SAPS officers outside Addington primary school. A large police contingent has been deployed to the Addington Primary School in Durban. This as various organisations continue their protest, calling on the school’s management to make South African learners a priority over foreign nationals. Supporters of the lobby group March and March, as well as the…
FILE | Court room. The scholar transport driver who was involved in a crash in which 12 learners were killed in Vanderbijlpark, Johannesburg, is expected to appear in a local magistrate’s court on Thursday. The 22-year-old man is facing 12 counts of culpable homicide as well as reckless and negligent driving. Three learners are still…
Chris Gotterup holds the championship trophy after winning the Sony Open in Hawaii. Chris Gotterup shot 6-under-par 64 in the final round to capture the season-opening Sony Open on Sunday at Honolulu. His 16-under 264 score was good for a two-stroke victory at Waialae Country Club. Ryan Gerard shot 65 to finish as runner-up, while…
KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride has accused the KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi of attempting to interfere with the entity’s investigations on multiple occasions. McBride says the investigations involved some senior SAPS officials, including the former Acting Police Commissioner Khomotso Phahlane, whom he alleges Mkhwanazi has…
Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride. Former Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) head Robert McBride is expected to appear before Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee probing allegations of criminal infiltration, political interference and corruption within the criminal justice system on Tuesday morning. McBride’s testimony is expected to focus on his central role in…
President Cyril Ramaphosa. President Cyril Ramaphosa says parents shouldn’t have to bury their children. This as the country mourns the deaths of 12 learners who were killed when the scholar transport minibus they were travelling in crashed into a truck in Vanderbijlpark, south of Johannesburg on Monday. Three of the learners are still in hospital….
Sporong informal settlement residents in Randgate communit hall Tensions remain high at the Randgate community hall in Kagiso, west of Johannesburg, where about 500 residents of the Sporong informal settlement have sought shelter. They say they fled their homes two weeks ago following intimidation from illegal miners commonly known as Zama Zamas. Residents say there is a…
Strong winds and hot weather have exacerbated the fires, in Franschhoek, into day 5. The fire in Franschhoek in the Cape Winelands District Municipality has now been burning for five consecutive days. WATCH | The Cape Winelands District Municipality says a fire burning above Franschhoek remains out of control. pic.twitter.com/FD6H2E355j — SABC News (@SABCNews) January…
Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Andries Nel speaks to the media outside the Booysen’s Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg. Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister Andries Nel says criminals who are seeking to extract revenge or eliminate opponents are starting to target courts. This comes after two people were killed and three others were wounded…
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X Elon Musk is seeking up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, arguing he deserves the “wrongful gains” that they received from his early support of the artificial-intelligence startup, according to a court filing on Friday. OpenAI gained between $65.5 billion and…
