appear in the Gqeberha High Court in January 22, 2025. The Gqeberha High Court in the Eastern Cape is expected to hand down judgment on the National Prosecuting Authority’s(NPA) leave to appeal the acquittal of Televangelist Timothy Omotoso. Omotoso and his co-accused Lusanda…

National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi Outgoing National Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Shamila Batohi, will return to the witness stand for cross examination at the Nkabinde Enquiry in Pretoria.   Batohi is being questioned over her decision to approach President Cyril Ramaphosa about the conduct of suspended South Gauteng Director of Public Prosecutions, Advocate Andrew Chauke.  …

The offices of the Mafube Local Municipality in the Free State. Employees of the Mafube Municipality in the Free State are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they have not received salaries for three months. National Treasury has withheld the municipality’s equitable share due to non-compliance with financial requirements. Workers held a protest outside the municipal offices on Thursday, demanding…